James Gunn and Peter Safran just announced a new slate of DC projects featuring Superman, Supergirl, Batman, Swamp Thing and Green Lantern: “This Superman is not Henry, for a number of reasons.”
James Gunn and Peter Safran know Warner Bros.’ DC film and television franchise has been a mess.
Gunn and Safran, speaking to Hollywood industry press at Warner Bros.’ Burbank studio lot, described an expansive and varied DC Universe, or DCU, that is more cohesive than the disparate tangle of projects that preceded it, while still leaving room for stand-alone, filmmaker-driven ideas. The duo announced 10 DCU film and television projects.
Warner Bros. Discovery is betting that the combined and complementary talents of Gunn and Safran can turn DC into an indomitable force in entertainment. Gunn, best known for directing Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” trilogy, previously directed “The Suicide Squad,” an irreverent R-rated adventure about a team of supervillains, for DC and Warner Bros.
Titles to come include “The Authority,” about a team of superheroes who take matters into their own hands; “The Brave and the Bold,” which will introduce a new Batman to the DCU, plus sidekick Robin and a father-son story; “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow”; and “Swamp Thing,” which will be darker than the other DCU movies.
Gunn and Safran’s overhaul has left some Hollywood egos bruised. “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins posted a long note on social media after the studio turned down her pitch for the third installment. “Black Adam” star Dwayne Johnson campaigned hard for a sequel to his antihero passion project after middling box office returns but couldn’t get the green light.
Filmmakers also felt the ground shift under them when the studio shelved a nearly completed $90-million “Batgirl” film that was planned for HBO Max, under the new corporate strategy that rejected expensive straight-to-streaming movies as financial boondoggles.
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