DC's Shared Universe Is Having A Break

The questions around the behind the scenes work at Warner Bros regarding their DC Universe and their future has been a topic of conversation and it looks like we’ve got the final nail in the coffin of their shared universe.

Even though I thought this question was answered by Warner Bros Chairman Toby Emmerich at the beginning of the year it seems three is the magic number as the studios chief executive Kevin Tsujihara made sure everyone knows the DC shared universe is having a break, for now at least.

In an interview with LA Times the topic of DC came up and good old Kev stated with the upcoming slate of films including Shazam, Joker, Wonder Woman 1984 and Birds of Prey and then the projects of The Batman, The Suicide Squad and Aquaman 2 in some form of production, everything is going well at DC Films.

He goes on to reveal, “The universe isn’t as connected as we thought it was going to be five years ago. You’re seeing much more focus on individual experiences around individual characters. That’s not to say we won’t at some point come back to that notion of a more connected universe. But it feels like that’s the right strategy for us right now.”

So how did everyone come to this realisation? Well, you can this now on the long list of the wonderful things Patty Jenkins and Wonder Woman has done since its release.

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“What Patty Jenkins did on “Wonder Woman” illustrated to us what you could do with these characters who are not Batman and Superman,” said Tsujihara.

I’m sure DC comic fans are screaming at them “we know, we’ve been trying to tell you!” because it was clearly a fluke Wonder Woman and Aquaman have been in print of 77 years!

Anyway, Kevin continues “Obviously, we want to get those two in the right place, and we want strong movies around Batman and Superman. But “Aquaman” is a perfect example of what we can do. They’re each unique and the tone’s different in each movie.”

Again fans will be screaming their lungs out about Henry Cavill being the perfect Superman and how hard is it to find a director or writers to pen a Man of Steel 2?

I like that DC has stopped trying to be Marvel and be interconnecting and do their own thing and has shown by Wonder Woman and Aquaman it clearly works for them but I’ll forever love how the other members of the Justice League were introduced in Batman v Superman.