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The DC Studios multiverse plunged into chaos last week after news about the unplugging of Patty Jenkins’ version of Wonder Woman 3 emerged.
This, coupled with rampant rumours of the studio’s new co-heads, James Gunn and Peter Safran, is turning the comic book label upside down and a possible re-casting of many current big superhero roles has left the town with a bad case of PTSD.
The lack of communication to talent reps and content creators by the studio about what’s next in the DC empire has brought back bad flashbacks of when former WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar surprised and alienated Hollywood with his “Project Popcorn” which allows for content to be available for streaming at the same time it hits theatres.
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If you remember, this project was then co-opted by Disney CEO Bob Chapek, which then led to the debacle with Scarlett Johansson over Black Widow.
“This is creating a riot,” says one content maker connected to DC about the level of silence they’ve received on the fate of their DC projects going forward. “And it’s a horrible optic. This business is based on relationships.”
When it comes to the rumours out there that core DC superhero cast members Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Jason Momoa (Aquaman) and Henry Cavill (Superman) might be recast as the Gunn-Safran administration creates a synergistic plan for the DC brand across all mediums, a source says: “These franchises already make a lot of money — why stop them? How can a studio that’s bearing so much debt afford to start from scratch? There are scripts and actors’ schedules to be figured out.”
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Those three actors and Black Adam‘s Dwayne Johnson are repped by WME, and a complete turnover of DC stars by Warners would put them in check to a big agency.
No one is getting ready to go to war a la CAA/Disney with Johansson. Despite everyone currently playing nice, an anxiousness lurks.
Gunn sought to ease the unease on Twitter acknowledging “the fractious environment” he and Safran are walking into, saying “there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming.”
While it’s an understatement to say change is never easy, the arrival of Gunn and Safran to DC is akin to any major boss taking over a studio or a football coach taking over a team.
They’re going to bring their own vision and, more likely than not, history will be rewritten.
We’ll give the guys some credit where it’s due: - They're ambitious to set out to make a more cohesive franchise like Marvel.
What do you think the future of DC Studios will look like?
Info via: The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Twitter.
By Vennisha N.
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