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Alex Zalben

Will Superman save the day? James Gunn's upcoming DC movie will make or break the new DCU

Superman and Lois Lane in Superman.

Will Superman save the day, once again? That's the big question for DC Studios heading into 2025, as the entire hopes of a 10-year-plan rest on James Gunn’s Superman. If Superman hits? We're up, up, and away for the DCU. If it fails? Then those lofty ambitions will fall faster than the Man of Steel being brought down by Kryptonite.

Way back in January of 2023, Gunn – who had been hired as co-CEO of the new DC Studios in 2022 – unveiled an ambitious plan to reorganize the DC Comics-based properties into one, unified vision. Along with co-CEO Peter Safran and a team of writers, Gunn had developed a two-chapter story that would take eight to 10 years, with the first chapter titled 'Gods and Monsters'.

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