Back in October DC Comics fans got the news they’d be hoping for, with Warner Bros. announcing a slate of ten DC films through to 2020, with the studio finally pulling the trigger on a shared superhero universe to rival that of Marvel. Or at least, that was the plan…
The Hollywood Reporter has posted a rather interesting piece about the challenges Warner Bros. is facing with its DC slate and its “unorthodox” approach to building a cohesive universe. Central to this is the lack of a Kevin Feige-like figure to oversee guide and shape the overall vision for its DC properties. Although Zack Snyder laid the groundwork with 2013’s Man of Steel and the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the studio has decided to adopt a “filmmaker-driven” strategy, with David Ayer having full creative control over Suicide Squad.
The report goes on to highlight how Warner hired five writers to work on Wonder Woman, with each of them producing competing scripts rather than working collaboratively on a single idea, in what THR’s source describes as “throwing shit against the wall to see what stuck.” The studio also adopted a similar approach on Aquaman, with three writers working on different screenplays for the 2018 movie, only for one of them to be told that “the rules governing the universe had changed and his work was no longer usable.”
Are you concerned about Warner’s approach to its DC slate, and can a cohesive movie universe really work with different filmmakers having creative control over individual movies? Let us know your thoughts…
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Originally published April 30, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
