Any Potential Marvel/DC Film Crossover Is Still “Many Years Away” Says James Gunn

Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame was touted as the most ambitious crossover event in history, but an upcoming project might just throw the description out the window. In an interview with Empire Magazine, current DC Studios co-head James Gunn shared that a Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and DC Universe (DCU) crossover is “more likely now that I’m in charge.”

“Who knows? That’s many years away, though,” Gunn added. “I think we have to establish what we’re doing [at DC] first. I would be lying to say that we haven’t discussed it. But all discussions have been very, very light and fun.”

The filmmaker will end his directorial effort for Marvel with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which is set to bow on 5 May. Since taking over the reins at DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, he has crafted the all-new DCU that kicks off with 2025’s Superman Legacy, to be written and helmed by Gunn himself.

If anything, a Marvel/DC crossover movie sits better with the involved parties because it’s Gunn running the show — the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy director has been open about Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige’s support of the latter’s transition to lead DC Studios. Whether it’ll eventually take off remains to be seen, though it’s probably a good idea to wait a few years before reigniting the superhero hype. For many, the fatigue has already set in, and Gunn acknowledges the sentiment.

“I think there is such a thing as superhero fatigue,” Gunn told Rolling Stone. “I think it doesn’t have anything to do with superheroes. It has to do with the kind of stories that get to be told, and if you lose your eye on the ball, which is character. We love Superman. We love Batman. We love Iron Man. Because they’re these incredible characters that we have in our hearts. And if it becomes just a bunch of nonsense onscreen, it gets really boring.”

“I get fatigued by most spectacle films, by the grind of not having an emotionally grounded story,” Gunn added. “It doesn’t have anything to do with whether they’re superhero movies or not. If you don’t have a story at the base of it, just watching things bash each other, no matter how clever those bashing moments are, no matter how clever the designs and the VFX are, it just gets fatiguing, and I think that’s very, very real.”

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will release in theatres on 5 May, while Superman: Legacy flies to the big screen on 11 July 2025.

Si Jia

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