Moving over to DC Films would have been a lateral move with mammoth expectations. Whereas James Gunn's ascendance to DC Films co-CEO with producer Peter Safran is more of a promotion, as he only ran a corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Kevin Feige had an opportunity to run DC Studios before James Gunn and Peter Safran were hired. In 2022, Gunn and Safran were hired as co-chairpersons and co-CEOs of DC Studios by Warner Bros. Discovery's David Zaslav.

As James Gunn's DCU launches with the premiere of 'Superman', his Marvel days appear to be in the past for now.

According to a new report, DC apparently had a meeting with Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige to have him take over their film franchise.

Imagine an alternate timeline where Kevin Feige , the architect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, jumped ship to DC. Sounds wild, right? But apparently, it DC tried to made that happen! According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal ,

Before James Gunn was tapped by Warner Bros. and DC to revamp its superhero slate of films and TV series, Warner Bros. tried to poach someone else from Marvel: Kevin Feige.

The same report also says Warner Bros. tried to lure Marvel boss Kevin Feige to join DC Studios as part of its restructuring process.

Years after the talks with Feige, Warner Bros. appointed James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-heads of DC Studios in late 2022. Gunn, who directed Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, was first approached by WB in 2018 after his temporary exit from Disney. Though they initially offered him a Superman project, he opted to direct The Suicide Squad instead.

James Gunn is now co-CEO of DC Studios, and he's working on a plan to build an entire DC Universe – something he says he took great inspiration for from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, his old colleague from his time directing in the MCU.

Born on the gleeful grotesquerie of Troma and transformed from indie provocateur to empathetic protector during his days making movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Gunn makes comic book movies with the kind of artistic integrity,

The director said he auditioned hundreds of people before he met Pratt.The quest to find Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy is a well-documented one, but director James Gunn was reluctant to meet Chris Pratt,