Warner Bros. Confirms Standalone DC Movies Outside of DCEU Continuity

[The Deadman]

A month ago, you could practically hear the collective necks of the internet snap in one direction as it was revealed Warner Bros. was developing a Joker movie from The Hangover‘s Todd Phillips, a solo movie that would not be in continuity with the other DCEU films like Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman, and Justice League. Confusion continued to linger as the tight-lipped studio wouldn’t reveal too much about the project, but now speaking with Vulture we know that the plans for the “DCEU” are changing at Warners.

“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,” DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson tells the outlet about their plans moving forward.

This summer’s Wonder Woman was the first example of such, a solo film that briefly hinted at the larger DCEU but wasn’t so entrenched that it became a hindrance on the film. It went on to become the highest-grossing movie in the DCEU and one of the highest-grossing Warner Bros. movies of all time. The studio plans on taking a similar approach with the upcoming Aquaman as well.

“Some of the movies do connect the characters together, like Justice League. But, like with Aquaman our goal is not to connect Aquaman to every movie,” chief creative officer Geoff Johns said.

The pair confirmed that the standalone films like The Joker one are very much part of their plan moving forward, and they would be under their very own film label, which will be officially announced to the world “soon-ish.”


Read more at http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/new...ceu-continuity

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Feels like more damage control. Whatever, WB.

[Andrew NDB]

"Blah blah blah we literally have no idea what we're doing, but this is kind of what we were thinking to do right now: blah blah blah."

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

"Blah blah blah we literally have no idea what we're doing, but this is kind of what we were thinking to do right now: blah blah blah."

Exactly.

The only way for WB/DC to earn back any faith is to do one thing, repeat, ONE THING: Make good movies.

Not talk about what movies they're going to make, or tell us how they're connected, or tell us why they're not connected, or tell us how they've learned from their mistakes.

JUST MAKE GOOD MOVIES. But no, we've only got Justice League (with a lot of baggage), Aquaman, and Wonder Woman 2 that we can rest assured are happening. The rest is a lot of hypothetical and hot air.

[Krutch]

I still have faith in Aquaman. James Wan's pretty amazing. Probably the best big time horror director working today.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Krutch

I still have faith in Aquaman. James Wan's pretty amazing. Probably the best big time horror director working today.

I do think Aquaman will be anywhere from "above average" to "amazing."

Justice League... well, that one could be anywhere from "underwhelming/terrible" to "better than I expected/not bad" to "fantastic/the haters were wrong!" Who knows. It's just a big oozing ball of cinematic controversy.

[ProphetofGanja]

WB/DC: "Just what til we show what we've got coming in 2 to 3 years, it's going to be great, we promise!"

[Andrew NDB]

And they're acting like when they "unveil" their new Elseworlds movie line (that includes the Joker origins movie nobody wants) people are going to erupt into cheers and give a crap.

They won't. They don't.