James Gunn has shaken up the DC universe with a series of Tweets. In addition to revealing that he and co-president Peter Safran had completed a DC slate, Gunn said he spoke with Ben Affleck to explore the possibility of the actor directing a DC film. However, Gunn said, “we have to find the right project” for Ben Affleck to direct.
Although Henry Cavill is out of the project, this news comes after the revelation that the Superman film is still underway. James Gunn commented on the same in a series of Twitter saying, “Peter and I have a DC slate ready to go, which we couldn’t be more over-the-moon about; we’ll be able to share some exciting information about our first projects at the beginning of the new year… Among those on the slate is Superman. In the initial stages, our story will be focusing on an earlier part of Superman’s life. so the character will not be played by Henry Cavill. But we just had a great meeting with Henry and we’re big fans and we talked about a number of exciting possibilities to work together in the future.”