James Gunn lately obtained some of the important promotions in Hollywood when he motion pictures on from directing the most effective a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to being put in inventive management of the whole DC movie universe. As such, he will likely be answerable for how a whole universe of characters is dealt with by a wide range of upcoming DC movies and TV collection. It’s a job, he says, he’s already had some expertise with because of Rocket Raccoon.
In a latest look on the DC Studios podcast, James Gunn was requested in regards to the troublesome job of conserving a personality’s tone constant throughout a number of initiatives, and even a number of mediums, resembling Frank Grillo’s Rick Flag showing in each the animated Creature Commandos and the live-action upcoming Superman film. Gunn says conserving that tone constant amongst DC characters is essential to him, because it was working with Marvel. He defined…
I’d get scripts with Rocket in them that did not match how I understood [the character] – that character was my soul. So I’d all the time guarantee that his voice all the time made sense, that what he did all the time made sense. And I try this with the characters in DC throughout all of the movies and tv exhibits. They have to be true to the character, particularly if it is a character that I originated on movie.
Whereas the primary chapter of the DCU is barely simply getting underway, we all know that, as with Marvel, we’re going to see a number of characters seem in many alternative initiatives, all from completely different inventive voices. Actually, two completely different screenwriters aren’t going to put in writing Superman precisely the identical means, however that runs the danger of constructing him do one thing that is perhaps out of character primarily based on what the previous, or future, plans for the character are.
It appears James Gunn has some expertise with fixing the tone for his creations. It seems like one of many MCU motion pictures the place Rocket appeared outdoors of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, as soon as had him saying or doing one thing that Gunn didn’t really feel was proper for the character.
Gunn’s love for Rocket is well-known. Rocket solely appeared in three movies outdoors of the Guardians motion pictures: Avengers: Infinity Battle, Avengers: Endgame, and Thor: Love and Thunder. It seems like in no less than one in every of these movies, Gunn took challenge with Rocket’s preliminary portrayal, and so he obtained concerned to ensure Rocket “made sense.” He’ll now be doing that on a grand scale.
Since Gunn says he’s significantly protecting of these characters that he originated on movie, we will count on that he will likely be paying shut consideration to how Superman is dealt with when he seems in different movies. In fact, we don’t even know what James Gunn’s Superman is like as a personality but. That day will come very quickly, nevertheless. As Superman is barely a few weeks away.