- August 12, 2022
- Posted by: AliensFaith
- Category: OBJECTIVE PRESS
The actor’s legal troubles are yet another problem for Warner Bros’ floundering franchise. Time to wipe the slate clean?
So, Warner Bros wants to “reset” the DC superhero universe … again. According to the Hollywood Reporter, chief executive David Zaslav recently told investors that the studio (now Warner Bros Discovery after mergers) has a new 10-year plan for the comic book mega-saga that it hoped would ape the success of Marvel. All of which, the recent cancellation of Batgirl aside, sounds more fantabulous than Harley Quinn executing a backflip – until we recall how many times we’ve been here before.
The original plan for DC was to build a universe of interconnected films around Zack Snyder’s 2017 Justice League movie, featuring Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and the Flash, among others. How could this go wrong? Well, the movie flopped after Snyder left midway through development and was replaced by Joss Whedon as director. Warner execs subsequently panicked and began focusing on standalone movies that had done well – such as Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman or Todd Phillips’ Oscar-winning Joker. All of a sudden there was less emphasis on making sure each movie helped set up the next chapter, Marvel-style, and more on giving film-makers creative freedom.
