“That was really unfortunate,” Gunn continued. “So Peter and I [thought] the right thing to do was to sit down with [Cavill] and talk to him. And we sat down and we talked to him. He was an absolute gentleman, a great guy about it. He said, ‘The only thing I ask is that I’m able to reveal it myself as opposed to it coming from you guys.'”

Before the ink dried on James Gunn 's contract with DC Studios, his plans for relaunching the Superman franchise hit a snag: Henry Cavill had announced his return as the Man of Steel. The director, though,