Having began their jobs at DC Studios – the newly renamed comedian book-sourcing arm of Warner Bros. – author/director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran attended a giant digital assembly with firm boss David Zaslav and employees to roughly define their plan for the way forward for DC on cinema screens, TV and past.

And from the sounds of it, the concept sounds a good quantity like Marvel’s profitable construction, of which Gunn has been an element.

“This was such a novel alternative to inform one nice overarching story”, mentioned Safran, who produced Shazam! and Aquaman together with the likes of the Conjuring movies. “One lovely huge story throughout movie, tv gaming, live-action, and animation.”

“The chance to make DC as nice as it may be and correctly — that’s the reason why I’m doing this job as a result of I do know that Peter and I can try this,” mentioned Gunn. “We spent the previous couple days with a bunch of a number of the finest thinkers within the trade, the very best writers within the trade beginning to map out that eight-to-10-year plan of what it’s going to seem like in theater, in TV, in animation, throughout the board for these characters.”

One one who seems notably excited is Aquaman star Jason Momoa, who informed Leisure Tonight that he already has excessive hopes. “I believe that with Peter Safran and Mr. Gunn on the helm now at DC, I’m very enthusiastic about that,” Momoa mentioned. “There are loads of cool issues that shall be arising. Considered one of my goals come true shall be occurring below their watch. So, keep tuned!” Persons are already speculating that he could possibly be pulling double obligation within the DC by additionally taking over bounty hunter Lobo. However we’ll see…

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