![]() Black Adam was the first movie to scratch the ceiling of $400 million in the DC shared universe since Aquaman earned $1.1 billion, and Black Adam did so without Chinese audiences. After that, DC saw three films earn under $205 million at the box office. In 2019, Shazam! released and earned only $367 million at theaters. Frankly, I was the only one saying that.” What DC had was mythology at an epic level, and we were going to take them on this amazing journey. An effort to duplicate that is insanity because they're so good at it. They're doing, at the highest level, this popular action-comedy with a heart. Snyder said, “I knew it before BvS, when we made Man of Steel. ![]() In the lead-up to the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the director described to the New York Times how he did not want to copy Marvel’s style. DC fans have been drawn to DC for the last two generations of cinema because DC movies (when they are quality) are serious films – sometimes dark films. The issue is that DC has to be unique from Marvel. It is not an issue of whether Marvel’s tone is good or bad. The first film earned $746 million.ĭC lost its identity. Gunn’s The Suicide Squad earned a bruising $168 million at theaters. By this point, the DC fandom had figured out what was going on, and the general audience had tasted the decline in quality. then turned to Guardians of the Galaxy director, James Gunn to do the sequel to Suicide Squad. When Zack Snyder’s Justice League was released in 2021, audiences discovered the truth – that Whedon and Warner Bros. This attempt to bend DC into a new shape began with the reshoot of Justice League with the director of The Avengers, Joss Whedon. The DCU was turned into a copy of Marvel movies, but the glass slipper did not fit that Amazon foot. What happened to the DCU box office is that after Aquaman, the movies changed. He can turn up for the crossover with Mjolnir still in his possession. We have no idea what adventure he went on after the events of Endgame, but time is not linear. Just as Marvel fans do not want to see Iron Man and Captain America recast in a crossover, DC fans do not want a Walmart brand Justice League.Ĭaptain America can return at any time using the time travel technology he has. If Iron Man and Captain America are to appear to fight the Justice League members (and then fight beside them), no one wants to see some new actor as Superman, Wonder Woman, or Batman. Affleck’s Batsuit in Batman v Superman was the first and only comic accurate Bat-suit. The costumes are the best iterations of all three of the trinity we have yet seen in live-action. Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck are seen by DC fans as the best Superman and Batman in all of DC's films. These portrayals were the first time we saw these characters on the big screen. Gal Gadot is the only Wonder Woman, and Jason Momoa is the only Aquaman. The characters of the SnyderVerse are already established and ready. ![]() The only choice for this crossover to happen in the immediate future, after the SAG and WGA strikes end, is to use the SnyderVerse cast: Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ben Affleck, Jason Momoa, Jared Leto, and Margot Robbie. The DC fans are not interested in Gunn’s Superman, Wonder Woman, or Batman crossing over to fight Hulk, Thor, and Wolverine. The box office numbers for Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash have shown the fans are the driving force behind DC ticket sales, and the GunnVerse is in danger of never making it past Legacy. The DC fan base is boycotting the DC movies due to Gunn’s attempt to reboot the DCU. Gunn is planning to reboot Superman and the DCU with new actors and in his own tone in Superman: Legacy. The barrier here is that Gunn and his co-CEO, Peter Safran have chosen to end the SnyderVerse, canceling projects with A-listers one would assume would be certain (box office) in Wonder Woman 3, the sequel to Man of Steel, and a standalone Batman with a script by Oscar winners Ben Affleck and Chris Terrio (Argo). But all discussions have been very, very light and fun.” I would be lying to say that we haven’t discussed it. I think we have to establish what we’re doing first. Who knows? That’s many years away, though. Gunn said to Empire Magazine, “I’m certain that’s more likely now that I’m in charge. DC co-CEO James Gunn spoke about the potential of a crossover in April.
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