The opening animation (of a Golden Age Man of Steel breaking a chain with his pectorals) in front of DC Studios productions such as Creature Commandos, and other releases such as Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,

The DCU restructuring under James Gunn was essential after the sorry state of DCEU, but it ended several promising projects as well.

According to Bloody-Disgusting, the late Return of the Living Dead actors James Karen and Don Calfa will appear in Linnea Quigley’s meta-sequel, Trash’s Revenge, “with the magic of CGI.” In response to a fan on Threads (via Screen Rant ), James Gunn confirmed he’s now “pre-writing” his next DCU project after Superman and Peacemaker season two.

Both those projects were helmed by James Gunn, who also made Creature Commandos, has his Superman movie coming this summer on the 2025 movies schedule, and is running DC Studios with producer Peter Safran.

Creature Commandos kicks off James Gunn’s darker DCU vision, exploring moral ambiguity, shocking losses, and the human cost of superhero conflicts.

James Gunn's Superman movie is still months away from its theatrical release, but the DC Studios boss already has a big update on his next DCU film.

James Gunn has offered an explanation as to how Peacemaker Season 1 and The Suicide Squad fit into the DCU's canon following the release of Creature Commandos. Creature Commandos is the first official project that is part of Gunn and Peter Safran's DCU.

For Superman, one of these baddies is Conduit, a villain who started with potential but fell out of the spotlight until a recent reappearance in Action Comics #1044. Created by long-time Superman talents Dan Jurgens and Louise Simonson,