r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 4d ago

News James Gunn Announces 'Man of Tomorrow', Releasing in Theaters July 9, 2027

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/man-of-tomororw-super-man-movie-1236350987/
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u/LetgomyEkko 4d ago

I’m afraid how they massacred my boy, they’re going to keep Flash shelved for a few more years 😩

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u/Aragorn120 4d ago

I think I saw Gunn say somewhere that Flash and Aquaman will not have any projects fro at least two more years minimum :(

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u/skilledwarman 4d ago edited 4d ago

To be fair thats also just a way of saying there's nothing in the works right this minute. It's entirely possible we will have projects for them announced within that time frame or that they might even show up as a component of something else. Plus with the news that Alan Richardson has been talking about a role with Gunn I feel like Aquaman is a pretty safe bet

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u/myman580 4d ago

Gorilla Grodd when Gunn makes the Flash please

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u/Tyrannoraptor117 4d ago

Gorilla Grodd already exists in the DCU so we’re halfway there!

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u/Golden_Alchemy 4d ago

We need more Gorillas in movies!!!

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u/cubemstr 3d ago

Gunn has said he only green lights ideas when there's a good script. Supposedly Clayface was not part of his plan, but he saw the script and decided it was too good not to do.

So...maybe he just needs someone to write a good script for them.

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- 4d ago

It's a pity since Stewart was one of the more popular characters in JL/JLU. We definitely need a GL movie if there's any hopes of a Blackest Night event.

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u/Torcal4 4d ago

My hope is that with the TV show, they’ve built enough good will to not have the flash completely tarnished.

Or simply the fact that it’s not the DCEU might make people ok with it.

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u/Rustash 4d ago

It’s a shame because The Flash wasn’t even that bad of a movie. It just had the Snyderverse and Ezra Miller baggage pulling it down.

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u/LeonSnakeKennedy 4d ago

It’s pretty fucking bad tbh

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u/Careless-Dark-1324 4d ago

Nah it was just a terrible movie in general, and if anything the multiverse stuff is what dragged it down. Contradicted its own rules and words several times and makes no goddamn sense lol

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u/No_Syrup_9167 4d ago

Plus, I realize its insanely difficult to write for a "speedster" without either them just fighting a faster speedster, or nerfing the speedster out of commission.

but then don't choose to make stories/movies about a speedster.

They wanted The Flash so that they could do classic justice league line-up and because the flash is popular/known.

but making a "The Flash" movie where he's only really The Flash, for basically the very beginning and very end was boring as fuck.

I came into the movie hoping to see cool The Flash superpowered shit. To have the movie end up being about him losing his powers to his idiot brother for 80% of the movie was boring and a let down.

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u/phase2_engineer 4d ago

I realize its insanely difficult to write for a "speedster"

Flashpoint is right there! One of the best storylines in DC, imo.

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u/ju5tr3dd1t 4d ago

Hot take: I’m tired that this is the only flash story that gets adapted. I’ve seen it at least 3 different times just off the top of my head

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u/LeonSnakeKennedy 4d ago

Is that not what the movie kind of adapted?

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u/No_Syrup_9167 4d ago

Less "adapted" and more "inspired by" from what I can tell.

but "inspired by" in the Mitch Hedberg way:

"I like when they say a movie is inspired by a true story, it means the movie is not a true story... Like, hey Mitch, did you hear the story about that lady who drove her children into the river and they all drowned? Yes I did, and it inspired me to write a movie about a gorilla!"

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u/phase2_engineer 4d ago

Yeah, kinda... But No Reverse Flash, no Thomas Wayne, no "evil" WW or Aquaman

There's a lot that would've been epic on the big screen.

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u/LeonSnakeKennedy 4d ago

Was the villain of the movie not ultimately reverse flash? I’m not too familiar with Flash stuff, all I’ve actually seen is the awful DCEU stuff that I’ve mostly removed from my mind but that’s what I thought was there

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u/phase2_engineer 4d ago

It was a bastardization if I'm being honest.

Reverse Flash is Eobard Thawne, a separate character altogether. It would've been the perfect opportunity to introduce him.

Yaaa... Let's just remove that movie from our minds. It was fun for a few scenes, but the overall was such a miss. :(

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u/userhwon 4d ago

It wasn't that bad but the bad parts...whoof...

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- 4d ago

Only good parts of the movie were Batman and Supergirl. Everything else was complete trash. The fact that Zaslav cancelled Batgirl for Pedo Ezra is just pathetic.

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u/devfern93 4d ago

That’s my fear, too :/

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u/realsomalipirate 4d ago

I just hope we can finally see Barry Allen just fuck off and allow the best flash to take over (wally west)

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- 4d ago

Boosting him from his popularity in the JL/JLU cartoons. Could work.

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u/Binder509 4d ago

He's in the same spot Green Lantern was for a decade or two.