On Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery held a town hall meeting in which DC Studios’ new co-CEOs and chairpersons, James Gunn and Peter Safran, were introduced to the company at large by CEO David Zaslav.
According to The Wrap, Zaslav remarked that the pair are currently working on a bible for a cohesive DC Universe that will span multiple business units over a full decade.
Safran followed that intro with the statement: “This was such a unique opportunity to tell one great overarching story … One beautiful big story across film, television gaming, live-action, and animation.” That would certainly suggest a more integrated Marvel-style universe as has been suggested before.
Gunn, who is in the midst of prepping the second season of HBO Max’s “Peacemaker,” said: “I love Superman and I love Batman. I love their interaction. I love the ways in which they’re the same and the ways in which they are completely different.”
Gunn reportedly went on to praise Zaslav, saying: “David, I just have to say quickly that I know that you are doing all this because you love these characters too, and you love the possibility, and the hope that they represent and that has been clear to us from the beginning. We would have never considered this if that wasn’t the case, so, thank you.”
Gunn recently clarified on social media outlet Mastodon that all DC films will be under the new DC Studios umbrella, including Matt Reeves’ follow-up to “The Batman”.
