James Gunn Uninterested in 'Online Fan Wars' as Superman and The Fantastic Four Prepare to Launch in the Same Month: 'There's Room for Us Both!'

This summer, 2 immense superhero movies are acceptable to bash conflict astatine the container office, with DCU reboot Superman launching connected July 11 and MCU behemoth The Fantastic Four: First Steps hitting theaters a fortnight later, connected July 25. But arsenic the DC and Marvel fandoms spar online, DCU main James Gunn has said helium is uninterested successful getting progressive successful net rivalry, and would alternatively absorption connected each that’s bully astir each film.

On societal web Threads, Gunn was asked if helium had immoderate connection connected The Fantastic Four successful the discourse of fans pitting Marvel and DC against each other.

“They travel retired 2 weeks aft us,” Gunn replied, “there's country for america both! I emotion my friends astatine Marvel. You tin find immoderate discussions you'd privation to find online. I'd absorption connected each the positivity astir the films alternatively of getting sucked up successful online instrumentality wars.”

Gunn, of course, has a agelong past with Marvel, having written and directed the much-loved Guardians of the Galaxy bid of MCU movies. But helium is nary alien to DC, either, having written and directed the well-received 2021 Suicide Squad movie.

Gunn is present co-head of the rebooted DCU alongside Peter Safran, and wrote, directed, and produced Superman. He is steering the DCU successful a absorption genitor institution Warner Bros. hopes volition effect successful much occurrence than the erstwhile DCEU enjoyed. To this end, a fig of DCU films and TV shows are successful the works, and it seems inevitable that DC volition clash with Marvel again.

Take, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, for example. It’s owed retired June 26, 2026. That’s conscionable implicit a period earlier Spider-Man: Brand New Day comes retired connected 31 July 2026. And successful the onshore of television, DCU has HBO amusement Lanterns retired astatine immoderate constituent successful 2026, erstwhile Marvel Television volition person a fig of bid deed Disney+, including Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again, and Vision Quest.

For now, though, the absorption is precise overmuch connected Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, with each movie nether tremendous unit to station immense numbers astatine the container office. Whatever broadside of the comic publication obstruction you beryllium on, July is acceptable to beryllium an awesome period for superhero fans.

And let’s remember, Marvel and DC person joined forces to denote what is definite to beryllium 1 of the top-selling comic publication projects of 2025. The 2 publishers are teaming connected a brace of one-shot crossover specials featuring Batman and Deadpool. That makes this the archetypal genuine crossover betwixt the Marvel and DC Universes successful much than 20 years. Best of all, they aren’t stopping with Deadpool/Batman #1 and Batman/Deadpool #1. Marvel and DC are already processing a follow-up crossover for 2026.

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