The first, which builds on the shuttering of Jenkins Wonder Woman 3, is the closing curtain of the Snyderverse, and the heroes cast by filmmaker Zack Snyder for his Justice League. This one sees the shutting down of Man of Steel 2, with a returning Henry Cavill, and having no more Aquaman, fronted by Jason Momoa. These characters are to cameo in Flash, the highly-anticipated time travel adventure movie that is due to release June 16. Cavill shot his part of the cameo in September. But sources say there is a debate inside the studio as whether or not to keep the cameo and if its inclusion promises something that studio would have no plans on delivering. A Warners insider cautions that no plans have been finalized and that Flash remains an unlocked picture. The Cavill situation is a more than a little thorny as the actor made a cameo in Black Adam, the DC-centric movie released in October. The Monday after the movie opened, Cavill posted a video on Instagram where he announced, I wanted to make it official I am back as Superman.
And at that time, he was not incorrect. Warner Bros. was indeed developing a sequel for 2013s Man of Steel and actively meeting with writers. Andy Muschietti, who directed Flash, even expressed interest in sitting behind the camera for something that would have brought a tone similar to the hopeful and heroic colors of the 1978 movie directed by Richard Donner, considered a benchmark in comic book movies. In fact, the current leadership team at Warner Bros Pictures Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy did desire one more go-around of the Snyderverse heroes, possibly even having another Justice League movie with those actors. But that was before Gunn and Safran began formulating their new (and still in flux) plan. Also unlikely is a sequel to Black Adam. Despite the hype surrounding the movie of launching a new corner of DC, a lot of it led by star Dwayne Johnson, the movie has only grossed $385 million worldwide and insiders at the studio say the movie, which cost more than $190 million to produce (two sources peg the actual cost at $230 million, not including marketing), will be lucky to break even, even considering ancillary revenue. Even if the movie does eke out a minimal profit, any follow-ups inherent rising costs dim the prospect of a sequel. Johnson hoped to carve out his own piece of the DC pie, but multiple sources say his playing up of a returning Cavill and his own involvement with DC may not be endearing him to the new management. Johnson and Cavill are both managed by Dany Garcia, who is also Johnsons producing partner. The perception of Adam turning a profit or not is a conflagration now being waged in public, with Johnson tweeting the movie would net over $50 million after a Variety story said the movie would lose over $50 million theatrically.
It also mentions that they might keep Momoa...as Lobo.
Basically seems like the only thing safe is The Batman sequels and the Penguin TV show. Peacemaker as well probably?
Tyranthraxus posted...
I'm taking this to mean that they just don't have a script or anything and not that they will never make another WW movie again.
It means they rejected the pitch given to them by Patty Jenkins.
The next WW movie is probably gonna be a reboot.
Turtlemayor333 posted...
This is intentional malpractice happening at Discovery.
I heard they're trying to rename HBO Max, which is just about the best name of any streaming service, to just "Max" which is garbage and breaks search engines.
This is all from the new DC movie heads including James Gunn. Sounds like they haven't even presented their plan to Zaslav yet.