SnyderCut Subreddit Responds to James Gunn's Dismissal of Fan Campaign

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The moderators managing the r/SnyderCut subreddit have taken swift action by removing a controversial post urging fans to review bomb James Gunn’s upcoming Superman movie. They also issued a public statement distancing themselves from the content.

On Monday, DC Studios co-head James Gunn responded to the now-deleted Reddit post, which had encouraged fans to “stand up and fight for SnyderVerse on July 11.”

The post urged readers to “post spoilers everywhere,” “leave bad ratings on review sites,” and “reserve tickets online but don’t complete the purchase” as a form of protest.

“Gunn fired the first shot and killed the Snyderverse and here is our chance to take the fight back to him,” the post concluded.

After a Threads user shared the post with Gunn, he replied with a dismissive comment regarding its potential impact on Superman's reception.

“Lol I think we'll survive,” Gunn said. “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.”

Shortly after, the r/SnyderCut moderation team clarified that they removed the post about two hours after it was published, noting it had minimal engagement at the time. However, screenshots of the post had already begun circulating on social media and eventually reached Gunn via Threads.

In a locked follow-up thread, the mods made their stance clear:

“Our staff never approved that post and does not endorse what it said. This is a public sub, where posts do not have to be pre-approved. The mere appearance of a post on our sub does not represent any endorsement by us. Our moderators delete posts after they are made if they violate any of our policies or Reddit's policies. There was never any question that this post violated our policies, both explicitly and in spirit, and needed to be immediately removed.

“The post wasn't so much controversial as it was universally disapproved of. We support everyone's right to vote with their wallets by choosing to not see a movie. But we do not support any dishonesty or manipulation aimed at stopping someone else from choosing to see a movie.”

This isn’t the first time the passionate Zack Snyder fanbase has drawn headlines. The same fandom played a pivotal role in Warner Bros.’ 2021 release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, popularly known as the Snyder Cut.

Last year, Suicide Squad (2016) director David Ayer found himself addressing an online backlash after publicly supporting Gunn’s new Superman film and its debut trailer.

Ayer, whose film was part of Snyder’s now-discontinued DCEU, initially took to X/Twitter asking fans not to launch another ‘Ayer Cut’ campaign during the Superman trailer rollout. He later announced he would be taking a step back from the ongoing discourse due to the intensity of the reactions he observed online.

During a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Gunn briefly touched on the topic of some Snyderverse fans hoping for his new DCU films to fail.

“I don’t mind it,” he said. “I think it’s good. I think you don’t wanna have everybody root for you. And I have an actor who reads everything online. I won’t say who it is, but he’ll read this article, and he’ll know who it is. It’s one of the top five in Superman. And this actor gets so upset over things that people say. I said, ‘First of all, you realize that the trailer came out and [reaction] was 97, 98% positive. These people help us, because you don’t want everything to seem 100% positive.'

“It’s all right to have an opposing force every once in a while. Some of the things get ridiculous — I just know that every time something comes out, it doesn’t matter how positively received, there’s gonna be something that is of great controversy. It was great controversy that the sun caused Superman pain.”

In the same Rolling Stone interview, Gunn also explained why he decided against using subtitle cards in this summer’s Superman and next year’s Supergirl.