Doctor Doom holds court.
The closer we get to the next Avengers movie, the first of yet another duology, the more strange the decisions at Marvel Studios and the film’s directors get. People liked a character that we killed off or replaced? Bring back a different version, or have the actor play a new role. Reshoots and things hitting the cutting room floor, though now that’s virtual since so much is done digitally instead of with film, but this latest bit of news, while not too strange on its own, follows previous creative decisions that just doesn’t make a lot of creative sense. I’m a writer, not a filmmaker, but I still get the impression that I understand storytelling and planning better than the professionals.
The latest word came from Haley Atwell, who plays Peggy Carter in the MCU projects. As compiled by The Direct, Atwell already had concerns about whether or not her happily ever after with Steve Rogers was worth building a story around, and now her scenes may well be cut altogether. Except those scenes are already filmed, and apparently multiple storylines that have been filmed may also be dropped, making me wonder if they had ANY plans going into this movie. In fact, history kind of shows that they really don’t, and despite the leaked plot that looks more and more to be accurate, it might be the only plan they had in mind. Again, deleted scenes are nothing new, but when you have a whole other movie left in the editor you have to wonder how these guys got to be “professional” in the first place. Not all of this is on the shoulders of the Russo Brothers. Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios producers, and even Disney itself has to take the blame. I don’t care WHO screwed up. I’m an end product reviewer and commentator, and so far the end product isn’t looking too stable.
James Gunn’s DC Universe Gets More Confusing
Being happy the Snyderverse is over doesn’t mean being happy with its replacement.
James Gunn took over the DC movies and shows along with Peter Safran, but Gunn is the face and possibly vision driver behind what DC Studios puts out, hence why his stuff is the Gunnverse. Even if he’s not working on it himself, it’s done with his blessing and his vision…or it would be if his vision made a lick of sense, and it doesn’t.
Comic Book Movie recently reported on yet another argument that James Gunn has had with a DC superhero fan who doesn’t care for his direction, or possibly can’t make sense of it. Actually, going to his actual Threads post he was responding to someone else’s response to the original post.
Reading the post both Gunn and the replier he’s replying to has a fair point, but it misses the larger problem with the current crop of DC Studios projects. No, you don’t have to build up to something, but we have to understand if it’s doing that or not. There needs to be a clear vision, and right now that is something that is clearly lacking because what we see is a pile of contradictions.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on October 27, 2026 in Animation Spotlight, DC Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight and tagged commentary, Creature Commandos, DC Entertainment, DC Gunnverse, DC Studios, James Gunn, James Gunn's Superman, Lanterns (HBO Max), Matt Reeves, Peacemaker (HBO Max), Supergirl (2026 movie), The Batman, Warner Brothers.
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