It certainly has been a while since we got any updates on more DC Extended Universe movies like the planned Man of Steel sequel or Green Lantern Corps. However, Christopher McQuarrie may have solved the mystery. The Mission: Impossible - Fallout director revealed that Warner Bros. somehow turned down his proposals for both movies.
McQuarrie recently took to Twitter to address a rumor about him being attached to a DC Extended Universe film simply called The Prisoner (via Cinemablend). The screenwriter explained that he was fired from the project even before he could begin writing the script, and it had something to do with the movie he and Henry Cavill were planning.
"Too complicated to explain. It tied into the Superman movie that Cavill and I were proposing. No takers," McQuarrie wrote. "The studios have never cared for my original ideas. They prefer that I fix their broken ones."
Interestingly, McQuarrie also shared that Man of Steel 2 isn't the only proposal that got shot down. The sequel was supposed to be connected to a Green Lantern movie that never got addressed by the studio.
"Green Lantern was a written proposal. Superman was a pitch," McQuarrie wrote.
So did Warner Bros. pointedly tell McQuarrie that they're simply not interested. Nope, the Usual Suspects writer revealed he was ghosted by the studio.
"They never said no. They just never moved on it. This was just before Fallout was released. And no, I would not reconsider. There's too many other things I want to do," McQuarrie wrote.
Unfortunately, the tweets have been deleted. Nevertheless, it's the explanation most fans needed after waiting for Man of Steel 2 and Green Lantern Corps for way too long.
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