Superman: Legacy director and DCU head, James Gunn has backtracked the rumors that suggested we would see an appearance from The Authority in the upcoming reboot.
Ever since the new Superman film was announced, rumors and speculation have gone wild as to what heroes and villains might make an appearance. One popular rumor suggested that The Authority would be featured in Superman’s first solo movie since 2013. However, when asked by a fan via Threads, the director seemed to shoot the rumor down.
“(I never said The Authority would be present).”
While it’s possible he could be bluffing so as to avoid spoiling details about the movie, this is all we have to go off right now, so it’s probably best to temper expectations regarding that particular hero team making their big screen debut.
However, we do know that they’re confirmed to be getting their own movie in the future. Gunn revealed as much when he laid out his plans for the DCU back in January, so this might have been where the rumors began, although Gunn definitely did not say the team would be featured in Superman: Legacy.
“The Authority is a passion project of mine […] we are now bringing [it] into the DCU and will interact with all of our primary DCU characters.”
Whilst it kind of sucks that we’ll have to wait longer to see these guys make their cinematic debut, at least we can all rest easy knowing that The Authority will eventually get the onscreen treatment they deserve. We don’t know exactly when that will be yet, so for now we’ve just got to wait and see.