Whether you prefer the Marvel Cinematic Universe or the DCU, there’s one unavoidable fact about the current complexion of superhero cinema; you simply cannot escape from the shadow of James Gunn.
At the same time Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 continues to take huge bites out of the box office, bombshell casting reports have offered an insight into the casting process for Superman: Legacy, ensuring the filmmaker’s fingerprints remain all over the comic book discourse.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 smashes a mighty MCU milestone
We’ve been hearing a lot of chatter about how the MCU was dying in the face of some less-than-stellar critical and commercial returns throughout the Multiverse Saga, but Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has only gone and set a brand new box office record.
After dropping by just 49 percent in its second weekend on domestic screens, the cosmic threequel has the distinction of experiencing the lowest week-to-week decline of any sequel in the franchise’s history, which is undeniably impressive when you consider how many of them there are.
James Gunn potentially busting out the Rolodex to find his Lex Luthor
Not long after reports emerged claiming Nicholas Hoult was the front-runner to play the Man of Steel’s bald-headed arch-nemesis in Superman: Legacy, another story emerged touting a Guardians of the Galaxy star as another potential candidate.
No names were mentioned, but we’d be more inclined to believe Chukwudi Iwuji, Dave Bautista, or even Bradley Cooper would be in with a better chance than Vin Diesel, Nathan Fillion, Sean Gunn, or Michael Rooker. Then again, you never know with James Gunn.
Vol. 3 soars, Quantumania craters, and doesn’t James Gunn just know it
It may have been accidental shade, but James Gunn still used a tweet noting that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was set to earn more in 10 days than Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania did during its entire run in theaters when touting his own success.
As much as that’s got to hurt Peyton Reed on a personal and professional level, it’s yet another reminder that MCU movies generally tend to fare much better when they haven’t blatantly been designed by a committee teasing the next three years of storytelling.
That’s it for another week of all things Marvel, but as you already knew, check back tomorrow for when it all kicks off again.
