prophecypro
Hollywood North
This is more of a stepback than people think. Discussing closing up the DC Films division and putting the movies under the regular WB arm probably decreases less chances of a universe and more regular DC movies and we'll be back to the pre-2010s with probably 3 or 4 franchises to manage and see where they go after (which maybe isnt a bad thing now that I think about it). Also after all the talk of Geoff Johns being the man to fix it and saying that he was in charge of everything from Wonder Woman, this is now pinning an L on him and demoting him seems like they are just trying to hold someone accountable when he seems to have never really had
Look really this feels like Kevin Tsujihara's fault from the jump, if you look at his history hes not really a film and art guy but came into WB to manage their different commercial ventures outside of actual films (Six Flags, on Demand, Warner Home Video...business really). He became president in 2013 and immediatley reacted to the Avengers the year before by giving the blessing of making Man of Steel the launch of a larger universe to copy Marvel (A Superman movie which by the way, dont forget was only made so that WB and DC would not lose the rights back to the Shuster and Siegel estate and had to announce they were going into production before 2010, hence why Cavill was announced late 2010 and why it was initally meant to drop winter 2012).
You can tell hes one of those studio heads who thinks you have to just course correct by responding to the basic loudest complaints its real easy and focus on the products and roll out (Which there has been a lot of for these movies). He would be perfectly working for a studio like Fox or producing Transformer movies where its about tying the toys to the films and that sort of stuff.
Hell he was the one at the start of 2014 who said he wanted the DC universe to be dark cause he saw how Dark Knight trilogy and Man of Steel did and thought it had to all be like that. Snyder works well for the studio getting a movie in on time and budget under a false pretence of correct tone.
It doesnt really fit totally with Warners brand of being an auteur filmhouse that balances with commercial aspirations.
But they've gone through this shyt before, 20 years ago in fact when the Schumacher films were a response to Burton's Returns sequel tied to sell toys and be their own thing, once they had like a year of box office flops they lost trust in their filmmakers but in reality the studio execs mandated so many notes for these films
He doesnt have an artists touch and honestly Nolan was lucky as fukk that he was in that small window at the WB in 00s to make the Dark Knight trilogy because if he was there he would tell him to make like Raimi's Spiderman or Singer's X-men instead of its own thing. He probably fires him after Begins opened with like $53 million and not wait for the legs that it got and realize Batman had to win its audience back from 8 years prior.
Long as he's there they wont get it.
Look really this feels like Kevin Tsujihara's fault from the jump, if you look at his history hes not really a film and art guy but came into WB to manage their different commercial ventures outside of actual films (Six Flags, on Demand, Warner Home Video...business really). He became president in 2013 and immediatley reacted to the Avengers the year before by giving the blessing of making Man of Steel the launch of a larger universe to copy Marvel (A Superman movie which by the way, dont forget was only made so that WB and DC would not lose the rights back to the Shuster and Siegel estate and had to announce they were going into production before 2010, hence why Cavill was announced late 2010 and why it was initally meant to drop winter 2012).
You can tell hes one of those studio heads who thinks you have to just course correct by responding to the basic loudest complaints its real easy and focus on the products and roll out (Which there has been a lot of for these movies). He would be perfectly working for a studio like Fox or producing Transformer movies where its about tying the toys to the films and that sort of stuff.
Hell he was the one at the start of 2014 who said he wanted the DC universe to be dark cause he saw how Dark Knight trilogy and Man of Steel did and thought it had to all be like that. Snyder works well for the studio getting a movie in on time and budget under a false pretence of correct tone.
It doesnt really fit totally with Warners brand of being an auteur filmhouse that balances with commercial aspirations.
But they've gone through this shyt before, 20 years ago in fact when the Schumacher films were a response to Burton's Returns sequel tied to sell toys and be their own thing, once they had like a year of box office flops they lost trust in their filmmakers but in reality the studio execs mandated so many notes for these films
He doesnt have an artists touch and honestly Nolan was lucky as fukk that he was in that small window at the WB in 00s to make the Dark Knight trilogy because if he was there he would tell him to make like Raimi's Spiderman or Singer's X-men instead of its own thing. He probably fires him after Begins opened with like $53 million and not wait for the legs that it got and realize Batman had to win its audience back from 8 years prior.
Long as he's there they wont get it.
you ain't lying
