James Gunn Says There’s No Justice League in the DCU Yet

Superman will soon arrive on the big screen once more, played by David Corenswet, heralding the true start of a new cinematic DCU. And we know several other superheroes are joining him in that movie. Among them are DC Comics heroes Mister Terrific, Hawkgirl, Metamorpho, and Green Lantern Guy Gardner. But according to DC Studios co-head and Superman director James Gunn, that team is not the Justice League. The name “the Justice Gang” appears in various tie-in materials already. In fact, Gunn says that his DCU doesn’t even have a Justice League. At least not at the present moment. Here’s what Gunn had to say when Entertainment Weekly asked him if he was setting up an eventual Justice League:

Of course, of course. But there is no Justice League in this world.not yet.

When pressed further if a Justice League project was part of the plan for his Gods and Monsters Chapter 1 of the DCU, Gunn only responded by coyly saying “Sure.” When they asked David Corenswet about his Kal-El joining a Justice League down the line, the actor said “What I like to do is stay blissfully ignorant, and then when James tells me what’s going to happen, I get to have a wonderful surprise. So if Justice League is in the back of his mind, that sounds great to me. I’ll put it at the back of my mind and we’ll see what happens.”