One of the great events that happened in 2022 is the refurbishment of the DC universe. Many factors led to the point where the Universe has made its way back in the discussions of superhero nerds. When Warner Bros. announced a merger with Discovery, the CEO David Zaslav provided hope for the overhaul of DC with the introduction of new characters, bringing the secondary characters to the forefront, and reviving the older characters. Then, Warner Bros. named James Gunn and Peter Safran the CEOs of the DC Studios.
At the movies, DCEU had a great run at the box office. Despite some pushed releases, the two major releases i.e., Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ and Dwayne Johnson-starrer ‘Black Adam’. Both films had a thunderous box office performance. There will be the entry of Superman back into the universe which we saw in the post-credit sequence of ‘Black Adam’. The Co-CEO James Gunn has also been actively utilizing his power to tease the future characters that we may see from papers to celluloid. Recently, he shared another cryptic picture hinting at ‘Kingdom Come’.
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James Gunn Teases A Potential ‘Kingdom Come’ Project
On November 30th, 2022, James Gunn posted yet another picture regarding a potential DC project. For a long time, the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director has posted many cryptic messages about DC Comics characters that have not yet been introduced in the universe. On Mastodon, Gunn posted a picture of the DC supervillain Lobo.
Making plans. pic.twitter.com/cubPgga066
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) November 30, 2022
Now, he posted a picture of the cover of the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of ‘Kingdom Come’. There are heroes along with the Kingdom Come variant of the older Superman. He captioned the tweet, “Making plans”.
The origin of the ‘Kingdom Come’ characters can be traced back to 1996. This limited-edition series was created by Alex Ross and Mark Waid. It was the story of the superheroes who went into retirement but came out of it when the earth had the dark clouds of the newer generation “heroes” who are corrupt.
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Twitter Wants Brandon Routh On Board For A Kingdom Come Project
The only appearance of a character from ‘Kingdom Come’ was in CW’s ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths’, where Brandon Routh wore the cape back portraying the hopeful version of Superman after the death of superheroes at the hands of Joker. Fans loved the portrayal and wanted to see more of Ruth’s take on the Kryptonian.
A Kingdom Come with Brandon Routh would be SOOOO good 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/EDRmmLHXcT
— Source 🎄 (@SourceTWT) November 30, 2022
i’m gonna be annoyed if a full on kingdom come adaptation happens without Brandon Routh ngl https://t.co/KZBYawOwzO
— Luke (@qLxke_) November 30, 2022
Imagine thinking James Gunn using an image of Kingdom Come means Brandon Routh is gonna replace Cavill as Superman, like wut.
— Superwise (@SuperwiseJohn) November 30, 2022
Some even have started a petition to cast Brandon Routh in the ‘Kingdom Come’ Project that James Gunn teased.
This is a petition for Brandon Routh to play Superman for a movie adaptation of the Kingdom Come story. Please sign and share it. https://t.co/3aftt1FmnL pic.twitter.com/cxw7GbyVJx
— Michael Moreno (@Michael56410717) November 25, 2022
“Even in the darkest times, hope cuts through. Hope is the light that lifts us out of darkness.”-Brandon Routh’s Superman
Brandon is the right choice for Superman for a Kingdom Come Superman film. pic.twitter.com/7FZCnxaeAH
— Michael Moreno (@Michael56410717) December 1, 2022
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