James Gunn has finally addressed fans’ demands to reboot Justice League Unlimited due to the success of X-Men ’97.
With Marvel’s X-Men ’97 seeing so muchsuccessand beingbeloved by fans, many DC fans are hoping James Gunn’s new DCEU will follow in its footsteps and reboot Justice League Unlimited, but the CEO shut those claims down in a recent response.
X-Men ’97 is a continuation of X-Men: The Animated Series, which ran from 1992 to 1997, and itsadult storylines, coupled with the old-school animation, have made it one of Marvel/Disney+’s biggest hits.
Unfortunately, those hopes were dashed when Gunn responded to a fan’s inquiry about a JLU reboot,postingon Threads, “X-Men ‘97 is fun because it’s unique and not desperately trying to follow the trends of everything around it. So I’d rather just keep doing that.”
Much like X-Men ’97, Justice League Unlimited was praised for its handling of complex character stories, its groundbreaking use of overarching story arcs, and standalone episodes for individual character conflicts.
So, in retrospect, there’s not much more Gunn could do with JLU, as the show already accomplished what X-Men ’97 is doing now.
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Gunn has been veryvocalabout his and Safran’s DCEU starting on afresh notewith no ties to previous movies/shows and with new actors coming in to take over iconic roles, like the upcoming Superman: Legacycast.
However, if fans are looking for an animated DC property to get excited about, Creature Commandos will be debuting on Max later this year.
You can check out some theories surrounding theX-Men ’97 finaleand keep updated on theupcoming DC projects.
Kayla Harrington was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in The Boys, The Walking Dead, House of the Dragon, Marvel and Star Wars. She also has bylines at Mashable, BuzzFeed, and The Mary Sue.
