12 years in the past, Blade and Batman Begins author David S. Goyer penned Man of Metal, the Superman film that bought the DC Prolonged Universe going. Earlier this month, the DC Universe franchise kicked off its movie facet with a Superman film too, which was written and directed by Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad’s James Gunn. Goyer is among the many many individuals who’ve gone to see this new providing on the 2025 films schedule, and whereas sharing his ideas about it, he introduced up an analogy involving The Darkish Knight that made numerous sense.
I not too long ago had the pleasure of talking with David S. Goyer about The Sandman, the Netflix subscription-exclusive TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s comedian guide sequence that he co-created with Gaiman and Allan Heinberg. After we had been executed discussing the second half of the present’s remaining season, which releases on Thursday (adopted by a bonus episode on July 31), I instantly requested what he considered James Gunn’s Superman, and he began off saying:
I actually appreciated it. Individuals at all times assume that as a result of I did The Darkish Knight, I would not like The Batman, however I actually loved it. Every era will get the Superman they want. It felt just like the pendulum with Man of Metal, clearly that was a a lot darker grounded model, and, and we’re in a really completely different place, and I like that simply the tagline that ‘Kindness is punk rock.’
For context, after co-writing the 20-year-old Batman Begins, Goyer helped crack the tales for The Darkish Knight and The Darkish Knight Rises, making him a key contributor to Christopher Nolan’s Batman saga. However that doesn’t imply he’s robotically going to dislike new variations of characters he’s labored on earlier than. He appreciated what Matt Reeves did with The Batman and he was a fan of James Gunn’s work on Superman. Goyer even provided to assist out on Marvel Studios’ Blade reboot given all of the setbacks it’s endured.
Superman is actually nowhere close to as darkish and grounded as Man of Metal was, however that was an excellent factor in David S. Goyer’s eyes. He continued by sharing with me the opposite elements of the film he appreciated:
I feel that [David] Corenswet is extremely interesting. I by no means would have thought to make use of Krypto, and Krypto was pleasant. After which I feel the man that stole the present was Mr. Terrific, who Geoff Johns and I principally became an actual character within the Justice Society. So I used to be thrilled, I assumed Mr. Terrific was superior. Metamorpho, similar. I like seeing a dwell motion Metamorpho, and people are the form of issues that James Gunn can get away with, and God bless him as a result of I like all these these bizarre quirky tertiary DC characters. I actually loved it and I used to be rooting for it, so I am comfortable it has been profitable.
Following the debut of the Michael Holt incarnation of Mr. Terrific in 1997’s Spectre #54, Goyer co-wrote the JSA comedian guide for its first 51 points. Most of that point was spent working with Geoff Johns, and like he mentioned, it’s there that Michael began to grow to be a extra fleshed-out character. So it’s good to listen to that Goyer loved Edi Gathegi’s depiction of the character, in addition to Supes himself, Krypto, Metamorpho and every little thing else James Gunn dropped at his tackle the Man of Metal’s mythology.
Every time The Courageous and the Daring, i.e. the film that includes the DCU’s Batman is launched, I’ll have an interest to be taught what David S. Goyer considered it. There was additionally a time when he was connected to co-write a Inexperienced Lantern Corps film, and whereas that by no means moved ahead, Lanterns will premiere on HBO subsequent 12 months. In the meantime, along with The Sandman, Goyer’s different present TV exhibits embody Murderbot and Basis, each of which could be streamed with an Apple TV+ subscription.