WB (DC) WB meging with Paramount ?

Dis86 · 15 Dec 2022 at 10:15

They've really gone pants on head special with their latest decisions.

Tombstone · 15 Dec 2022 at 10:29

So if Cavill is no longer The Witcher nor is he Superman, I guess that leaves him entirely open to be the new James Bond

C Kent · 15 Dec 2022 at 10:34

Azza said:
Not an origin story.

But still earlier enough in the story that they need to recast the existing lead.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1603209616719892480

Given what Gunn originally said when rumors started of Cavil not being supes I think we can guarantee that it's going to be an origin story..

Azza · 15 Dec 2022 at 10:39

Tombstone said:
So if Cavill is no longer The Witcher nor is he Superman, I guess that leaves him entirely open to be the new James Bond

Or a mod on here.

Columbo · 15 Dec 2022 at 10:52

Tombstone said:
So if Cavill is no longer The Witcher nor is he Superman, I guess that leaves him entirely open to be the new James Bond

Hopefully not...Cavill deserves a better than that pile of excrement though it does seem to make money for some reason.
My is guess he's free for Marvel to try snatch him up now if he's up for it.

Kyo · 15 Dec 2022 at 11:16

C Kent said:
Lol, they really know how to **** off the fans don't they

Its shambolic tbh, why allow Cavilll to announce to the whole world and even allow a cameo in BA then? It makes absolutely no sense at all? Not to mention Henry popularity will almost guarantee sales and hit regardless of the movie. There is no logical sense to doing a U turn like that.

Bigpig · 15 Dec 2022 at 11:20

Kyo said:
Its shambolic tbh, why allow Cavilll to announce to the whole world and even allow a cameo in BA then? It makes absolutely no sense at all? Not to mention Henry popularity will almost guarantee sales and hit regardless of the movie. There is no logical sense to doing a U turn like that.

To pump black adam numbers.

Ayahuasca · 15 Dec 2022 at 11:34

RIP GigaChad

rp2000 · 15 Dec 2022 at 11:37

What a fail! Big announcement mere weeks ago and now this!

Im sure James Gunn is great at what he does, but all I have seen is "comedy" superhero movies so far. GoTG is cool, albeit low tier Marvel. Peacemaker and Suicide Squad, again cool but not the main event for a universe.

Very low hopes for DC upcoming movies based on this.

p.s. I know no-one really cares for the Rock round these parts, but I'm curious what his response will be as all his hype now looks a bit hyperbolic!

rp2000

Shamikebab · 15 Dec 2022 at 11:58

Suicide Squad is by far the best DC film so far though.

I'm reminded of my excitement when Steven Moffat took over as showrunner for Doctor Who. He'd written all the best episode so surely it was a slam dunk? Didn't quite work out that way though.

Bigpig · 15 Dec 2022 at 11:59

Angry Joe going insane but pretty much saying what most of you are.

They don't want a young Superman. We want peak.

Jonny2284 · 15 Dec 2022 at 12:17

Or they're just preparing for a total reboot to totally jettison the **** Synder left them.

I do think it's a shame Cavil didn't get a Superman film under someone who doesn't have total distain for the basic idea of the character, but if losing that means we get a clean slate on the whole thing I can live with it.

C Kent · 15 Dec 2022 at 12:17

Azza said:
Or a mod on here.

more time to build pc's innit

C Kent · 15 Dec 2022 at 12:24

Jonny2284 said:
Or they're just preparing for a total reboot to totally jettison the **** Synder left them.

I do think it's a shame Cavil didn't get a Superman film under someone who doesn't have total distain for the basic idea of the character, but if losing that means we get a clean slate on the whole thing I can live with it.

Not making Kevin Costner such as ass would have been a good start

Kyo · 15 Dec 2022 at 12:42

Shamikebab said:
Suicide Squad is by far the best DC film so far though.

I'm reminded of my excitement when Steven Moffat took over as showrunner for Doctor Who. He'd written all the best episode so surely it was a slam dunk? Didn't quite work out that way though.

Thought the first was ok but second was so so. So he does make mistakes as well like we all do. The whole Joker thing in SS was a walkback as well. Another oops lets just reboot him. How on earth are they ever going to get close to Marvel. Yes Phase 4 was disappointing but DC still no where near imo.

Meddling-Monk · 15 Dec 2022 at 13:05

Kyo said:
Its shambolic tbh, why allow Cavilll to announce to the whole world and even allow a cameo in BA then? It makes absolutely no sense at all? Not to mention Henry popularity will almost guarantee sales and hit regardless of the movie. There is no logical sense to doing a U turn like that.

They allowed Cavill to announce, because the people in charge of DC at the time OK'd it and told him to announce; Cavill didn't do an anncouncement on their own without approval. They however, are not in charge of the new "template" that Safran and Gunn are in charge of and requires everyone to follow. And after planning around the last few weeks, Safran and Gunn do not have confidence in the ability to tell a story with established characters which aren't their own/or want to put their own stamp on things (A Casey Hudson Mass Effect 3 ending moment). So they want their own Superman and thus told Cavill to make a new statement about no longer being Superman.

In a way, not Safran or Gunns fault, but the point still stands; if they were good story tellers, they'll be able to salvage anything and tell a good story at the same time. Especially since there's good will towards Cavill in the role overall.

Bigpig · 15 Dec 2022 at 13:12

What on earth are they going to do with Flash, Shazam 2 and aquaman 2.

Complete mess

Meddling-Monk · 15 Dec 2022 at 13:17

Bigpig said:
What on earth are they going to do with Flash, Shazam 2 and aquaman 2.

Complete mess

Don't know. But I do know that the desire to see these went down with the Cavill announcment last night. So their box office will bve impacted. Whether they will take this into account is unknown though.

Fubsy · 15 Dec 2022 at 16:11

They need to take the loss on The Flash and bin it. Ezra Miller is toxic and I can't see it doing them any favours having him attached to anything going forward.

fez · 15 Dec 2022 at 16:48

Shamikebab said:
Suicide Squad is by far the best DC film so far though.

I'm reminded of my excitement when Steven Moffat took over as showrunner for Doctor Who. He'd written all the best episode so surely it was a slam dunk? Didn't quite work out that way though.

We would not be film friends

First one was OK but nothing more and the second one was garbage.