When Marvel Studios was at the height of building their Marvel Cinematic Universe, Warner Bros. was playing catch-up very quickly with their DC properties. They wanted to build their own superhero cinematic universe and they wanted to do it fast.
That universe launched with Zack Snyder’S Man of Steel and things escalated pretty quickly from there with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The reason for such a big leap was the urgency of catching up with what Marvel was doing.
Man of Steel writer David Goyer recently talked about WB’s plan to build their own DC cinematic universe and how crazy it was. He told the Happy Sad Confused podcast:
“I know the pressure we were getting from Warner Bros., which was: ‘We need our own MCU! We need our own MCU!’ And I thought: let’s not run before walking. The other difficult thing at the time was that there was this revolving door of executives at Warner Bros. and DC. Every 18 months someone new arrived. We were just getting whiplash. Every new person said, ‘We’re going to get bigger!’”
You can see how the studio was starting off on the wrong foot. None of the managers had patience. Goyer went on to say:
“I remember at one point the person who ran Warner Bros. at the time had made this release that featured the next 20 films over the next 10 years. But none of them had been written yet! It was crazy how much architecture was being built in the air… That’s not how you build a house.”
That’s why the DCEU ultimately failed. They were building it in all the wrong ways. Man of Steel was a great start and then they lost it once they launched straight into Batman v Superman. Goyer went on to say that they should have done it Man of Steel 2 before Batman v Superman. When asked about it he said: “Yes, I think so. There was and but should have, should have, could have.”
I would go even further and say that there should have been independent films Batman AND Wonder Woman before Batman v Superman. You have to build the story and the characters and earn the story that Snyder wanted to tell in Batman v Superman.
If the executives at WB had taken their time and been patient with these films and the world-building and storytelling process, the DC Cinematic Universe would have had a better chance of being a huge success!
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
Lloyd Grunewald is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. He is a talented writer who focuses on bringing the latest entertainment-related news to his readers. With a deep understanding of the entertainment industry and a passion for writing, Lloyd delivers engaging articles that keep his readers informed and entertained.
