Future DC Films Will Be More Focused, With Less Batman

It’s true. The hierarchy of energy within the DC universe is about to alter. But it gained’t be Black Adam doing the altering—it’s Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. At a current occasion, he described the way forward for DC Films as extra targeted and singular than it had been prior to now. “There’s not going to be four Batmans,” he mentioned.

Speaking on the Capital Markets’ Technology, Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference (via IndieWire), the corporate head mentioned what he felt DC must do to be extra profitable, and it’s, in truth, taking a look at Marvel. “The strategy that [former Disney CEO Bob] Iger put together was all Marvels in one place,” Zaslav mentioned. “You don’t wake up and find out that there’s a Batman TV show somewhere and a Batman cartoon somewhere else, they all have to relate to each other. There has to be a look and feel for all of it. And so, I went on a journey a few months ago of, ‘How do I put all of DC in one place?’ ‘Cause I think it’s one of the biggest opportunities at this company.”

The reply, it seems, comes with hiring the brand new heads of DC Films James Gunn and Peter Safran, who’ve been tasked with creating a brand new, targeted future for the model. “Part of our strategy is drive the hell out of DC, which James and Peter are gonna do,” Zaslav mentioned. “They thrilled the fans, I think they’ll thrill you over a period of time. But also really focus on our strategic advantage, the great content we have that everyone in the world knows, and focus on telling those stories.”

The CEO talked about that Superman is, after all, a spotlight (“We haven’t done a Superman movie in 13 years,” he also noted), and that whereas Gunn is engaged on writing a brand new DC film, Safran is “fixing” Aquaman. Whatever which means. Might it need to do with the very fact Ben Affleck’s Batman was set to cameo within the upcoming sequel? And if he does, does that give DC the aforementioned 4 Batmans transferring round in live-action? Meaning Robert Pattinson in The Batman, Ben Affleck in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Michael Keaton in The Flash, and the younger actor as Bruce Wayne from the Joker collection? We don’t know.

It wasn’t talked about on the occasion, however the different factor Zaslav’s quote brings to thoughts is the multiverse storyline of The Flash. Rumor had it that movie was made explicitly with the purpose to offer DC one other place to begin for its storytelling. Will this concept of okayeeping the whole lot targeted change that film? Has the CEO already given The Flash a psychological Batgirl and dismissed it as a one-off? There are so many inquiries to be answered within the subsequent few months as Gunn will get set to launch what we’d think about are his remaining two Marvel initiatives (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and that franchise’s Christmas particular), and DC will get again into theaters with Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash.

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