▲ 44 ▼ James Gunn Says He’s Not Making a “Young Superman” Movie Despite Ditching Henry Cavill (narwhal.city) submitted 2 years ago by realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments The director is clarifying his story for 'Superman: Legacy,' which stars David Corenswet. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/james-gunn-young-superman-movie-henry-cavill-david-corenswet-1235570122/
[–] chickenwing@lemmy.film 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) The only other franchise he was in was the Witcher. Both the Witcher and Superman failed due to bad writing not the acting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Microw@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They failed because of drama behind the scenes. His camp says that it was bad writing, the producers say that Cavill tried to overstep his role. Both things can be true. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chickenwing@lemmy.film 1 point 2 years ago He was a big fan of the books and the games. He wanted some creative control because the writers were going off source material. I don't blame him for leaving. His reputation was on the line as he was the main character. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Microw@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They failed because of drama behind the scenes. His camp says that it was bad writing, the producers say that Cavill tried to overstep his role. Both things can be true. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chickenwing@lemmy.film 1 point 2 years ago He was a big fan of the books and the games. He wanted some creative control because the writers were going off source material. I don't blame him for leaving. His reputation was on the line as he was the main character. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chickenwing@lemmy.film 1 point 2 years ago He was a big fan of the books and the games. He wanted some creative control because the writers were going off source material. I don't blame him for leaving. His reputation was on the line as he was the main character. permalink fedilink source parent