{"id":1782913,"date":"2022-12-21T13:33:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T18:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782913"},"modified":"2022-12-21T13:33:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T18:33:45","slug":"no-one-loves-to-be-harassed-james-gunn-replies-to-haters-after-backlash-over-wonder-woman-sequel-henry-cavill-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-one-loves-to-be-harassed-james-gunn-replies-to-haters-after-backlash-over-wonder-woman-sequel-henry-cavill-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No One Loves To Be Harassed\u2019: James Gunn Replies To Haters After Backlash Over \u2018Wonder Woman\u2019 Sequel, Henry Cavill Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-one-loves-to-be-harassed-james-gunn-replies-to-haters-after-backlash-over-wonder-woman-sequel-henry-cavill-exit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Director and new DC Studios co-head <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/james-gunn-addresses-wonder-woman-3-cancelation-rumors-without-confirming-anything\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Gunn<\/a> responded on Tuesday to backlash over some of the early decisions that he and fellow co-head Peter Safran had made \u2014 namely the decisions not to move ahead with the third installment in the \u201cWonder Woman\u201d franchise and not to bring back actor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/henry-cavill-will-not-return-to-superman-role-in-new-film-eyed-to-play-different-dc-character-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Cavill<\/a> as Superman.<\/p>\n<p>Both decisions \u2014 coupled with the news that Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson\u2019s \u201cBlack Adam\u201d would not have a continuing storyline in the DC Universe \u2014 raised eyebrows and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/12\/james-gunn-shoots-down-claim-gal-gadot-booted-dc-universe-wonder-woman-3-axing-1235203061\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">angered fans<\/a> alike, but <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/director-james-gunn-responds-to-calls-to-recast-chris-pratt-over-actors-public-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gunn<\/a> made it clear that he and Safran were prepared to face the consequences of their decisions.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s official, James Gunn is the Grinch of 2022. \ud83d\ude02<br \/>\u2013 No Wonder Woman 3<br \/>\u2013 No more Henry Cavill as Superman<br \/>\u2013 and now THE ROCK just got Jabroni&#8217;d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OBKuqOCqbE\">https:\/\/t.co\/OBKuqOCqbE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheresaRockFace (@TheresaRockFace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheresaRockFace\/status\/1605596491078213634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gunn laid out his thought process in a lengthy Twitter thread, explaining that while he and Safran both understood that not all of the decisions they made would be popular, they intended to always move forward with what they believed was best for the studio and stayed true to the characters that had been around for decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things Peter &#038; I were aware of when we took the job as heads of DC Studios was a certain minority of people online that could be, well, uproarious &#038; unkind, to say the least,\u201d Gunn began, noting that they had expected backlash and that they were prepared for it to be unpleasant.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our choices for the DCU are based upon what we believe is best for the story &#038; best for the DC characters who have been around for nearly 85 years. Perhaps these choices are great, perhaps not, but they are made with sincere hearts &#038; integrity &#038; always with the story in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Gunn (@JamesGunn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesGunn\/status\/1604929009787146240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He went on to explain that backlash, however unkind, would not deter them from doing what they believed was best when it came to honoring the characters\u2019 history and moving the stories forward. He also conceded that they were well aware of the possibility that they could make mistakes in that effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur choices for the DCU are based upon what we believe is best for the story &#038; best for the DC characters who have been around for nearly 85 years. Perhaps these choices are great, perhaps not, but they are made with sincere hearts &#038; integrity &#038; always with the story in mind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gunn went on to note that however prepared they were for complaints and social media uproar, that did not change the fact that it could be hurtful. \u201cNo one loves to be harassed or called names \u2014 but to be frank, we\u2019ve been through significantly worse. Disrespectful outcry will never, ever affect our actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We were aware there would be a period of turbulence when we took this gig, &#038; we knew we would sometimes have to make difficult &#038; not-so-obvious choices, especially in the wake of the fractious nature of what came before us.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Gunn (@JamesGunn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesGunn\/status\/1604929012790239232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were aware there would be a period of turbulence when we took this gig,\u201d Gunn added, noting that some of the choices they were making might be \u201cnot-so-obvious\u201d to the fans, at least at face value, and that they were prepared to move forward with them regardless.<\/p>\n<p>Gunn\u2019s overall assessment was that the backlash came with the territory \u2014 and in the grand scheme of things, was less important than making sure that DC Studios had a solid path forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means little to us in comparison to our jobs as artists &#038; custodians in helping to create a wide &#038; wonderful future for DC.,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director and new DC Studios co-head James Gunn responded on Tuesday to backlash over some of the early decisions that he and fellow co-head Peter Safran had made \u2014 namely the decisions not to move ahead with the third installment in the \u201cWonder Woman\u201d franchise and not to bring back actor Henry Cavill as Superman. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1782916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[8303,6962,6969,3645,4265,9200,6202,10945,6490,10942,10943,9196,5334,10944,5537,3972,10941,8778,6195,3983],"class_list":["post-1782913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-no","tag-the","tag-wonder","tag-after","tag-backlash","tag-cavill","tag-daily","tag-exit","tag-gunn","tag-harassed","tag-haters","tag-henry","tag-james","tag-loves","tag-one","tag-over","tag-replies","tag-sequel","tag-wire","tag-woman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1782913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1782916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1782913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1782913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1782913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}