James Gunn Opens Up About Guillermo Del Toro's Wish to Make a Justice League Dark Film: 'He Never Said That To Me'

You whitethorn have, erstwhile oregon doubly successful your travels, heard the rumor that the legendary Guillermo del Toro wants to marque a Justice League Dark film. Would beryllium cool, wouldn’t it? Well, contempt connection of del Toro's interest, DC brag James Gunn says he's yet to perceive from the filmmaker astir wanting to enactment connected the project.

“I emotion Guillermo, and we ain a movie theatre together. By the way, Guillermo's ne'er said that to me,” helium told Entertainment Weekly. “I perceive each these things about, ‘Guillermo would emotion to bash Justice League Dark.’ Well, Guillermo's ne'er said that to me.”

DC did marque an animated Justice League Dark bid successful 2017, but a caller incarnation with del Toro astatine the helm? Well, the thought was chill portion it lasted.

Gunn adjacent noted that del Toro isn’t the lone large filmmaker he’s heard these types of comments about. “‘Just fto Steven Spielberg bash his Blackhawks movie that helium wants to do!’ Steven Spielberg, who I emotion supra anyone else, has ne'er said that to me. So these things get blown retired of proportion,” helium added.

The filmmaker — who is caput of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, arsenic good arsenic the writer-director of the upcoming Superman movie — said helium adjacent had the aforesaid happening hap years agone to him successful narration to Thunderbolts.

“Years and years ago, I said I wanted to marque a Thunderbolts movie,” the manager explained. “I was [at a] normal somewhere, and idiosyncratic asked me, What did I privation to bash that wasn't Guardians of the Galaxy? I said Thunderbolts. And for years and years, it's like, ‘James Gunn should beryllium allowed to marque his Thunderbolts movie.’ I person a cardinal things that I thought I wanted to bash successful definite moments.”

Gunn did not, successful fact, get to marque his Thunderbolts movie — manager Jake Scheier ended up getting that privilege, helming the movie from a publication by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo. That movie dropped backmost successful May, and fans truly dug it. That said, it would beryllium absorbing to spot what Gunn would’ve done with the concept.

As for Gunn’s Superman, that flies into theaters connected July 8 — conscionable 1 week aft Thunderbolts volition get connected streaming for rent oregon purchase.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.