Gunn & Safran Be Gone

Do I have anything to opine about the James Gunn & Peter Safran no longer at the helm of DC Studios? Honestly it is irrelevant to me at this time, as I've not watched any of Gunn's films since he was announced to take over (except for a splendid watch of LANTERNS on HBO, and Matt Reeve's BATMAN was arguably mediocre to me at best, sorrynotsorry).

James Gunn and Peter Safran have been dismissed from DC Studios after their decade-long plans imploded, following a string of projects that lost money and failed to hook audiences. Sources suggest the thinking was Gunn and Safran spent big — and lost too much — on projects that just weren’t resonating with audiences, raising eyebrows with their decision to focus on lesser-known characters like Supergirl and Clayface rather than building out the franchise with marquee names. As one studio insider puts it: “The industry has taken away the wrong lessons from Marvel’s success. Higher budgets don’t equal quality storytelling.” https://t.co/CcpFrAGJO5

— Variety (@Variety) November 10, 2026

Folks would be mistaken to imagine a 2+decade run like Kevin Feige's on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and with DC's pretty constant reboots and a general lack of time for plans to come to fruition - would "4 years" and a handful of films/projects present a plate worthy of results compared with the MCU's? Looks like we will not be able to see that, when they exit by "December 1st" this year.




I personally do enjoy seeing the multiple vibes of DC Comics' projects - very much like their different comicbook titles - without feeling needing to sit thru a "house-style" (which has worked tremendously well for Marvel thus far), but that's just my personal taste. And by most accounts I am a "pedestrian" compared to the hardcore purists and DC-fans that have been exceedingly vocal in cyber-spaces, drowning out any support for the characters, while focusing on the personalities that serve and present them (from Snyder to Gunn et al).

Any and all "feedback" is valid, however intense it may or may not be. The intensity shows the passion folks have for the characters, as far as I am concerned. The multiple reaction videos across the www without a doubt forms the hype-machine, and honestly cannot be ignore - especially for a "pedestrian" by me, who wants the "cliffnotes" wiothout the need top oibnvfest time and energy into watcnhing the project itself, which makes mew not necessarily a paying consumer apart of the equatiomn LOL

That said, time to turn the page, as we reach the back cover, and await the next issue(s) to come.

Cheers,
Andy TOYSREVIL

LANTERNS has reportedly not been renewed for a Season 2. A studio insider suggests the show "isn't quite capturing the zeitgeist." (via @Variety) https://t.co/iIXunmpqIj

— DCU - The Direct (@DCU_Direct) November 10, 2026

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