According to James Gunn, Henry Cavill was already going to be replaced as Superman before he overhauled the DCU with Peter Safran.

The rebirth of a new DCU is nearly upon us, with the upcoming release of James Gunn’s Superman. But even though it’s now been years since the previous Man of Steel Henry Cavill graced our screens, there are some die-hard DCEU Snyder-verse fans who just can’t let go.

James Gunn responded on Threads to an online movement from Zack Snyder fans that seeks to negatively impact the potential success of Gunn’s “Superman,” which kicks off the new DC Universe that is being shaped by the writer-director and his DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran. Snyder was in charge of the last DC Universe, which …