It amazes me that the people in charge of making comic book films have no clue about the characters they are planning to use, and think the best way to 'research' said characters is to troll people who actually read comics.
...And people wonder why Marvel's film industry>DC's.
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If I was there, I would say Aquaman is still a character to be made fun of, an Ant-Man movie would be a waste of time, and keep Frank Miller the hell away from any DC (or Marvel) film property. The man's head is stuck in Sin City and he can't get it out.
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They have enough input to put together a decent film franchise if they were so inclined. Especially considering Johns' chief role is basically helping DC in other mediums including movies and the like.
Prep-man is obviously one of those undercover WB/DC agents in the article sent to infiltrate KMC. He promotes DC movies, brings up threads with obscure DC characters, has all this knowledge of DC movie productions, and makes one-sided DC versus threads. The dots are too easy to connect, he's one of them!
Didn't he have say over the Green Lantern movie? No wonder the executives are ignoring him. That's why WB brought in Nelson, so their properties can grow and it has worked so far.
What's grown? Nothing new has happened on the big screen front since the Green Lantern debacle. They're sticking with the safer bets, Batman and Superman (and he isn't as safe a bet as Batman, currently), and recycling the Smallville formula for properties like Green Arrow (I'm not calling it just 'Arrow') and another try with Wonder Woman after the failed TV exercise last year. The Justice League movie so far is nothing but hot air and confused ideas.
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There are other avenues besides movies. Currently DC Nation is pretty big on Cartoon Network and WB is still doing quality shows. Arrow and a new Wonder Woman show is in the works. Not to mention video games as well. You'll have Injustice Gods Among Us and JLA in the prequel to Batman Arkham series. Diane Nelson has done a solid job so far and will probably continue to grow. That is the primary reason WB hired her.
So far, WB has hired a legit screen writer for the new JL movie (has been in the works for almost a year) and they just need to grab a solid director.
Um yeah while DC is working on their cartoons, Marvel is finishing up their Iron Man franchise, working on sequels for Thor and Captain America, expanding into space with the Guardians of the Galaxy, and secured Whedon for sequels of their billion dollar hit The Avengers.
So while DC is moving along and occasionally saying other movie franchise are in the works, everybody else is losing their patience. Cartoons are great but people want live action. They've seen enough incarnations of animated DC. By the time Darkseid comes to the big screens, all the kiddies will think he's just a Thanos clone. Lol.
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