James Gunn Explains The DCU Projects Will Have a Variety of Tones Calls SUPERMAN "Serious" and "Family Friendly"

One thing James Gunnhas made clear about his Superman movie is that the movie will not try to emulate the dark and edgy tone of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. His movie is going to be very different in so many ways.

The filmmaker recently talked about the variety of tones that his DCU films will have and in the process, he revealed that his Superman will be “serious” and “family-friendly.”

For the most part, Superman has always been a family-friendly character as he has been seen a a genuine symbol of hope, and that is what Gunn is hoping to bring back to the the legendary superhero.

In an interview with MovieZine, Gunn talked about how there won’t be a defining tone for the different movies and TV shows that will populate the universe. Instead, Gunn is looking to draw inspiration from comic book history to offer a wide variety of stories.

Gunn said: “One of the things I love about DC Comics is that they’ve always been able to tell different stories in different ways. They’ve told stories that were more family-orientated, stories that were more adult-orientated, dark stories, light stories.”

He went on to explain: “We have something that’s relatively serious like Superman and then something that’s relatively comedic like Peacemaker all in the same universe. Something very adult like Peacemaker [and] something pretty family-friendly like Superman.”

On top of that, the DCU will not have the same formulaic approach the MCU took, instead he wants each project to have the tone it needs to tell a strong story.

He added: “I think that to be able to tell different kinds of stories is kind of what makes things fun. One of the things I’ve gotten a little sick of is all these stories being relatively the same. I’m trying to step outside of that. We at DC are trying to step outside of that.”

I like that Gunn is looking to do something very different with the DCU than what we’ve seen in the past with Marvel and the DCEU. He is looking to make the DCU its own unique thing and also stand apart from everything else that has been done and is being done.

What are your thoughts on what Gunn is doing with his DC Film and TV projects?

Superman will be released exclusively in theaters on July 11, 2025.

via CBM