De Luca and Abdy before the duo’s arrival heard a pitch from Man of Steel producer Charles Roven and a writer (which THR reported was Oscar nominated Dirty Pretty Things scribe Steven Knight). However, in a recent development, we’ve seen correspondence that Cavill was in lock step with the studio in announcing his return on IG. Cavill, we heard from one source, took it upon himself to announce his return as the Man of Steel on Instagram on October 24, the day before Safran and Gunn were named as heads of DC. There had been some championing for some time by Cavill’s team for the actor to return as the Man of Steel, a role he took on in the Zack Synder-directed 2013 version ($668M WW) and continued in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($873M WW) and 2017’s Justice League ($657.9M). Cavill is managed by Dany Garcia, who also reps former spouse Johnson.
#AUQAMAN SITTING ON THE MAGIC LASSO SCENE MOVIE#
Man of Steel 2 and the Whole Henry Cavill of Itīefore Gunn and Safran even arrived, it was De Luca and Abdy’s decision with Johnson, sources tell us, to put Cavill’s Superman at the end of Black Adam to give the dark movie an uplifting, exciting cliffhanger. Why wouldn’t the current DC administration not want more Wonder Woman? Combined, the Wonder Woman movies grossed $992.4M, the first dynamiting female moviegoers to the DC universe. The question is whether Gadot wants to make it sans Jenkins, and judging from the actress’ tweet two days before the explosive DC news, it sounds like she wants to stay aboard. The hope for another Wonder Woman film exists. While the optics of Wonder Woman 3 not going forward in the wake of the axing of Batgirl provides bad optics for the studio, it was never anyone’s intention to be sexist. Jenkins was given the opportunity for another pass but opted to walk. Jenkins fought back and defended her vision that the threequel’s character arcs were solid. Motion Picture chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy had concerns about the treatment before Safran and Gunn weighed in. One rival studio executive observed the potential problem in the current DC setup of having a filmmaker like Gunn providing notes to an established filmmaker like Jenkins, but we hear that Warner Bros. theaters during Covid and the studio’s HBO Max/day-and-date plan - was panned by critics at 58% Rotten and not a rave with fans with a B+ Cinemascore despite the first one getting an A. Apparently her threequel pitch had character arc problems that rivaled those of Wonder Woman 1984, which - despite being impacted at the box office by closed NYC and L.A. Patty Jenkins, left, with Gal Gadot on set of ‘Wonder Woman’ Warner Bros.Īccording to those in the know, it was Patty Jenkins who walked away after receiving notes on the treatment she submitted to the studio. Give the guys some credit: They’re setting out to make a more cohesive franchise like Marvel.
They’re going to bring their own vision and, more likely then not, history will be rewritten.
While it’s an understatement to say change is never easy, the arrival of Gunn and Safran to DC is akin to any major boss taking over a studio or a football coach taking over a team.
Gunn sought to ease agita today in a Twitter multi-post acknowledging “the fractious environment” he and Safran are walking into, saying “there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming.” On the other hand, we hear that WME-repped Flash director Andy Muschietti and Indiana Jones director James Mangold are excited to do business with the Gunn/Safran-led studio. Despite everyone currently playing nice, an anxiousness lurks. No one is getting ready to go to war a la CAA/Disney with Johansson. Those three actors and Black Adam‘s Dwayne Johnson are repped by WME, and a complete turnover of DC stars by Warners would put them in check to a big agency. When it comes to the rumors out there that core DC superhero castmembers Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Jason Momoa (Aquaman) and Henry Cavill (Superman) might be recast as the Gunn-Safran administration creates a synergistic plan for the DC brand across all mediums, our source says: “These franchises which already make a lot of money - why stop them? How can a studio that’s bearing so much debt afford to start from scratch? There are scripts and actors’ schedules to be figured out.” This business is based on relationships.” “This is creating a riot,” says one content maker connected to DC fare about the level of silence they’ve received on the fate of their DC projects going forward.
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