Future DC Studios projects discussion thread - News, rumors, etc.
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I hope he's making a Deadman movie and/or series.
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Sounds like a very polite no (or at least "not now") regarding the Ayer Cut and LoT. Oh well, I look forward to see what Gunn and Safran have in store for us.
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Yeah polite way of saying let's move forward for the greater good
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Yeah I took it as... nothing is off the table forever, but for the foreseeable future, we are moving FORWARD with NEW DC projects.
Either way, I'm fine with what he said.
Either way, I'm fine with what he said.
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A DC event that would be "telling the Biggest Story Ever Told across multiple films, television shows, & animated projects?" Could it be Zero Hour?
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There's an extensive post on 4chan's /co board from an alleged "insider" that details a bunch of planned DC movie projects. As is always the case with these things, it should probably be taken with a massive amount of salt...
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I Googled it. What a headache-inducing mess that thread is.
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One week into their jobs leading DC’s film, TV and animation efforts, James Gunn and Peter Safran met with their new Warner Bros. Discovery cohorts at a virtual town hall with CEO David Zaslav Thursday.
For months, Zaslav has said he wanted leaders to help DC become more like Marvel Studios, which is home to the most successful film franchise in history, one known for its overarching storylines such as the Infinity Saga. At the town hall Thursday, Safran emphasized that DC will focus on telling a single story.
“This was such a unique opportunity to tell one great overarching story”, said Safran, known for producing Shazam! and Aquaman. “One beautiful big story across film, television gaming, live-action, and animation.”
Gunn noted that he and Safran have begun work on a long-term plan for that story.
“The opportunity to make DC as great as it can be and as it should be — that is the reason why I’m doing this job because I know that Peter and I can do that,” said Gunn. “We spent the past couple days with a group of some of the best thinkers in the industry, the best writers in the industry starting to map out that eight to 10 year plan of what it’s going to look like in theater, in TV, in animation, across the board for these characters.”
In late October, Zaslav tapped Gunn and Safran to lead DC Studios as co-chairs and co-CEOS, with the duo beginning their duties Nov. 1.
Gunn rose to prominence turning Marvel’s little-known Guardians of the Galaxy characters into globally recognizable names. When he came to DC in 2018 to develop a feature, he chose to elevate misfit characters like Ratcatcher-2 and Polka-Dot Man in his 2020 feature The Suicide Squad rather than take on recognizable heroes like Superman. During the town hall, he highlighted his love for the obscure, sharing his affinity for The Metal Men and Bat-mite. But he also paid tribute to DC’s most known heroes.
“I love Superman, and I love Batman. I love their interaction,” Gunn said. “I love the ways in which they’re the same and the ways in which they are completely different.”
Gunn and Safran will report directly to Zaslav, who this week told investors he has spent a lot of time with the duo over the past few months. They replace Walter Hamada, who departed as DC Films president last month after holding the post for four years. The search for new leaders to run DC was long and closely watched, with the ascension of Gunn, a top-filmmaker, coming as a surprise.
Gunn took a moment during Thursday’s town hall to address Zaslav directly.
“I know that you are doing all this because you love these characters too, and you love the possibility, and the hope that they represent and that has been clear to us from the beginning,” Gunn said. “We would have never considered this if that wasn’t the case, so, thank you.”
For months, Zaslav has said he wanted leaders to help DC become more like Marvel Studios, which is home to the most successful film franchise in history, one known for its overarching storylines such as the Infinity Saga. At the town hall Thursday, Safran emphasized that DC will focus on telling a single story.
“This was such a unique opportunity to tell one great overarching story”, said Safran, known for producing Shazam! and Aquaman. “One beautiful big story across film, television gaming, live-action, and animation.”
Gunn noted that he and Safran have begun work on a long-term plan for that story.
“The opportunity to make DC as great as it can be and as it should be — that is the reason why I’m doing this job because I know that Peter and I can do that,” said Gunn. “We spent the past couple days with a group of some of the best thinkers in the industry, the best writers in the industry starting to map out that eight to 10 year plan of what it’s going to look like in theater, in TV, in animation, across the board for these characters.”
In late October, Zaslav tapped Gunn and Safran to lead DC Studios as co-chairs and co-CEOS, with the duo beginning their duties Nov. 1.
