Big Eyes here, seeing changes in the DC film multi-verse!
It’s no secret that fans have been time and time again disappointed with DC films. Even a joke started to float around the internet stating that DC stood for “Disappointing Cinema”. I believe the fans started really lose faith in DC Films once “Batman vs. Superman” hit the silver screen. Then it was followed up by “Suicide Squad” where we had this uncharacteristic white-knight of a Joker. The more recent “Justice League” may have been the final nail in the coffin for Jon Berg. Berg is leaving his position as co-president and moving to a role of a production partner with “The Lego Movie’s” Roy Lee.
According to Deadline: at $572 million in the box office, “Justice League” hasn’t even broken even yet. OUCH.
The other co-president Geoff Johns still remains in his position and will be joined by Walter Hamada to replace Jon Berg. Hamada has produced several successful films, including the updated “IT”, and “The Conjuring”. Toby Emmerich, of Warner Bros. Pictures, made the decision to take Hamada on board. Emmerich holds a lot of confidence in the current co-presidents of DC Films, stating:
“Walter is creative, resourceful, and committed to excellence, and will bring those qualities to his oversight of our superhero films. He’s a terrific production executive and served as an executive producer on two of the summer’s most popular films, New Line’s ‘It’ and ‘Annabelle: Creation.’ I’m confident Walter and Geoff, working with our filmmaking partners, will deliver films that will resonate with both broad global audiences as well as DC fanboys and fangirls. Walter’s a great addition to the Warner Bros. Pictures team, and I look forward to working with him in his new post.”
“Aquaman” is already set for release later this year, but “Shazam” and “Wonder Woman 2” have not yet begun filming yet, so this means we could see a drastic difference between the quality of “Aquaman” and the following DC films. Hopefully, this is the right move that is needed to keep DC Films afloat, and we’ll get those future movies that are promised and they will be what the fans are looking for in their superhero movies... Hopefully.
~Big Eyes
