US EditionSuperman Director James Gunn Blames Disney for the Decline of Marvel, Says: ‘It Wasn’t Right. And It Killed them..’
- James Gunn, director of Superman opening July 11, 2025, leads DC Studios as co-CEO and prioritizes completing Wonder Woman and Batman scripts.
- Gunn blamed Disney's mandate to increase Marvel Studios' output for the MCU's decline and said DC does not have such a production quota.
- He enforced a strict rule that no DC superhero film starts production without a finished screenplay, which recently led to killing a greenlit project due to script issues.
- Gunn explained that the decline of the movie industry is not due to a lack of audience interest, but rather because many films are being produced without having completed scripts.
- This strategy seeks to rejuvenate superhero films by focusing on strong storytelling without pressure to produce a set number of projects, with Superman serving as the initial key film guided by Gunn’s leadership.
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The Guardians of the Galaxy screenwriter says people are watching fewer movies partly because their scripts are not finished.
James Gunn Says the ‘Movie Industry Is Dying’ Because Films Are Made Without Finished Scripts and Marvel Got ‘Killed’ by Output Increase: ‘That Wasn’t Fair’
James Gunn says it was not fair for Disney to increase the output of Marvel television series and films.
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James Gunn aims the gun at Disney, accuses them of deliberately 'killing' Marvel
In an explosive interview, James Gunn accused Disney of torpedoing the Marvel Cinematic Universe by flooding audiences with content. Gunn’s critique, coming from the director behind Guardians of the Galaxy, hits hard. He witnessed Marvel’s machine from the inside before being fired in 2018 over resurfaced tweets — a decision they later reversed. Still, the break gave him a new home at DC, and a front-row seat to what he sees as Marvel’s collapse…
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