After months of waiting, following the major announcement back in May 2021, Warner Bros. has officially merged with Discovery, creating the aptly titled new company Warner Bros. Discovery. And as you might expect, whenever there is a big corporate merger, the new CEO is ready to shake things up, which appears to have major ramifications for the folks at DC Entertainment. In this episode of The Playlist Podcast, we discuss how the Warner Bros. Discovery merger will greatly affect the superhero films and TV series from DC.
According to a recent report from Variety, WB Discovery CEO David Zaslav is ready to change how DC Entertainment does business. Instead of what seems like a bunch of creatives and studios taking various superheroes and creating content with them, the CEO wants DC Entertainment to become more streamlined and cohesive. And he’s going to make that happen, first, by hiring an executive to oversee the superhero side of the studio, in a similar way to how Kevin Feige runs Marvel Studios.
Does this mean a reboot of the DCEU? What happens to the projects currently in development? And how did Superman become the most pivotal character in the whole situation? Listen below to the complete discussion:
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