Whilst that post does have a positive ring to it, hinting at future appearances for Cavill, the actor himself posted a typically classy response on social media which called it ‘a changing of the guard’, adding that ‘it had been a fun ride’ and that ‘my time to wear the cape has passed.’ No future tense there, then and Cavill seems to believe that his time as the Man of Steel is over. Gunn confirmed that he is writing the new Superman film which will focus on the characters early days in Metropolis and as it stands, no director has yet been named although Variety is reporting that Ben Affleck is in the mix. The outlet also added that JJ Abrams’ take on Superman which is being written by Ta-Nehisi Coates is still in ‘active development’ despite having been very quiet for a very long time. With news coming earlier this week that Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 3 may not be happening (although the director herself refutes this), the future of the new-look DCU is starting to become clearer and it looks like a near-total reboot of the ‘Snyderverse’ legacy characters could be on the way. That’s with Superman now confirmed to be changing and other younger versions of Batman, Wonder Woman and others following in a new tightly-connected ‘universe’, perhaps. We’ll find out early in the new year, according to Gunn but whether you’re a fan of Cavill’s take on Superman or not, it’s hard not to feel sympathy for the actor who has been more than a little hard done by in his near-decade as the Last Son of Krypton. — Thank you for visiting! If you’d like to support our attempts to make a non-clickbaity movie website: Follow Film Stories on Twitter here, and on Facebook here. Buy our Film Stories and Film Stories Junior print magazines here. Become a Patron here.Peter & 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.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022
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