{"id":189407,"date":"2025-06-16T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189407\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:23:10","slug":"james-gunn-shuts-down-zack-snyder-fans-trying-to-tank-superman-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189407\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Shuts Down Zack Snyder Fans Trying to Tank Superman Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJames Gunn<\/a> responded on Threads<\/a> to an online movement from Zack Snyder<\/a> fans that seeks to negatively impact the potential success of Gunn\u2019s \u201cSuperman<\/a>,\u201d which kicks off the new DC Universe that is being shaped by the writer-director and his DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran. Snyder was in charge of the last DC Universe, which kicked off with \u201cMan of Steel\u201d but fizzled out amid critical bombs like \u201cJustice League,\u201d \u201cBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice\u201d and more. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cStand up and fight for SnyderVerse on July 11,\u201d one Reddit user posted. \u201cFight for our SnyderVerse on the imposter \u2018Superman\u2019 release day. Here\u2019s what we can do to make a difference: 1. Post spoilers everywhere. People are less likely to see or enjoy the movie if it\u2019s already spoiled; 2. Leave bad rating on review sites. We know for sure gunn-bots will post fake positive reviews so we must let people know the truth and balance the bias out with realistic scores; 3. Reserve tickets online but don\u2019t complete the purchase. By selecting and reserving tickets, it gets taken out of the pool for a period of time which means this has a chance of stopping gunn-bots from buying tickets.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Reddit user added that \u201cGunn fired the first shot and killed the SnyderVerse and here is our chance to take the fight back to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGunn responded with a short takedown: \u201cI think we will survive. I\u2019m not sure the eight people that listen to that guy (I\u2019m going to go out on a limb and guess it\u2019s a guy) are going to impact the course of events.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe director then elaborated on the topic in a new interview with Rolling Stone<\/a>, saying: \u201cI don\u2019t mind it. I think it\u2019s good. I think you don\u2019t wanna have everybody root for you, And I have an actor who reads everything online. I won\u2019t say who it is, but he\u2019ll read this article, and he\u2019ll know who it is. It\u2019s one of the top five in\u00a0Superman. And this actor gets so upset over things that people say. I said, \u2018First of all, you realize that the trailer came out and [reaction] was 97, 98 percent positive. These people help us, because you don\u2019t want everything to seem 100 percent positive.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s all right to have an opposing force every once in a while,\u201d Gunn continued. \u201cSome of the things get ridiculous \u2014 I just know that every time something comes out, it doesn\u2019t matter how positively received, there\u2019s gonna be something that is of great controversy. It was great controversy that the sun caused Superman pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe upcoming \u201cSuperman\u201d stars David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, a role famously played by Henry Cavill in Snyder\u2019s previous DC Universe. Gunn\u00a0revealed on X<\/a>\u00a0shortly after taking over DC Studios that he had touched base with Snyder and there were no hard feelings between them. Earlier this month in an interview with Fandango<\/a>, Gunn even revealed that he consulted with Snyder when it came to designing the new Superman suit and whether or not to add the red trunks.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOne of the biggest questions was, \u2018Were we gonna have trunks, or were we gonna not have trunks?\u2019\u201d Gunn said. \u201cI talked to Zack Snyder, who was like, \u2018I tried a billion different versions with the trunks, and at the end of the day, I tried it, but I just couldn\u2019t get there.\u2019 And I was feeling exactly the same way. \u2026 Theoretically, I liked the idea of trunks because it\u2019s the Superman I grew up with.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSuperman\u201d opens in theaters July 11 from Warner Bros.<\/p>\n

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