A new report indicates that before James Gunn was hired for the job, Warner Bros. Discovery 'begged' Joker director Todd Phillips to lead DC Studios. 'The whole town turned the job down...'
While The Suicide Squad director continues to garner backlash from fans, a new report indicates Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly begged Joker director Todd Phillips to lead the DC Universe before they hired James Gunn and Peter Safran. The DCU is getting a makeover, with Gunn and Safran taking charge of the franchise. The two CEOs were appointed on November 1, as they are now in charge of television, movies, animation, and video games, in relation to the DCU.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY However, it appears a different DC filmmaker was approached for the role that went to Gunn and Safran. In a new report from The New York Post, Warner Bros. Discovery "begged" the Joker director to accept the position as the head of DC Studios. According to one of their sources, "the whole town turned the job down" before landing on Gunn and Safran. While never referenced, Dan Lin was one of the Hollywood creatives that were approached for the role.
“The whole town turned the job down,” an industry source said. “It was almost Todd Phillips. They begged him.”What Todd Phillips' DC Studios Could Have Looked Like It's unclear how far Warner Bros. Discovery got with Phillips in their conversations about DC Studios. It's possible they only got to "beg" Phillips to accept the DC Studios gig or if there were concrete pitches going back and forth between them.
If Phillips had accepted the DC Studios gig, it does raise questions about how he would have run it compared to Gunn and Safran. One possible scenario is that the Joker director would likely have maybe wanted to focus on launching more separate franchises. Even though Phillips would have potentially helped with some shared universe, he clearly prefers standalone continuities.
Until Phillips is asked in an interview or releases a statement himself, there is no certain way of knowing what he would have done with DC Studios. Had Phillips been tapped to run DC Studios, it would have definitely been a different outcome as he and Gunn have their respective filmmaking approaches. Time will tell if Phillips perhaps ends up directing a DCU-specific movie set in the new universe that Gunn and Safran are creating.
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