James Gunn speaks out on plan to hurt new 'Superman' release

Zack Snyder's take on Superman has a fervent fanbase. Now, James Gunn, the new head of the franchise, has recreated the superhero.

This did not sit well with some fans, who on Redditt ran a campagin on how to hurt the release of the DC hero film.

“Stand up and fight for SnyderVerse on July 11,” one post read. “Fight for our SnyderVerse on the imposter ‘Superman’ release day." 

The user on Reddit then shared detailed instructions on affecting the performance of the forthcoming movie.

"Here’s what we can do to make a difference: 1. Post spoilers everywhere. People are less likely to see or enjoy the movie if it’s already spoiled; 2. Leave bad ratings on review sites," it added. 

"We know for sure gunn-bots will post fake positive reviews so we must let people know the truth and balance the bias out with realistic scores; 3. Reserve tickets online but don’t complete the purchase."

"By selecting and reserving tickets, it gets taken out of the pool for a period of time which means this has a chance of stopping gunn-bots from buying tickets.”

“Gunn fired the first shot and killed the SnyderVerse and here is our chance to take the fight back to him," the post noted.

James, meanwhile, took a dig at the online campaign, “I think we will survive. 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.”

Superman will fly into the cinemas on July 11.