A DC Entertainment Revamp is in the Works

DC Entertainment has recently been revitalized with a renewed focus on the direct market and its fans. As DC continues to grow, it remains committed to staying true to those who have helped make what is now known as the #1 comic book company in the world.

DC Entertainment is getting a makeover.

Movies

A new Crisis reset could be coming to DC Entertainment. Variety exclusively reports that, following its acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T (boy, that was a short stewardship, wasn’t it?), Discovery – the parent company of networks such as The Discovery Channel, Food Network, and Animal Planet – plans to revamp the DC brand’s output model. In particular, Discovery wants to mold the loosely affiliated strands of DC into a more cohesive whole, something similar to the MCU. In fact, Discovery CEO David Zaslav has been vetting “candidates with experience in creating and nurturing blockbuster intellectual property with a goal of potentially finding someone to serve as a creative and strategic czar similar to what Marvel has in Kevin Feige.” According to Variety’s sources, Zaslov also wants to make better use of DC’s various characters, specifically referencing the sorry state of Superman on the big screen. Joker is mentioned as an example of the kind of character-specific movies they’d like to make, utilizing figures outside of the usual big guns. Zaslav wants to cut costs as well, which makes looking to something like Joker understandable.

Because Discovery’s strategy – or plan for a plan – is comparable to what Warner Bros. did with the DCEU, it’s difficult to determine if it’s a good thing. Due to impatience and bad creative decisions, it went awry, but the underlying idea is good, as Marvel has shown. More cohesiveness suggests that they intend to bring the movies and any remaining TV series closer together. At this point, there aren’t many people left, which should make things simpler. Could they be contemplating a big-screen move for TV’s Flash, Grant Gustin, now that Ezra Miller is on the outs with the studio for being a certifiable nutjob (to say nothing of being lousy in his heroic role)? That sounds fantastic, but it would pose a dilemma for Superman, who is portrayed in the movies by Henry Cavill and on TV by Tyler Hoechlin. Both are well-liked, even by those (like myself) who dislike any of the films Cavill has been cast in or their interpretation of Superman. Will Cavill be given another chance, or will he be replaced by Hoechlin? Will someone else on the big screen completely jump large buildings in a single bound? Will a renewed focus on cohesiveness imply that the new government will abandon the multiverse? If that’s the case, it’s possible Michael Keaton won’t be reprising his role as Batman. That would be a shame, since he’s the only reason I’m interested in watching the Flash movie, and I was looking forward to seeing this Batman resurrected. But it’s too early to say what any of this implies; all we know is that there will be some kind of reorganization.

What do you think the DC remake should look like? Which characters’ versions should be maintained and which should be discarded? Is this a sign of yet another effort to make Harley Quinn the main character? Let us know in the comments, and stay tuned for more from DC’s ever-evolving Batcave, Geeks + Gamers!