In an interview with IGN, New Gods movie co-writer, Tom King, revealed his comics inspiration for the upcoming movie. “To me I feel like I’m witnessing two geniuses coming together. One of them is Jack Kirby, whose sort of the founding father of all comics," King said. "His imagination not only props up all of pop culture now – we’ve sort of built our minds on what Jack Kirby has created." "And I’m combining that with Ava DuVerney, who I feel is the future of our culture.