Whereas there are 4 upcoming DC films slated for launch this 12 months, up till final week, except for Joker 2 being slotted for late 2024, the DC movie slate past 2023 was basically a clean canvas. That’s not the case, as DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran held a Q&A for the press that unveiled the flicks and TV exhibits making up the DC Universe franchise’s Chapter 1, a.ok.a. “Gods and Monsters.” Naturally there’s been a number of conversations generated about these initiatives, however supposedly the occasion itself rubbed some executives at Warner Bros. Photos the mistaken means.
As shared by THR, these executives weren’t enamored with James Gunn and Peter Safran expressing their unfiltered ideas on DC-related topics past the DC Universe slate, together with Henry Cavill being “dicked round” by the earlier DC regime over his Superman return, in addition to describing the Batgirl film that was scrapped final summer time as “not releasable.” The publication said that “a few of their feedback weren’t precisely tactful,” significantly since there are nonetheless members of that “earlier regime” who nonetheless work at Warner Bros., therefore why they weren’t happy by what Gunn and Safran needed to say on these topics.
The writeup goes on to say that James Gunn and Peter Safran don’t fall into commonplace film govt roles that “both toe the corporate line, categorical generic and genial statements, or retweet reward.” They’re “moviemakers” before everything, and in Gunn’s case, he’s been standing out in latest months by debunking all types of DC-related rumors on Twitter, like when it was alleged he’d already solid the brand new Superman. But when there are choose individuals within the Warner Bros. hierarchy who aren’t happy with how untactful Gunn and Safran are on the enterprise facet of their DC Studios endeavors, it’s unclear in the event that they’ll be instructed behind-the-scenes to behave in a extra “company” method, or if these people will simply must get used to the best way this duo does issues.
In any case, with James Gunn and Peter Safran main the cost at DC Studios, this nook of the superhero film market is kicking off a brand new period, basically serving as a comfortable reboot about what’s been generally known as the DC Prolonged Universe. Whereas sure parts of that continuity will stay intact, together with Viola Davis persevering with to play Amanda Waller in her personal collection that’s tied to Peacemaker, others are getting a recent begin, just like the aforementioned new Superman and a brand new actor being chosen to play Batman on this universe for The Courageous and the Daring. It was additionally clarified that initiatives which don’t match beneath the primary DC Universe umbrella might be categorised as “DC Elseworlds” properties, with that lineup together with the Joker films, The Batman universe, Teen Titans Go! and Superman & Lois.
Proper now the one DC Universe challenge formally on the Warner Bros. calendar is Superman: Legacy for July 11, 2025, though the animated Creature Commandos collection is at present in manufacturing, so perhaps it might arrive in direction of the tip of 2024. Preserve visiting CinemaBlend for all the most important updates on DC happenings, and maintain monitor of when this 12 months’s DC films are popping out with our 2023 launch schedule, beginning with Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
