DC Films The DC Studios News and Discussion Thread

[Invader Joker]

I don’t believe that for a second. Also, Zaslav has always been an extremely hands on executive and that’s not going to change.

I believe the Gunn/Safran/DC Studios stuff was mostly PR.

Well it doesn't really matter what you believe or not when all this has been widely reported by the trades and WBD themselves, unless you have some evidence to point out the opposite. So far the only things we know is De Luca wanted Cavill to continue as Superman, Gunn and Safran overrulled that. De Luca comissioned a Batman Beyond script, Gunn and Safran shut it down. So that tells me who has the power over DC.

 

[emc5466]

Also, who do you guys think was the source for this story? It was James Gunn himself.

He said to expect news about the future in January and here we are.

 

[Eddie Dean]

The thing about them being open to Ezra in the future is damage control for The Flash. They’re not going to torpedo a huge budget movie by publicly firing the lead actor.

 

[Invader Joker]

Also, who do you guys think was the source for this story? It was James Gunn himself.

He said to expect news about the future in January and here we are.

It's literally January 4th.

 

[emc5466]

It's literally January 4th.

So?

 

[emc5466]

The thing about them being open to Ezra in the future is damage control for The Flash. They’re not going to torpedo a huge budget movie by publicly firing the lead actor.

It seems like they legitimately believe they’ve got a great movie and a huge hit on their hands. You don’t move away from that especially if Ezra Miller can get they’re coke habit under control.

 

[Detective Conan]

What WBD executives are open or not open to is completely irrelevant. The only executives that matter are Gunn and Safran, and I very much doubt that Gunn is gonna keep Ezra.

They might reconsider replacing him if the Flash makes bank. Who knows at this point? I’d be very curious to see if Flash is critically and commercially well received can possibly make Gunn/Safran reconsider some plans for recasting/rebooting things.

 

[Prison Mike]

I think what would have me nervous is if they’re comfortable keeping some actors/characters but rebooting others. It doesn’t seem like they have a clear vision in mind if that’s the case.

 

[emc5466]

Zaslav is ecstatic with The Flash according to Jordan Ruimy from World of Reel. He’s secured a Super Bowl spot (WB’s first in 17 years) because he knows he’s got a winner on his hands.

 

[BobJM]

I think what would have me nervous is if they’re comfortable keeping some actors/characters but rebooting others. It doesn’t seem like they have a clear vision in mind if that’s the case.

Agreed. I hope that story is just WB’s team trying to make sure audiences aren’t writing off Aquaman 2, Flash, and Blue Beetle before they release.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

If Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom makes another billion dollars, there's no way Zaslav will let Gunn/Safran throw that away and risk it all on a LOBO movie which could end up just like Black Adam.

WB need the cash right now and if any of their 2023 movies hit big, you better believe Zaslav will be putting his foot down and having the final say.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

I think what would have me nervous is if they’re comfortable keeping some actors/characters but rebooting others. It doesn’t seem like they have a clear vision in mind if that’s the case.

I don't think they are keeping Miller as Flash after that movie comes out, no matter how successful it is (because what if whatever is going on with Miller gets worse and it blows up in their face if they brought Miller back). That role is certainly going to get recast.

With Aquaman or Shazam, I could see them holding off on rebooting those characters into the new DCU if those movies are successful enough to make a third movie a viable bankable option. ZL and JM both seem to be in a better place personally than Miller is, and won't bring bad publicity to the studio. But once their run with those characters is over, I think those characters will get rebooted into the new DCU.

 

[J.Drangal]

The Flash potentially being a hit while the whole DCEU is shut down is already itfelf a perfect irony.
But if the movie also ends up owing its success to Ezra Miller's performance, that would just be...perfect.
Still in a crually ironic way.

 

[FunkMiller]

The Flash potentially being a hit while the whole DCEU is shut down is already itfelf a perfect irony.
But if the movie also ends up owing its success to Ezra Miller's performance, that would just be...perfect.
Still in a crually ironic way.

It’s not going to be a hit. Those plot leaks seem to be true, and it’s bloody awful.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Wasn't BvS getting "standing ovations" in executive screenings at one point? Not sure how much I believe these rumors about it being good.

 

[Prison Mike]

Wasn't BvS getting "standing ovations" in executive screenings at one point? Not sure how much I believe these rumors about it being good.

The difference is that BvS had test screenings with executives from WB but The Flash has real test screenings with an actual audience (not affiliated with WB).

 

[emc5466]

The difference is that BvS had test screenings with executives from WB but The Flash has real test screenings with an actual audience (not affiliated with WB).

There’s also been a ton of them and the film being great has been the consensus of every test screening.

 

[Frodo]

Regardless of Flash's test screenings, it's a bad look to keep Ezra but ditch Gal .

I don't know if Flash is as good as insiders claim it is.

But even if it is , to keep them , Ezra, after all this turmoil ,but ditch Gal and JM's Aquaman is gonna be hard to justify regardless of how good or bad Flash is.

I didn't think the hard reboot of the entire universe was all that practical at this point and time anyway, especially since the rest of the slate hasn't even been released yet.

So the idea of potentially keeping the characters who went over well, and ditching those who didn't , I could see happening.

To be fair to Gunn, he never has confirmed that the whole universe was going to be rebooted .

That's been more an assumption of scoopers , the geek pundit community, and fandom.

 

[Revolverr]

I don't even have to think about BvS fake ovations,
When recently

Babylon's test screenings were reportedly AMAZING.. Oscars and blah blah.
Outcome: panned.

Even Black Adam supposedly tested great.



Outcome: panned.

Don't Worry Darling tested pretty good too according to some people.

And there are cases when the reactions are super exaggerated, such as when The Batman was the greatest thing ever according to "test screenings", but the general public reception were nowhere near close to The Dark Knight.


Haven't y'all been following these things for many years?
If you believe The Flash is going to be as well received as TDK, you are extremely gullible (they couldn't have picked a more predictable comparison Lool ).
I'm going to laugh and bring up this post when The Flash is struggling not to be rotten.

 

[Invader Joker]

 

[Lily Adler]

Can someone ask him if he denounces Miller's actions and confirm whether they will continue working in the DCU.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

"The reshoots are nothing to worry about and the film tested well" and then when Black Adam comes out and bombs we got the report that the film actually tested so poorly that they spent a TON of money on the reshoots to fix it which is why the budget was so out of control.

So we've seen how quickly the narrative on a movie can change.

 

[Invader Joker]

Can someone ask him if he denounces Miller's actions and confirm whether they will continue working in the DCU.

If I was him I'd be kinda hesitant to denounce Ezra's actions before the film comes out because I'd genuinely be worried Ezra would have yet another more insane breakdown upon saying that, so I get not commenting on that yet. Ezra's such a nutjob the possibility of them attempting to murder Gunn or Safran if fired is not completely unlikely.

 

[Prison Mike]

I don’t know why the trades bother to report anything about DC anymore when Gunn is is there to debunk it right away. I do like that he’s pretty active on Twitter to set the record straight.

 

[Invader Joker]

I don’t know why the trades bother to report anything about DC anymore when Gunn is is there to debunk it right away. I do like that he’s pretty active on Twitter to set the record straight.

Because they still have to do their jobs. It'd be an extremely pathetic state of affairs for journalists to stop reporting on things because of fearing a studio exec.