After the Fallout of Batman vs Superman, WB Reorganizes, Makes DC Films and Put Jon Berg and Geoff J
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[quote]The fallout from Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice continues to ripple through Warner Bros.
The Burbank-based studio is making changes to the way it handles its DC Entertainment-centered films, giving oversight of the feature projects to a pair of executives and creating a dedicated division for the films. Current executive vp Jon Berg and Geoff Johns, DC's chief content officer who successfully launched the comics label's foray into television, will co-run the newly created DC Films, according to multiple sources.
This move is part of a broader refinement of executive roles at Warners, which has suffered a disappointing run of movies and has vexed producers and filmmakers, some of whom complain about a murky greenlight process.
Now, instead of a broad range of movies to oversee, executives will be charged with managing "genre streams" while reporting to Warner Bros. Pictures president Greg Silverman. In many cases, these streams formalize interests and specialties for specific executives. Courtenay Valenti, for example, will now oversee all Lego projects as well as the Harry Potter line that begins with November's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Senior production execs Jesse Ehrman and Niija Kuykendall will focus more on comedy/family and sci-fi/action, respectively, according to sources.
Further executive changes are anticipated, including a potential hire at the senior level.
Berg was already working on BvS, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman and Justice League. He also is a conduit to Ben Affleck, having worked with the actor-filmmaker on Argo and Live by Night, the crime thriller Affleck recently wrapped as director, writer and star for the studio.
Comics writer-turned-exec Johns, meanwhile, was key in working with showrunner Greg Berlanti on the ascension of superhero shows such as Arrow, The Flash and Supergirl and is the writer behind DC's upcoming Rebirth, the publishing side's reboot of its titles that will play out over the summer months. He is not leaving DC, according to sources, but adding film to his portfolio.
Johns will still report to DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson, while Berg will report to Silverman.[/quote]
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is snyder still involved or no
[QUOTE=Wii60;50352587]is snyder still involved or no[/QUOTE]
God damn hope not
[QUOTE=Wii60;50352587]is snyder still involved or no[/QUOTE]
From my understanding of things Zack the Hack is still executive producer of the upcoming Batman standalone, but Ben Affleck got promoted to executive producer, along with director and writer, so we will see how long that lasts.
everything I hear about DC movies is terrible
[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;50352604]From my understanding of things Zack the Hack is still executive producer of the upcoming Batman standalone, but Ben Affleck got promoted to executive producer, along with director and writer, so we will see how long that lasts.[/QUOTE]
What I heard from my housemate is that Snyder is still doing Justice League, but he's been kicked off doing any future DC films after that.
No idea the truth of that, though.
Heads up for non comic book people, this is a good thing, Geoff John's has done some amazing work.
Snyder can direct a good action scene but he can't write a script with proper pacing and characterization to save his fuckin life. I hope he's demoted to a special effects head instead of the head honcho.
[QUOTE=Fapplejack;50353803]Snyder can direct a good action scene but he can't write a script with proper pacing and characterization to save his fuckin life. I hope he's demoted to a special effects head instead of the head honcho.[/QUOTE]
The fight scene, for the most part, was pretty fantastic. Shame that it was surrounded by [I]shiiiit[/I]
[QUOTE=J!NX;50352614]everything I hear about DC movies is terrible[/QUOTE]
Live action movies*
The animated movies are phenomenal.
[QUOTE=AlphaAGENT;50353980]Live action movies*
The animated movies are phenomenal.[/QUOTE]
isnt that because the animated movies are direct adaptations of comic arcs?
so heres an idea, how about doing live action movies on the actual comic arcs
what a novel concept, huh
There was a lot about Batman V Superman that I disliked. So much, that I don't even know where to begin.
I'm not sure if it was the terrible implementation of inter-cutting breaking pace or the terrible directorial decision to have the camera affixed to the characters being knocked around at supersonic speed, completely breaking immersion and disorienting viewers until it ended, and the victor was revealed.
Perhaps it was the seemingly endless montage of patriotism at the end telling you to be sad about the death of [sp]Superman[/sp], and therefore be patriotic. The entire production was just so ham-fisted, and here's where I begin to get into spoilers.
[sp] When Lois threw the Kryptonite spear into the flooded, collapsing building I and many in the theater groaned, knowing due to the simple set up that it would be the only thing able to kill the villain and that therefore, she would be the one who would have to get it who would become trapped and cause Superman to break away from the fight to rescue her, retrieving the weapon that while killing him allows him to destroy the villain.
It was rather shocking really how clearly one could see how the film would end from the set up and that one moment. After that, cue the ham-fisted intercutting and it all became a tedious wait to see if what I felt would happen would happen. And surprise surprise, it did. Lois dives in to get the spear, the building collapses, Superman's power to hear her hands hitting things is revealed, and the movie ends.
A few people applauded as the credits rolled, but in my opinion it sounded obligatory, disappointed, and forced. [/sp]
I hope restructuring can help, because their IPs have a lot of potential that has been hampered at every turn by disappointing film productions.
[QUOTE=yodaman888;50355079]isnt that because the animated movies are direct adaptations of comic arcs?
so heres an idea, how about doing live action movies on the actual comic arcs
what a novel concept, huh[/QUOTE]
Because movie adaptations of literature have always gone perfect :v:
If WB doesn't make a DC Studios like Disney did for Marvel, they adaptions of DC properties will probably still suck.
Save us Cereal Lord
[sp]Just don't write the New Gods because youre not great at it going by JL and go back to JSA after Rebirth. [/sp]
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