Speaking to YMH Studios, Gunn touched on this fact. So we met with David Szaslav, who was the one that hired us, and we told him what the basic plan was," Gunn told the podcast. "So we had a basic plan and then we hired a bunch of writers who I really respected, who came in and we kind of worked out the whole story. Per Gunn, while the initial release schedule of the first chapter for Gods and Monsters has changed, the broader paint strokes for the overall picture Gunn is trying to paint has remained the same. It seemed as if Supergirl and Lanterns were intentionally skipped to mention that Man of Tomorrow would be the next big paint stroke put on the DCU's canvas.