James Gunn hits back at Zack Snyder fans over 'Superman' campaign

DC Studios chief James Gunn has reacted to an online campaign by fans of Zack Snyder to tank the upcoming ‘Superman.’

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The upcoming title is set to kickstart the new DC Universe after the previous series failed at the box office.

Zack Snyder began the previous DC Universe with ‘Man of Steel,’ however, his outing with the studio suffered major setbacks with box office bombs such as ‘Justice League,’ ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,’ and more.

As James Gunn is set to kickstart his DC Universe with ‘Superman,’ fans of Snyder have launched an online campaign to tank the film with negative reviews and spoilers.

The movement began when a Redditor posted, “Stand up and fight for SnyderVerse on July 11. Fight for our SnyderVerse on the imposter ‘Superman’ release day.”

“Here’s what we can do to make a difference: 1. Post spoilers everywhere. People are less likely to see or enjoy the movie if it’s already spoiled; 2. Leave bad rating on review sites. We know for sure gunn-bots will post fake positive reviews so we must let people know the truth and balance the bias out with realistic scores,” the user wrote.

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Fans of Zack Snyder were urged to reserve tickets but leave them there without completing the purchase.

“By selecting and reserving tickets, it gets taken out of the pool for a period of time which means this has a chance of stopping gunn-bots from buying tickets,” as per the user.

The Reddit user added, “Gunn fired the first shot and killed the SnyderVerse and here is our chance to take the fight back to him.”

The post caught James Gunn’s attention, who responded to the campaign against ‘Superman.’

In a post on Threads, the filmmaker wrote: “I think we will survive. I’m not sure the eight people that listen to that guy (I’m going to go out on a limb and guess it’s a guy) are going to impact the course of events.”