Tag: David Zaslav
Warner Bros. Games Focuses on DC Comics, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and Mortal Kombat
Warner Bros. Games is taking control of its star franchises, seemingly to the exclusion of everything else. Variety reports that the game publisher and division of Warner Bros. Discovery has put together a new leadership team composed of three new senior vice presidents: Yves Lachance, the head of ...
Read MoreJames Gunn Announces Wonder Woman Movie and More DCU Details
James Gunn is bringing the big guns into his DCU. When he announced his initial slate of DC movies in 2023 for the first “chapter” of the DCU that he calls “Gods and Monsters,” Gunn introduced a bunch of seemingly oddly chosen films that felt like he threw darts at a board and picked whichev...
Read MoreSuperman Run Time Reported, Refuted, and Resulting From Last-Minute Edits
It turns out that when you’re faster than a speeding bullet, it’s hard to pin down how long you’ll stay on movie screens. Superman, the first film in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU, will arrive in theaters on July 11, 2025, with Gunn in the director’s chair and David Corenswet stepping ...
Read MoreDCU Updates Take the Franchise in Unexpected Directions
As Superman looms, comic fans are wondering what the about-to-begin DCU will look like. Two years ago, James Gunn – the co-CEO of Warner Bros.’s newly minted DC Studios with Peter Safran – gave a rundown of their plan for the first phase (or whatever they’re calling it to pretend it’s dif...
Read MoreSeverus Snape Cast in HBO Harry Potter Series
The new Harry Potter HBO show has found its Severus Snape, and he’s not what you were expecting… or, depending on how cynical (which now means “realistic”) you are, exactly what you were expecting. The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reveals that Paapa Essiedu has been offered the role of t...
Read MoreWarner Bros. Games Looking to Rejuvenate Batman: Arkham Series?
Warner Bros. Games are sending up the Batsignal. As I mentioned yesterday while talking about the Hogwarts Legacy sequel, Warner Bros. is having a tough time in its video games department (not just there, but also there), with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League bombing hard and losing them $20...
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