James Gunn and Zack Snyder gathered in a crazy episode by Rick and Morty

A few days before the release of Superman, the two filmmakers agreed to reply in episode 7 of season 8, which cheerfully laughs at Hollywood, from his relationship to fans and blockbusters.

James Gunn has become the big villain of Rick and Mortythe time of an episode!

In “Ricker than fiction”episode 7 of season 8 broadcast this day on max in France, we see the new BOSS of DC in its own role, as well as Zack Snyderwhom he meets at the Warner Bros cafeteria …

In this ultra meta episode, Rick activates the “Movie-Lizer”a device capable of rewriting a film in real time. A kind of gigantic AI intended to redo the blockbusters as it pleases. He intends to sabotage Maximum velociteran absurd parody of Transformers And Fast and Furious Made by … James Gunn himself.

Thus, after being taken to task by the old scientist, James Gunn is turned upside down and crosses Zack Snydermuscular and pincer-rire, which drops: “I saw your new superman. Just a piece of advice: it’s the steel man, not the man who causes …”

Rick and Morty end up rewrite Maximum velociter In their image, while Gunn, impressed, launches: “They surpassed the Gunn!”. He ends up being killed by one of the Bosses of Warner Bros. After giving him the keys to the famous machine that invents films.

So how Warner Bros. and the authors of Rick and Morty have dared to parody so?

Scott MARDERexecutive producer, tells Variety that the idea of Movie-Lizer Fleumed in the scriptwriters’ room for a while.

“Originally, it was a book-alizer (a cracked book machine), with Jerry who wrote a novel. And then we pivoted the films.” The false blockbuster Maximum velociter is then imagined as a satirical wink with hypertrophied action franchises. And very quickly, obviousness is essential: “If we laugh at Hollywood, we had to include our bosses. James Gunn became the natural choice to be ‘Bad Guy’.”

MARDER adds:

“We were all convinced that when Rob Schrab would approach him, he would be in the midst of Superman. And yet, he replied yes instantly, and even went up the info to Warner during the day. On our set, some were already wondering how Zaslav and Gunn were aware so quickly. ”

James Gunn recorded its replicas the same morning at the end of the production of Supermanproving how much he wanted to appear in the series.

“I think he called people above him to check that it would not be a problem. And he had the green light very quickly.”

It must be said that the episode is fun, not very harmful to Hollywood (“It’s true that it’s hard to make movies! “ concludes Rick as a final morality) and especially comes out at the right time, to continue to raise the buzz around James Gunn and sound Supermanwhich arrives Wednesday in theaters. Sacred timing.

As of Zack Snyderhe also naturally accepted. “They were super beautiful players,” Tells MARDER. “The two suggested that Rick and Morty was their series of relaxation. They were delighted to be part of it, and never had the slightest decline. Frankly, we could have gone even further in the spikes. They just took everything in fun.”

Even Dan Harmonco-creator of Rick and Mortypersonally was responsible for dialogues between Gunn And Snyder.

“When he knew they came, he fell in love with his fingers and got to work so that the episode is up to their characters.”

The two directors did not record their aftershocks together but posed for a photo that briefly ignited the Internet (see above). “But fortunately, no one guessed that they were together to Rick and Mortywe kept the secret to the end, ” congratulates Marder.