...and if GOTG or TSS are the measuring sticks some are using to sell his ability to make a Superman film, then that's not very promising. One would hope there's enough WB+D brass overseeing the production so it has its own voice and is not merely GOTG or TSS with Superman trappings.
There were too many reasons the film division was not going to incorporate DC/CW into the films, starting with a quality issue. Even the best series (i.e., Black Lightning) were very hard-wired to speak its own unique storytelling and visual language to the degree that the series did not need to be pulled into a movie universe where its important messaging would have been lost in favor of the main conflict woven throughout the other films. Not that it would have been a completely impossible hurdle to overcome, but Black Lightning is the kind of superhero concept that breathes in its own world, hence the reason Cress Williams served no greater purpose in that CW "crisis" crossover.
Well, they have two films yet to be released, and their performances might determine just how much of a "new" DCU will be developed.
No kidding.
Agreed with all of the above.
It depends on the audience appetite for another Superman in general. Take Superman and Lois--its third year has been great, but as a TV series, its has never been "must see TV" with major ratings. In fact, the ratings are quite abysmal for a flagship IP closer to a century old than not. Moreover, its an isolated series--meaning existing outside of the rest of the CW series, so a viewer could focus only on all things Superman related, yet being Superman-centric was not enough, with the series now on the eve of a very truncated final season.
..if a younger Superman was not Gunn's idea (including any kind of character development one would expect to see for a younger Superman), for all anyone knows, he had to rewrite his story, probably removing anything featuring a more experienced Superman dealing with other heroes, which turns it into a different kind of film. Who knows?
