James Gunn breathes easily after Superman’s success: “I no longer have to worry about the life and death of the DC brand”

When Superman He hit the cinemas last month, DCU finally got such a necessary victory. The film earned strong reviews (contains 83% on Rotten Tomatoes) and has already crossed the 600 million dollar score at the global box office, making it the top of superheroes of 2025 so far.

Although he has not hit the elusive goal of billions of dollars, it is a great victory for the DC Studios, especially after the critical and financial failures of The flash AND Joker: Folie à Deux.

With this type of success, the director of Superman and DC Studios Co-Cece James Gunn It is finally trying a sense of relief. In a recent interview, Gunn became sincere on the pressure that arrived with the launch of the first film in the new DC universe.

“This is all this, it is only a huge sense of relief. It is relief, and then followed very quickly from excitement because Superman somehow was proof of the concept.

“It was so, so difficult, in the same way as the Guardians [of the Galaxy] It was so, so difficult. Once you are in the groove, you realize: “Oh, this is what it works, this is what it is not, it is here that we can go with this.”

He continued to say:

“It means that now we have the freedom to tell these other stories in a really exciting way. Now, I can only be creative and I don’t have to be so worried about the life and death of the DC brand as a month and a half ago.”

The positive welcome of the fans has only strengthened his trust by going on.

“I feel really embraced by the public. My feeling is that the film spoke to people, but he also spoke to people because there was a reason for his existence. There was this message of kindness that spoke to people.”

But Gunn also clarified that he does not intend to repeat the same formula in the future stories of DCU.

“This does not mean that every story that I will tell is a message of kindness; it only means that it must be a reason why the story to tell. You cannot simply accumulate things because they are the characters you like to people.”

Looking forward, Supergirl It is the next in line, continuing the “super-family” narrative. With Clay Also in the pipeline, the pressure is active to keep this new momentum.

There are noises of a large crossover that could see Supergirl who joins the man of steel, and long -term fans still hope that Brainiac will finally make his debut on the big screen.

Gunn’s final vision remains strictly under the compresses, but speculation indicates something great and exciting.