For those of you who don't follow comic book movie news as closely as I do, Warner Brothers (who owns DC Comics and all its characters) recently announced at New York Comic Con its slate of films for the next several years. Here it is:
I see ALL kinds of problems with this announcement. Let's go through them one by one and see if I'm correct in guessing that DC/WB is going to have an EPIC FAILURE on its hands in two years:
1. DC, you aren't MARVEL. Marvel is owned by Disney, including Marvel Studios, which is in charge of all the Marvel heroes [except for Spider-Man, X-Men, and the Fantastic Four]. Marvel recently announced its film plans for the next several years, but only AFTER (count them) 10 successful films: Iron Man 1, 2, 3, Thor 1 and 2, Captain America 1 and 2, Hulk, Avengers, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Up until then, they were announcing 2-3 upcoming films at a time. DC hasn't proven anything yet. They have Man of Steel and a Green Lantern FLOP (which is why they're rebooting his film in 6 years!) Why are they so intent on jumping the gun and copying Marvel? But that's not all you're copying, is it, DC/WB?
2. DC, you haven't learned from Sony, have you? Sony owns the film rights to Spider-Man (which is why Spidey hasn't appeared in an "Avengers" film ... yet. But Sony has completely effed up Spider-Man. Describing this would take a whole post, but suffice it to say, the reboot of Spidey hasn't gone well. So poorly, in fact, that they don't plan to release Spidey 3 until at least 2018! In the meantime, what does Sony want to do with its Spider-Man properties? Make VILLAIN movies! Movies no one wants to see: Sinister Six and Venom/Carnage? WITHOUT SPIDER-MAN? No one cares about that, yet here is WB wanting to roll out a Suicide Squad film, when no one except comic book nerds even know what the crap the Suicide Squad is!
3. Why, oh why, won't you at least copy Marvel's TV/Film marriage, Warner Brothers? The only thing that kept Agents of SHIELD afloat last season before Captain America 2 was released was the fact that it was tied to the Avengers films. Now, however, season 2 is doing very well. People love the fact that Nick Fury, Sif, or other big Marvel characters could appear at any time. But guess what? DC already has one hit show on its hands (The Arrow) and a very high potential for a second (The Flash). Yet rather than capitalize on this, they want to introduce ANOTHER Flash instead of doing much bigger, cooler crossovers with their current properties. Which brings us to the last problem ...
4. Casting choices? WTF!?!?! Ezra Miller as Barry Allen [The Flash]? Not only is he the creepiest actor alive, but he looks EXACTLY like Legend of Korra's Tahno, leader of the Wolfbats. Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman was a headscratcher. Ben Affleck as Batman is a wait-and-see pick. But this...? I think DC/WB is setting itself up for total failure.
I hope I'm wrong because seeing so many superhero films has been a lot of fun.
- “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” directed by Zack Snyder (2016)
- “Suicide Squad,” directed by David Ayer (2016)
- “Wonder Woman,” starring Gal Gadot (2017)
- “Justice League Part One,” directed by Zack Snyder, with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, and Amy Adams (2017)
- “The Flash,” starring Ezra Miller (2018)
- “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa (2018)
- “Shazam” (2019)
- “Justice League Part Two,” directed by Zack Snyder (2019)
- “Cyborg,” starring Ray Fisher (2020)
- “Green Lantern” (2020)
I see ALL kinds of problems with this announcement. Let's go through them one by one and see if I'm correct in guessing that DC/WB is going to have an EPIC FAILURE on its hands in two years:
1. DC, you aren't MARVEL. Marvel is owned by Disney, including Marvel Studios, which is in charge of all the Marvel heroes [except for Spider-Man, X-Men, and the Fantastic Four]. Marvel recently announced its film plans for the next several years, but only AFTER (count them) 10 successful films: Iron Man 1, 2, 3, Thor 1 and 2, Captain America 1 and 2, Hulk, Avengers, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Up until then, they were announcing 2-3 upcoming films at a time. DC hasn't proven anything yet. They have Man of Steel and a Green Lantern FLOP (which is why they're rebooting his film in 6 years!) Why are they so intent on jumping the gun and copying Marvel? But that's not all you're copying, is it, DC/WB?
2. DC, you haven't learned from Sony, have you? Sony owns the film rights to Spider-Man (which is why Spidey hasn't appeared in an "Avengers" film ... yet. But Sony has completely effed up Spider-Man. Describing this would take a whole post, but suffice it to say, the reboot of Spidey hasn't gone well. So poorly, in fact, that they don't plan to release Spidey 3 until at least 2018! In the meantime, what does Sony want to do with its Spider-Man properties? Make VILLAIN movies! Movies no one wants to see: Sinister Six and Venom/Carnage? WITHOUT SPIDER-MAN? No one cares about that, yet here is WB wanting to roll out a Suicide Squad film, when no one except comic book nerds even know what the crap the Suicide Squad is!
3. Why, oh why, won't you at least copy Marvel's TV/Film marriage, Warner Brothers? The only thing that kept Agents of SHIELD afloat last season before Captain America 2 was released was the fact that it was tied to the Avengers films. Now, however, season 2 is doing very well. People love the fact that Nick Fury, Sif, or other big Marvel characters could appear at any time. But guess what? DC already has one hit show on its hands (The Arrow) and a very high potential for a second (The Flash). Yet rather than capitalize on this, they want to introduce ANOTHER Flash instead of doing much bigger, cooler crossovers with their current properties. Which brings us to the last problem ...
4. Casting choices? WTF!?!?! Ezra Miller as Barry Allen [The Flash]? Not only is he the creepiest actor alive, but he looks EXACTLY like Legend of Korra's Tahno, leader of the Wolfbats. Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman was a headscratcher. Ben Affleck as Batman is a wait-and-see pick. But this...? I think DC/WB is setting itself up for total failure.
I hope I'm wrong because seeing so many superhero films has been a lot of fun.
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