THR: Warner Bros. Mulls Releasing Fewer Films as 'Batman v. Superman' Stalls
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Assuming Warner Bros would want to sell DC Comics, Disney probably wouldn't be allowed to purchase it because monopoly laws would drop on them faster than BvS Rotten Tomatoes score because then Disney would have an overwhelmingly huge amount of the comic book industry.
Inferno313
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The writers on films like this don't work in a vacuum and then hand a script off to Snyder for him to go and happily film without objection. The director leads story meetings, comes up with the big ideas and big beats, gives notes to his writers, Snyder is definitely equally responsible for the narrative in these films even if he wasn't the one sitting in front of Final Draft.
BronsonLee
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Jupiter got away from them and they just went with it instead of killing that shit dead
Warner's 2014/2015 years have been trash for them financially but fun as fuck for me because inbetween the bombs, they've had some real killer shit
Instead of banking on that, they're RIP
SuperBanana
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Snyder should be a visual director. Not a writer or a full director. He can make a good scene visually but nothing else.
Extra Sauce
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fallengorn
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Sho_Nuff82
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Making a movie with Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman is the opposite of "risky". It's like betting on an NBA superteam of Lebron/Wade/Bosh to win a bunch of games.
It's performance is noteworthy not because it failed to add onto the goodwill Nolan had already built for the character, but because it actively turned people away.
It's performance is noteworthy not because it failed to add onto the goodwill Nolan had already built for the character, but because it actively turned people away.
I don't care if Matrix 2 and 3 weren't as well received, I'd day one Matrix 4.
BronsonLee
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neither can I but lets just continue down this rabbit hole.
Pop-O-Matic
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He's the one who pushed for Superman breaking Zod's neck, used satirical YouTube kill count videos to get a feel for Batman, casted Eisenberg as Lex and god knows what else...
Dat Ayer seal of quality
But at least he has two fresh movies in there, which is more than Snyder at least.
Nope they made a shit movie. What's risky about having the two biggest superheros in a film? If had a good story it would have been a hit with ease.
shortsFortallPeople
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well, they're in too deep with suicide squad and ww. Both are essentially done.
It would also take a miracle to stop JL from happening. they've got too much riding on it between actors schedules, tax breaks, and needing a summer blockbuster of some sort for the future. What you can hope for is that they might have some sort of entity monitoring the production to prevent it from being another shitshow.
Might be too late for that though
Interfectum
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Yup. This should have been a Jurassic World-style knock out of the park. If I were WB I wouldn't even know where to go at this point with DC.
Me too friend
BronsonLee
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Book em good lookin
The Movie was announced three years ago and was supposed to be released the year after, but it got delayed twice. It's not really the same, especially for such iconic characters like Batman and Superman.
Snyder came even up with some (bad) ideas, i.e. Jimmy Olsen, casting J. Eisenberg as Lex although he was auditioning for another role, BvS ending
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Bobby Roberts
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Because for a lot of people who follow superhero films, it's less about story and more like a weird game of fantasy football. Everyone thinks they're a general manager.
So why wouldn't you just be able to swing a trade or pick up an entire studio off the waiver wire, right?
The Artisan
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maybe they should wait for suicide squad's performance before changing their game plan
honestly i've been more interested in that film this whole time than bvs.
honestly i've been more interested in that film this whole time than bvs.
...which will be lost again if JL is again like BvS. And people will be cautions to commit after being disappointed so far. The threat of Snyder can cut very deeply into the success of the movies, not matter if they're good or not.
Interfectum
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It's not a binary choice. Not copying Marvel doesn't mean they have to make a shit movie.
Hell, Superman is so fucked he'd be lucky to get a Marvel style movie (quality and popularity) at this point.
BronsonLee
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I don't hate you, friend Bronson! Have a beer with me!
Ooh alrig--oh you son of a bitch
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xaosslug
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I hope DC doesn't die
as long as Marvel/superhero movies keep making mad bank WB won't give up. They want a piece of the action. It's why I lols everytime peeps talk about FOX giving up the rights to F4... XD
Inferno313
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These are not distinctions that exist.
Remember the statement that F4nt4stic 4 2 was still a go for awhile after the first movie scorched the earth? It's too early to make sweeping changes just yet.
But I hope they do remove Snyder, he's an awful fit for the DCU.
The fact that two those movies are both pretty high and that Ayer is yet again the taking both the screenwriter and director's chair should give a bit of hope.Dat Ayer seal of quality
But at least he has two fresh movies in there, unlike Snyder who has none, lol.
Personally, I like every movie he's written.
Edit: That made it seem like he didn't write Sabotage, which he did, so my last statement was a lie.
Good, Bronsonlee tears are delicious
Specifically the team behind Flash at the moment. They'd put out something awesome.
too bad it will never happen
Yeah I really liked his first 3 films after that he became very hit and miss.
slightconfuse
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DCCU
BronsonLee
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gutter_trash
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this this this!!!
remove the cold blue filter, bring back blue skies and color into the films
Future Foundation
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Because "Disney".
It just requires 20 seconds of thought to see how ridiculous that whole idea is. DC has a lot of value, even if they aren't making feature films based off of it. Hell, it would be worth keeping just for Batman and Lego tie ins across all types of media.
Liamario
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Is rebooting really an option? They've put all their eggs in one basket and it's prize egg is rotten. I don't know how they're going to resolve this to be quite honest. Wonder Woman is coming out.
I think they definitely should put justice league on hold. Focus on Batman and getting a great superman movie out there. They can correct the ship at this point, but it won't be easy.
I think they definitely should put justice league on hold. Focus on Batman and getting a great superman movie out there. They can correct the ship at this point, but it won't be easy.
This is on point. I definitely see this now, but didn't realize that that's exactly what they've been doing, and it kneecaps them every time.
Of course. I'm sure phrases like "first intelligent comic film", "bold new creative vision" and "groundbreaking storytelling and universe" get thrown out a lot.
The Artisan
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the fuck? seriously? ugh...am I the only one who feels like its box office performance drop (not its reception, I agree with it mostly) is kinda exaggerated? yes, maybe it's falling under expectations but it's still a pretty big success, all things considered, is it not?
Sho_Nuff82
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I don't even see how the blame lies entirely on Snyder as a director. The screenplay and writing is flat out bad. This Goyer and Terrio's mess, Snyder just made it look cool.
Movies like this barely break even at $500-600 million. Sony only netted something like $70 million from ASM2, which made over $700 million. Movies with $250 million budgets are designed to make $400 million domestic, $1 billion+ WW, or they are no longer tentpoles, they are passion projects.
Movies like this barely break even at $500-600 million. Sony only netted something like $70 million from ASM2, which made over $700 million. Movies with $250 million budgets are designed to make $400 million domestic, $1 billion+ WW, or they are no longer tentpoles, they are passion projects.
Pai Pai Master
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If Justice League is as bad as BvS they could always use the Flash to do a soft-reboot like X-Men lol
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