james gunn and peter safran may be coheads of dc studios but according to a new report they werent the first names in the frame for the top joba source close to the new york post claims the whole town turned the job down before it was offered to gunn and safran that even includes joker director todd phillips who was reportedly begged to take the rolethe source added that there could be trepidation over gunns relative inexperience at the top of a corporate hierarchygunn has never run anything i wonder if big filmmakers will work for another director with zero experience guiding movies through a huge grinder of a system hes not kevin feige they saidhe may not be kevin feige but gunn has been busy formulating plans of a similar scope to his marvel studios counterparta new superman movie written by gunn is in the works previous man of steel actor henry cavill however wont be back and wonder woman 3 has met a similar endin its place gunn aims to focus on a mix of household names and lesser known characters promising well hear more about his slate next year he has also recently said that dc studios wont be recasting everyonephillips meanwhile is busy filming joker sequel folie deux the first image of joaquin phoenixs return as the killer clown has been released while lady gaga has been lined up for a starring role potentially as harley quinnfor more on dcs upcoming plans check out our guide to new superhero movies