This news just came across our desk: James Gunn and Peter Safran are stepping down as co-presidents of DC Studios. They had the gig for years and now it’s over. So, what happened? Well, in my opinion, it was the slew of flops with no end in sight. For James Gunn, DC was never a good fit and project after project just proved it. Superman, Supergirl, Lanterns. All sucked. Just flat out sucked and not only that? They didn’t make a big pile of money. That kind of track record will have you looking for a new gig really quick in Hollywood.

Now it’s important to remember that James Gunn is very capable of making good movies. He just can’t do with known properties. Gunn specializes in movies about groups of misfits. And if no one knows anything about those misfits outside if Gunn’s movies? That’s even better. Guardians of the Galaxy? Great movies. Peacemaker? People enjoyed it. I have no clue about that character or his past. It’s a black page. That’s where Gunn shines. He can put his stamp on it.

However, when you make Superman a weenie and Supergirl a drunk brat and Hal Jordan an incompetent racist? Oof. That’s not going to sell tickets. People know those characters and they love them. They don’t like Gunn’s spin. In a nutshell: He went woke. He’s certainly not broke though. I’m sure that James Gunn has a huge pile of money and he’s got lots of good movies to still make! Hopefully about a group of misfits that band together to save the world. That’s what he does best. It’s not classic DC heroes. We’ve all seen that and … oof.

You have to wonder how this will affect the next Superman movie “Man of Tomorrow”.

We tried to tell them.

And Lanterns. Oof.