Gunn rose to prominence turning Marvel’s little-known Guardians of the Galaxy characters into globally recognizable names. When he came to DC in 2018 to develop a feature, he chose to elevate misfit characters like Ratcatcher-2 and Polka-Dot Man in his 2020 feature The Suicide Squad rather than take on recognizable heroes like Superman. During the town hall, he highlighted his love for the obscure, sharing his affinity for The Metal Men and Bat-mite. But he also paid tribute to DC’s most known heroes.
“I love Superman, and I love Batman. I love their interaction,” Gunn said. “I love the ways in which they’re the same and the ways in which they are completely different.”
Gunn and Safran will report directly to Zaslav, who this week told investors he has spent a lot of time with the duo over the past few months. They replace Walter Hamada, who departed as DC Films president last month after holding the post for four years. The search for new leaders to run DC was long and closely watched, with the ascension of Gunn, a top-filmmaker, coming as a surprise.
Gunn took a moment during Thursday’s town hall to address Zaslav directly.
“I know that you are doing all this because you love these characters too, and you love the possibility, and the hope that they represent and that has been clear to us from the beginning,” Gunn said. “We would have never considered this if that wasn’t the case, so, thank you.”
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More teases?
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Can't say that excites me any more than the Lobo tease. That is to say, not at all. Just don't care about those characters.
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From a BC article
Finally. Clean it up. Pick one and go.
During a conversation hosted by RBC on Tuesday morning, Zaslav covered a wider range of topics- including some good news to share about how things at going with the DCU's master strategy plan moving forward. In fact, the WBD head said that the duo is "coming close to the end" of putting together their DCU Bible. But then it gets interesting. "I think over the next few years, you're going to see a lot of growth and opportunity around DC; there's not going to be four Batmans," Zaslav added. "And so part of our strategy is [to] drive the hell out of DC, which James and Peter are going to do. I think they've thrilled the fans. I think they're going to thrill you over a period of time."
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Yesssss. If we get THIS version of him that'd be Badass! He won't be DC's "Black Panther" but he will bring some "flavor" to the DCU.
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Great news about Mister Terrific. I like that character and am glad to see him get some love.
As for the news regarding Batman, I'm all for it. Let Matt Reeves finish his trilogy and then put it to bed. The same with Joaquin Phoenix' take on the Joker. I really like both those renditions but we don't need to keep dipping into the same well. As for who should be the one DCU Batman, keep Affleck. I love Michael Keaton to death but, unless we're skipping ahead to the Batman Beyond/Kingdom Come era (or pulling a Last Knight on Earth), we really don't need a 71-year-old Batman.
As for the news regarding Batman, I'm all for it. Let Matt Reeves finish his trilogy and then put it to bed. The same with Joaquin Phoenix' take on the Joker. I really like both those renditions but we don't need to keep dipping into the same well. As for who should be the one DCU Batman, keep Affleck. I love Michael Keaton to death but, unless we're skipping ahead to the Batman Beyond/Kingdom Come era (or pulling a Last Knight on Earth), we really don't need a 71-year-old Batman.
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Yesssss. If we get THIS version of him that'd be Badass! He won't be DC's "Black Panther" but he will bring some "flavor" to the DCU.
And that's fine. Tons of us DO care a lot about Mr Terrific. That said, every little bit of dipping into the "NOT one of the Big Three DC Heroes" bucket helps.
And that's fine. Tons of us DO care a lot about Mr Terrific. That said, every little bit of dipping into the "NOT one of the Big Three DC Heroes" bucket helps.
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And it wasn't even the "making him gay" part so much, although the character losing his wife and son in an accident is part of what drives him (it could have been a husband, boyfriend, whatever). Mr. Terrific is the 3rd smartest man in the world in the DCU, holding a dozen PhDs AND is an Olympic decathlon gold-medalist. He is a rich, compelling character and, FINALLY, DC was able to create a black hero that wasn't always haunted and tortured by life (*ahem* Cyborg, Black Lightning, John Stewart)
The Arrowverse Mr. Terrific was pretty much the palest of shadows of the original. Just a techie (a talented one, surely, but a techie) with minimal physical skills and was introduced as diversity for diversity's sake, really. The character on screen had little to do with the amazing original character.
I always thought Mr. Terrific, while amazing in the JSA, should have been the new leader of the Challengers of the Unknown.
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I also dig his buddy-rivalry with Batman. It always made the latter a touch less brooding and all the better for it.
And now you have me yearning for a CotU movie.
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Looks like the Lobo project is a certainty under Gunn's leadership. Which makes sense, it's probably the best DC fit for his Guardians of the Galaxy formula.