Things don’t seem too solid in DC Studios right now. First, Sgt. Rock has bitten the dust, and now Clayone of the most interesting voices in James GunnAccording to reports, the DCU has returned to the starting point. If this is the beginning of a scheme, fans have every right to be nervous.
In February, horror director James Watkins (Lake eden, Don’t speak badly) was chosen to bring Clay To life, by a script written by Mike Flanagan. With these two talents working on the film, expectations have been high!
But, according to the insider in the Jeff Sneider sector, the project may not be as far as we hoped. He revealed that “Mike Flanagan wrote only a” skeleton “script for the film”, noting that Flanagan’s attention is now shifted to his Carrie TV series.
This means Clay According to reports, a complete “rewriting 1” rewriting is undergoing, which is the industry to “start again from scratch”.
This is surprising that Gunn comments on one who in the end enlightened the film previously. He said:
“As I always say, that’s all, ‘I want to make sure that we have the script that works perfectly.’ This goes beyond anything else.
“So when Mike Flanagan arrives and it is like” I had this idea for Clayface … “I didn’t think,” we’ll do something with Clayface “. But then she told me this idea she had and the idea was so surprising.
“And I’m like, ‘Well, let’s take a shot. Let’s write it!’ So he writes it and comes with this incredible script.
“It’s just quality above all. So we have to understand:” How do you adapt to everything else? “”
So, it seems to me that there was a complete writing written and ready to leave. So either Gunn is lying, which he says he does not do it, or sneider information is very far away.
Sneider also dropped new details on the year Sgt. Rock project. It turns out that the film was scraped due to the budget.
Luca Guadagnino Initially he had $ 70 million to work with, but after he was cut to $ 65 million, the creative compromises were apparently too large. Even Daniel Craig, who initially been attacked, retired and the study tried to rotate in Colin Farrell. However, it wasn’t enough to keep him afloat.
All this raises questions about the leadership of the Studios DC. James Gunn and Peter Safran have made some bold choices since they took over, but managing a study is a very different game from direction and production.
With Superman Landing in cinemas this summer and really launching the DCU, the pressure is increasing.
Even behind the scenes, there may be a certain internal tension. Sneider hinted that Gunn was frustrated by the reluctance of the HBO to the content of Greenlight superheroes.
Presumably, Gunn even circumvented the boss of the HBO Casey Bloys and went straight to the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav push Lantern in development.
Everything is starting to feel a little too familiar. In 2014, Warner Bros. launched an ambitious list of DC full of titles that have never materialized. Now, with only some of the projects announced in 2023 that go on, we are again in a detention model, large floors, but little to show.
However, if Gunn’s past enthusiasm for Clay He holds, there may be reason to hope:
“One of the things that Peter and I talked about when we got the script is if we were producing films five years ago, like when we were doing Belko experiment And all that stuff, and someone had brought this horror script called us Clay We would have died of this boy from having produced this movie. “
“Because it was just a really excellent horror script. And the fact that it is in the DCU is just an advantage. Then we have Clay: pure [frick]horror. As totally real. Their version of that film is so real, true, psychological and horror of the body. It is definitely classified R. “
The concept is fantastic, but in the chaotic world of Hollywood, a fantastic film project can also be launched in development. Clay It is still technically scheduled for 11 September 2026, but if this news is true, not to be surprised if that date moves. T
The greatest question is if the DCU can stabilize before the public loses faith … again.
What is your opinion: should fans be worried? Or is it just a part of the construction of a better universe?
By Joey Gour
Source: Geek Tyrant
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