Even as James Gunn is on a promotional tour for the conclusion of his Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, he has been working on the script of his upcoming DC movie, Superman Legacy.

James Gunn's DC movie Superman Legacy now in pre-production. See photo

It's official. James Gunn, writer-director and the co-CEO of DC Studios is helming DCU's first Superman movie, titled Superman: Legacy. In case you didn't know Warner Bros Discovery, the new entity that was formed when Warner Bros and Discovery merged, is led by one David Zaslav.

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