James Gunn Sounds Off on ‘Really Lazy’ Superhero Movies and Bad Third Acts: There’s No ‘Rhyme or Reason to What’s Happening’ on Screen
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director James Gunn agreed during a recent interview on the “Inside of You” podcast that there are “too many” superhero movies and television shows.
Gunn is the new co-boss of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, and he assured fans the company will not “overextend” itself with content as it begins to launch a new DC Universe that includes Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy” and more. “We’re going to be very careful with the product that we put out and making sure everything is as good as it can possibly be,” Gunn said.
While the sheer volume of superhero content is a problem, Gunn stressed that lazy storytelling is a much bigger issue facing the genre at the moment. “People have gotten really lazy with their superhero stories,” Gunn said. “And they have gotten to the place where, ‘Oh, it’s a superhero, let’s make a movie about it.’ And then, ‘Oh, let’s make a sequel, because the first one did pretty well,’ and they aren’t thinking about, ‘Why is this story special?
What makes this story stand apart from other stories? What is the story at the heart of it all? Why is this character important?
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