Summary

  • James Gunn denies allegations of being responsible for Emilia Harcourt's revival in DC Comics, despite introducing his wife as the character in previous films.
  • Gunn celebrates Harcourt's revival in DC Comics by sharing a variant cover of Batman: The Brave and The Bold #4 tie-in on Threads, showing the character sitting on her grave.
  • While Gunn had no involvement in the decision to bring Harcourt back, fans continue to criticize him for other controversial choices that have impacted the DCEU's box office performance and upset long-time fans.

James Gunn, DC Studios CEO, known for rebooting the franchise for the upcoming DCU, denies further allegations that suggest he was responsible for Emilia Harcourt's revival in DC Comics.

Gunn introduced his wife, Jennifer Holland, as Emilia Harcourt in Peacemaker and The Suicide Squad before it. She later made cameos as the character in Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the Gods. David F. Sandberg, the director of Shazam! Fury of the Gods, acknowledged Harcourt's involvement in the Shazam 2 post-credits scene as confusing. However, he explained the decision was made when Peter Safran made calls to enlist Holland and co-star Steve Agee for the scene when plans for Justice Society characters to appear fell through, a claim supported by Zachary Levi, who insinuated Dwayne Johnson vetoed the original plan.

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Gunn celebrates Harcourt's revival in DC Comics, quite literally, as the character initially took a boomerang to the head. However, Gunn shared what’s presumably a variant cover of Batman: The Brave and The Bold #4 tie-in by Kael Ngu, written by Rob Williams and art by Stefano Landini, on Threads, showcasing Harcourt's revival by displaying the character sitting on top of her grave. While Gunn did not share this image on X, his Threads post still gained attention on the platform, as die-hard DCEU fans, most known for campaigning for the release of Zack Snyder's Justice League, found this as evidence to support their criticisms against the DC Studios CEO on it representing his future vision for DC that started with letting go of Henry Cavill as Superman after Black Adam promised his return.

Williams, who is also the co-creator of Harcourt, shared the image on X, which is where a fan called out Gunn for having persuaded DC to bring Harcourt back so that he could feature her in the upcoming Batman Brave and the Bold film and have it still be comic accurate. However, Williams fired back, stating that Gunn had no involvement in the decision-making process, as it was his suggestion to revive her. Gunn replied, adding that he just found out about it 10 minutes earlier and was impressed with the variant art, this time, sharing the cover of Harcourt in issue 6 by Marguerite Savauge.

It does not appear that Gunn had any involvement in Harcourt's comic book return. Instead, Williams may have wanted to capitalize on her growing popularity. Despite Gunn debunking this most recent criticism against him, it does not necessarily invalidate other allegations since the DC Studios CEO is responsible for other controversial choices and conflicting information, all of which may have negatively impacted the box office performance of DCEU movies like The Flash, in addition to upsetting long-time DCEU fans that were eager to see the main story under Zack Snyder continue.

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