DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has lots of irons within the fireplace, along with his “Superman” releasing July 11, season 2 of “Peacemaker” almost wrapped for an August premiere and the “Lanterns” HBO collection midway by way of filming.

However whereas the studio has a number of extra elements of the DCU already within the works (together with a sort-of “Superman” sequel and a brand new “Marvel Girl” film), Gunn can be engaged on a number of films and TV tasks he hasn’t revealed in any respect but. Extra quotes from his latest EW cowl story had been not too long ago revealed, and the director-executive elaborated on a number of the studio’s priorities.

One challenge specifically he saved very quiet as a result of he didn’t need anybody to steal the concept, Gunn instructed EW. “My favourite factor has not been introduced in any respect…There was one factor that I knew about from the very starting, that after I pitched to David Zaslav what the DCU can be, I pitched to him, however we didn’t announce in that first assembly as a result of I felt prefer it was too simple to tear off by one other firm. And in order that’s one of many fundamental issues.”

Gunn says he’ll “in all probability” direct one of many new thriller tasks he’s writing. “Properly, I at all times go away saying I’m going to direct one thing until I’m truly completed with the screenplay, after which I say, ‘Yeah, I wish to do that.’ Nevertheless it’s in all probability what I’ll direct. Yeah, in all probability, to be completely sensible. Sure, in all probability,” he mentioned within the interview.

The “Guardians of the Galaxy” director talked about that when a widely known actor pitched him a challenge, he instructed him he was searching for a “masterpiece.”

“I instructed it to at least one one who got here in and pitched one thing that was an Elseworlds story,” he mentioned. “It was a really, very, very well-known film actor. I mentioned, ‘It is determined by how the screenplay comes out…If it’s a masterpiece, I’ll make it, however it needs to be a masterpiece.’ And he’s like, ‘I don’t know if it’s a masterpiece.’ He received all humorous. He’s nonetheless engaged on it, although. He’s nonetheless making an attempt to do it, so we’ll see. Masterpiece is likely to be pushing it, however it’s received to be actually nice.”

Gunn didn’t simply tease upcoming films within the interview. He additionally talked about one other “favourite factor” that’s a TV challenge.

“Then there’s one other TV present that’s my favourite factor in all of this, that’s hopefully getting made quickly,” he mentioned. “It’s simply my favourite factor. After which there’s the film…Oh s—! I don’t know what I’m allowed to say or not say, however there’s a few different films which can be being written, considered one of which is in fairly fine condition, one other which is form of nearer to the beginning, however we really feel constructive about. After which there’s a factor I’m writing, which I believe it’s okay…. So what would be the subsequent factor after ‘Clayface’ just isn’t one hundred pc sure, however it’s fairly sure.”