With DC still riding a wave of success from this year’s Wonder Woman, and the highly anticipated, very promising Justice League just around the corner, it seems they’ve finally found the perfect formula to master the film realm.
Despite dominating the gaming and TV arenas for years – the latter of which mirrors their cinematic efforts in some ways – they’ve never been able to stand up alongside Marvel’s big blockbusters, with Suicide Squad and Batman v. Superman feeling clunky in a lot of ways, although both still charming in certain ways and a wild ride.
Batman v. Superman almost felt like an ad for Justice League and Wonder Woman with too many storylines unfolding as the filmmakers tried to tie in numerous characters for future endeavours, whereas Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy was wildly successful, perhaps to do with its more narrow focus, among a number of other things.
Speaking with Vulture about the DC Extended Universe, DC Films president Geoff Johns and DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson said we could expect their efforts moving forward to feel more standalone, like Wonder Woman, with Warner Bros. deemphasising the idea of a shared universe.
“Our intention, certainly, moving forward is using the continuity to help make sure nothing is diverging in a way that doesn’t make sense, but there’s no insistence upon an overall story line or interconnectivity in that universe,” Nelson said.
“Moving forward, you’ll see the DC movie universe being a universe, but one that comes from the heart of the filmmaker who’s creating them.”
Commenting on the success of Wonder Woman, Johns said, “The movie’s not about another movie.”
“Some of the movies do connect the characters together, like Justice League. But, like with Aquaman (2018) our goal is not to connect Aquaman to every movie.”
Justice League will be released in cinemas November 16.
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