Future DC Films Will Be More Focused, With Less Batman

It ’s genuine . The hierarchy of power in the DC creation is about to change . But itwon’t be Black Adamdoing the changing — it ’s Warner Bros. Discovery CEODavid Zaslav . At a recent consequence , he describedthe future of DC Filmsas more focused and singular than it had been in the past . “ There ’s not going to be four Batmans , ” he pronounce .

Speaking at the Capital Markets ’ Technology , Internet , Media and Telecommunications Conference ( via IndieWire ) , the troupe question discussed what he felt DC need to do to be more successful , and it is , in fact , look at Marvel . “ The strategy that [ former Disney CEO Bob ] Iger put together was all Marvels in one spot , ” Zaslav said . “ You do n’t wake up up and find out that there ’s a Batman TV show somewhere and aBatman cartoon somewhere else , they all have to colligate to each other . There has to be a look and feel for all of it . And so , I went on a journey a few months ago of , ‘ How do I put all of DC in one spot ? ’ ‘ Cause I reckon it ’s one of the bighearted opportunities at this party . ”

The answer , it turns out , comes with hiring the new heads ofDC Films James Gunn and Peter Safran , who have been tasked with make a new , focused future tense for the marque . “ Part of our scheme is tug the hell out of DC , which James and Peter are gon na do , ” Zaslav order . “ They inebriate the fans , I call back they ’ll thrill you over a catamenia of time . But also really concentre on our strategic vantage , the great content we have that everyone in the world knows , and focus on enjoin those fib . ”

All three of these guys are in upcoming movies. Or are they?

All three of these guys are in upcoming movies. Or are they?Image: Warner Bros.

The chief executive officer observe that Superman is , of course , a centering ( “ We have n’t done a Superman moving-picture show in 13 years,”he also noted ) , and that while Gunn is go on writing a novel DC movie , Safran is “ situate ” Aquaman . Whatever that means . Might it have to do with the factBen Affleck ’s Batman was set up to cameo in the forthcoming sequel ? And if he does , does that give DC the aforementioned four Batmans moving around in live - action ? Meaning Robert Pattinson in The Batman , Ben Affleck in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom , Michael Keaton in The Flash , and the untried actor as Bruce Wayne from the Joker series ? We do n’t cognize .

It was n’t mentioned at the event , but the other thing Zaslav ’s quote bring to mind is the multiverse plot line of The Flash . Rumor had it that photographic film was made explicitly with the aim to give DC another start point for its storytelling . Will this idea of keeping everything focused change that movie ? Has the CEO already give The Flash a genial Batgirl and ignore it as a one - off ? There are so many questions to be answered in the next few months as Gunn gets go under to release what we ’d imagine are his final two Marvel projects ( Guardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3 andthat dealership ’s Christmas special ) , and DC catch back into theaters with Shazam ! Fury of the Gods and The Flash .

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