Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last little while, your social media timelines will no doubt have been swamped with backlash, bile, and negativity being thrown in the direction of DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn for making sweeping changes to the established order since assuming control alongside Peter Safran.
In the filmmaker-turned-executive’s defense, his job is literally to do what Dwayne Johnson couldn’t and change the hierarchy of power from the inside out, and you’ve got to break a few high-profile eggs to make an omelette designed to lead a faltering shared universe into a bold and brave new future.