James Gunn Shuts Down Conspiracy Theory About Henry Cavill’s DCEU Exit
deadline.comJames Gunn is shutting down a fan conspiracy theory that he always planned to remove Henry Cavill from the DCEU. Amid the shooting of the new Superman film and the second season of Peacemaker, Gunn finds time to answer fan inquiries on social media.
A fan shared a quote from Nathan Fillion about how he found out he was cast as Green Lantern in the new DC film, which will be released in 2025. “We were actually at the premiere party after Suicide Squad and he [Gunn] was in a huge crowd of people,” Fillion said in an interview with Collider. “…He goes, ‘Hey, did Peter [Safran] tell you what we’ve got for you next?’ I said, ‘No, he hasn’t said.’ He looked around like someone was gonna be listening.
We were in a throng of people, but he leaned over and said, ‘You’re gonna be Guy Gardner.'” DC fans took Fillion’s words as Gunn already working on the reboot of the DCEU since the release of The Suicide Squad in 2021, more than a year before he and Peter Safran were named co-CEOs of DC Studios in October 2022.
However, Gunn clarified on Threads that Fillion misspoke, which meant he found out about his Green Lantern casting during the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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