That's kinda pointless if you ask me. Retaining 'some' control is only going to lead to a clashing of heads.
Well Marvel did it with Blade, a characte noone heard of, and now is a household name with 3 movies, and anime movie/tv series and a live action tv series. Can Wonder Woman(who's part of DC's trinity) say the same? And that's not a insult to DC/WB but the characters that they will probably never use, they could probably lease out. And when I say some control, I mean the ability to use the character when they want to, like Marvel can't use Spidey for an Avengers movie. Make sense?
Well Marvel did it with Blade, a characte noone heard of, and now is a household name with 3 movies, and anime movie/tv series and a live action tv series. Can Wonder Woman(who's part of DC's trinity) say the same? And that's not a insult to DC/WB but the characters that they will probably never use, they could probably lease out. And when I say some control, I mean the ability to use the character when they want to, like Marvel can't use Spidey for an Avengers movie. Make sense?
Well, New Line did released A History of Violence and that was before they became a part of WB so I think from comics from DC that aren't superhero is ok, doing a superhero movie that's a part of the DC universe, I'm not sure, if there's any coming out WB will be the one behind it.
Well I'm just saying that should be an option. There's no way they can make movies out of all their characters, nor would they probably be interested in doing so, hence like 20 Batman and Superman movies. I say make a deal similiar to the one Marvel had with Paramount. Distribute the movie and whatever else they did. It would make more sense.
Marvel's deal with Paramount is collaborating on making comic book movies but that Paramount doesn't own the characters that are put out on screen. Even if New Line is doing a DC superhero movie they still need to go to WB and ask if it's ok, but WB's good movie studio but there's just problems when it comes to DC superhero movies. They do want to focus more on the DC universe just like what Disney/Marvel is doing right now but it's more important taking time to get things right instead of putting out movies for the sake of it.
I was skeptic of Green Lantern and yes, I think WB had a hand in too many of the decision together that goes in that movie which is unfortunate. WB doesn't really have a good grasp on the DC characters and there's where DCE should steps in but it has been a rocky start for them. I'm only hoping they'll learn from their mistakes the next time they're doing a DC superhero movie that's not Batman or Superman, that's the only thing we can do right now.
WB have got more on their minds than superheroes, lets not forget that, people in here act like WB sole interest is in guys with capes, nothing could be further from the truth. They aren't a superhero studio like Marvel, when the day comes that superheroes are no longer a bankable commodity WB will still be going strong.
You've gotta wonder if DCE is anything more than just a glorified middle man at this stage.
I was skeptic of Green Lantern and yes, I think WB had a hand in too many of the decision together that goes in that movie which is unfortunate. WB doesn't really have a good grasp on the DC characters and there's where DCE should steps in but it has been a rocky start for them. I'm only hoping they'll learn from their mistakes the next time they're doing a DC superhero movie that's not Batman or Superman, that's the only thing we can do right now.
WB have got more on their minds than superheroes, lets not forget that, people in here act like WB sole interest is in guys with capes, nothing could be further from the truth. They aren't a superhero studio like Marvel, when the day comes that superheroes are no longer a bankable commodity WB will still be going strong.
WB have got more on their minds than superheroes, lets not forget that, people in here act like WB sole interest is in guys with capes, nothing could be further from the truth. They aren't a superhero studio like Marvel, when the day comes that superheroes are no longer a bankable commodity WB will still be going strong.
You've gotta wonder if DCE is anything more than just a glorified middle man at this stage.
Oh please... the correct analog of Warner Brothers is Disney not Marvel Studios.
Just like WB, Disney also got more on their minds than just superheroes and Marvel's job (as a sub to Disney) is solely to churn out superhero or fantasy world out of their libraries. Now I don't know if DC is going to properly backup WB with their literary sources, but Marvel only backs up Disney based on their stuff. If the comic book movie crashed, experienced Marvel Studios might still get contracted to do original fantasy movies optioned by the ''overseer'', Disney. And of course, Disney will still go strong.
To sum up, remember the right analogues:
WB == Disney
Legendary Pictures/New Line/WB production studio == Marvel Studios/Touchstone
DC Comics == Marvel Comics
Um, Disney's acquisition of Marvel is only a recent occurrence and are still an independent studio in their own right, their relationship to Disney is roughly on par with that of Pixar. So no, WB and Marvel Studios are analogous.
Wow, I don't know how to respond to that other than you've got a really bizarre interpretation of how things currently are. Disney owns Marvel but the running of Marvel Studios is at this point separate to Disney. That may change in the future but as of now Disney have no reason to interfere because Marvel's results are for the most part solid, just as Disney stays the hell out of Pixar's affairs despite it too being under the Disney banner. And yes I do think Marvel Studios will struggle when superheroes eventually wear out their welcome on the silver screen, at best they'll be limited to a feature film every few years as opposed to one or two films every year.
Oh please... the correct analog of Warner Brothers is Disney not Marvel Studios.
Just like WB, Disney also got more on their minds than just superheroes and Marvel's job (as a sub to Disney) is solely to churn out superhero or fantasy world out of their libraries. Now I don't know if DC is going to properly backup WB with their literary sources, but Marvel only backs up Disney based on their stuff. If the comic book movie crashed, experienced Marvel Studios might still get contracted to do original fantasy movies optioned by the "overseer", Disney. And of course, Disney will still go strong.
To sum up, remember the right analogues:
WB == Disney
Legendary Pictures/New Line/WB production studio == Marvel Studios/Touchstone
DC Comics == Marvel Comics
Bravo!Great analogy! Couldn't have said it better myself! People keep saying that WB's first thing is not superheroes but it is DCE's or should be anyway. Under DCE they have released around 4 flicks and 2 of them have only done well. That's not a good percentage so that "quality over quantity" excuse is just that: an excuse that has been used for years! The fact of the matter is DCE has no idea what to do with it's characters, not so much because of DCE but because the WB continues to interfer and control everything they put out, unless Nolan is involved that is.