James Gunn Says No One at Skydance Has Seen Man of Tomorrow

Superhero Round-up · Edition of Saturday 14 November 2026 · covering 7–14 November

James Gunn has hit back at reports that DC’s new owners are already reshaping Man of Tomorrow, saying no one at Skydance has even seen it. It was a week of aftershocks at DC, with Lanterns fans told that season two is not cancelled, even though no one has said yes to it either. On the Marvel side, Disney+ has set out the homework for Avengers: Doomsday in a new countdown spot, and the composer of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse says the latest cut made him cry.

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Update: James Gunn says no one at Skydance has seen Man of Tomorrow

• What is new: Since our report on Gunn and Peter Safran stepping down as heads of DC Studios, Gunn posted on Threads on Thursday 13 November to deny claims that Skydance had watched the Superman sequel and ordered “all sorts of sweeping changes”. “No one from Skydance has even seen the movie – the only people that have are Peter Safran and a very small trusted group of friends and family,” he wrote
• Where the film stands: Filming wrapped in August and the film is now in post-production. Gunn wrote and directed it, and he and Safran stay on as producers after Jeremy Latcham takes over DC Studios on 1 December
• Who is in it: David Corenswet returns as Clark Kent, with Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Lars Eidinger as Brainiac. Aaron Pierre brings John Stewart over from Lanterns
• Where to watch in the UK: Man of Tomorrow opens in US cinemas on 9 July 2027; UK date not yet confirmed

Gunn’s message is simple: the film is still his. That matters, because the reports about DC’s future are pulling in different directions. Deadline says Skydance has given Latcham no mandate on which projects come first, while TheWrap reports that he has been told to get Batman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman back on the big screen quickly. Neither studio has said anything officially, so treat both as reports for now.

The same goes for the Wall Street Journal report that Man of Tomorrow will introduce the DCU’s Wonder Woman, which DC has not confirmed. What is certain is the date, and Gunn has already said there will be no trailer in December, so the first proper look is still some way off.

Lanterns season 2 is not cancelled, but the decision now waits for DC’s new boss

• New development: Variety’s report on the DC shake-up first said the HBO series had not been renewed, then was corrected to say it “has yet to be renewed”, with an unnamed insider claiming the show was not “quite capturing the zeitgeist”
• The response: Christopher Cantwell, brought in as co-showrunner for a possible second season, answered on Bluesky: “Nothing’s cancelled. Calm down.”
• Where it stands: Deadline reported on Thursday 13 November that showrunner Chris Mundy has a writers’ room in place, but no green light has been given. The season one finale drew 10.5 million viewers worldwide in its first three days, a series high. Safran had said in October that a decision would come before the end of the year, and it now falls to Latcham and HBO
• Where to watch in the UK: All eight episodes of season one stream on HBO Max in the UK, which is also available through NOW

This is the first real test of what the change at the top means for DC on television. Lanterns was one of the successes Deadline listed when Gunn and Safran stepped down, and its story leads straight into Man of Tomorrow, so Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart will be on the big screen next summer whatever happens to the series. Whether HBO wants more of Kyle Chandler and Pierre on the road together is now a question for the new regime, and the answer should come within weeks.

Disney+ picks 11 Marvel titles to watch before Avengers: Doomsday in a new countdown spot

• New development: On Wednesday 11 November, Disney+ released “Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday”, a one-minute spot that opens on Tony Stark’s battered helmet and runs through the Marvel films the streamer wants you to see before December
• The 11 titles: Avengers: Endgame (in its Encore cut), Avengers: Infinity War, Captain America: The First Avenger, Loki, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Deadpool & Wolverine, Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• What is left out: Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2012’s The Avengers and the original X-Men films are in the wider Disney+ collection but not in the spot, according to a shot-by-shot count by The Direct. Spider-Man still appears through Infinity War, and Sir Patrick Stewart’s Professor X through Multiverse of Madness
• Where to watch in the UK: The Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday collection is on Disney+ in the UK, and Avengers: Endgame Encore joined it on Friday 13 November. Avengers: Doomsday opens in UK cinemas on Wednesday 16 December, two days before the US

Loki is the only series on the list, which says a lot about how Marvel sees the multiverse story it is about to wrap up. With five weeks to go, the list also works as a sensible rewatch plan: a few films a week gets you through it. Endgame Encore was our Disney+ pick in this week’s Weekly Cinema Pack, and this morning Marvel named the official Avengers line-up for the new film. London is one of the stops on the Doomsday Global Tour, with dates still to come.

Watch the Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday spot

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse composer says the latest cut made him cry

• New development: Daniel Pemberton, who has scored all three Spider-Verse films, said at Deadline’s Sound & Screen event that he has seen an early cut of Sony’s animated finale. “The last cut I saw made me cry multiple times,” he said. “When something can do that when it’s an animatic, and it’s still early… I think everyone’s going to be in for a real treat.” GamesRadar+ reported his comments on Monday 9 November
• The ambition: “We all know we’ve got to make the greatest ending to a trilogy ever with that film,” Pemberton added
• Still to come: Sony has not yet released a public trailer. Footage was shown only to cinema owners at CinemaCon in April
• UK release detail: In US cinemas on 18 June 2027; UK date not yet confirmed

It is only a composer’s reaction, not a review, but it is the first sign in months that the long-delayed film is close to finished. Beyond the Spider-Verse has to pick up from one of the biggest cliffhangers in animation, with Miles Morales stranded in the wrong universe, and it lands a year after Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day took Peter Parker somewhere very different. It is already in our list of what is coming up for Marvel and DC.

Do you trust DC’s new regime with Man of Tomorrow and Lanterns, or is your attention all on Doomsday now?