Geoff Johns Is Now Running DC Entertainment (TV/Films/Books etc.)

[Ironman]

this is a good thing yeah ??

Yes in the sense that there's an actual central person to answer to instead of multiple people. Hopefully better communication and batman and Superman can be on tv.

 

[Brandeezy]

Variety said that Diane Nelson is still in charge because she has seniority but they're both like co-presidents

 

[-DMP-]

I thought this was what people wanted? So he could be their "Feige"

 

[Norrin Radd]

Thank god.

 

[TheGodling]

I thought this was what people wanted? So he could be their "Feige"

Feige is a comic book nerd who worked his way up in Hollywood. Johns is a comic book writer in love with his own ideas and zero credentials in Hollywood.

 

[ORDER_66]

Feige is a comic book nerd who worked his way up in Hollywood. Johns is a comic book writer in love with his own ideas and zero credentials in Hollywood.

But isnt Johns a good writer???

 

[TheGodling]

But isnt Johns a good writer???

He has some good stories but his biggest strength is that he's an all-rounder you can put on most books and he'd make it work. The problem with Johns is that he loves his own ideas too much and he will undermine the ideas of others, classic stories even, to push his own agenda. That's not the kind of person you want to have full creative control over everything.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Geoff Johns Stepping Down as DC Entertainment Chief

After multiple years in his current role, Geoff Johns is stepping down as the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment.

Instead of overseeing the creative directions of DC Entertainment, Johns is launching Mad Ghost Productions, and is entering an exclusive writer/producer deal with Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment. He'll be leaving his current post in order to focus on his new creative responsibilities.

As a part of this move, Johns will be producing and writing multiple DC-inspired films for Warner Bros., the first of which will be Green Lantern Corps. Johns will continue to serve as a writer/executive producer on Aquaman, Wonder Woman 2, and Shazam!

Additionally, Johns will continue his work as a writer for DC Comics, launching a new banner called "The Killing Zone," which will focus on new and lesser-known DC characters and titles. He will also be writing a new Shazam! comic, an upcoming series called Three Jokers, and will continue writing Doomsday Clock.

“Geoff is a super talented writer and truly embedded in the DC Universe and its characters,” said Toby Emmerich, Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. “We’re thrilled that he’s returning to his passion and his roots as a writer and producer. And, it’s even better that he’s staying in our Warner Bros. family. We look forward to working with him on ‘Green Lantern’ and other projects going forward.”

Johns also commented on the move in a press release, as well as on Twitter.

“I took on a role at DCE because I love the characters and this universe more than anything. But, I want to spend my days writing and on set. I’m thrilled to get back to a more hands-on creative role. It’s a dream job on dream projects, reaching even deeper into DC’s vast pantheon of characters,” said Johns. “I’m also excited to continue to work with the amazing team at DCE and my colleagues at Warner Bros.”

 

[Still FloW]

Geoff Johns Stepping Down as DC Entertainment Chief

thank goodness. fucc that cac

 

[Norrin Radd]

Jim Lee To Take Over As DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer

With Geoff Johns stepping down from his role as Chief Creative Officer at DC Entertainment in order to focus on writing and producing comics, TV shows, and movies, the CCO job will go to DC co-publisher Jim Lee.

Lee, one of comics' most beloved artists for almost 30 years, first found himself in a management role when he and six other popular artists left Marvel in the early '90s to found Image Comics. Most of the founders had their own studios to run and books to put out, and Lee's WildStorm was among the most successful.

So successful, in fact, that when the marketplace got rough and Lee found himself trapped behind a desk too often and unable to draw, he sold WildStorm to DC in 1999.

With Johns's departure -- superficial though it seems, since he will retain an active role with Warner Bros. focusing on DC properties -- Lee will expand his role to include the Chief Creative Officer title and responsibilities, and will continue to act as Publisher together with Dan DiDio.

The announcements were made today by Thomas Gewecke, Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, who is serving as DC’s interim head following the exit of DC president Diane Nelson, who left Warner Bros. this week. Nelson had been on hiatus since March.

Lee is a friendly and popular public face for DC, with both fans and retailers. His presentations at retailer summits helped pave the way for an ambivalent marketplace to embrace DC's 2016 Rebirth initiative, which kicked off with Johns's DC Universe: Rebirth #1. That issue planted the seeds for stories still playing out now, and some which will come as part of a planned pop-up imprint for Johns.

Lee's most recent comics work was a short story in Action Comics #1000, which introduced Rogol Zaar and set the stage for The Man of Steel. The short, written by veteran Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis, represented Bendis's first DC work as part of a new, exclusive deal with the company, and was marketed as the crown jewel of Action #1000, an anthology issue stuffed to the gills with top-tier talent.