Suicide Squad 2 Loses Its Director
DC Films scored an unlikely hit with Suicide Squad, despite some massive backlash from fans and [...]
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Collet-Serra has jumped onboard Disney's Jungle Cruise, the action-adventure franchise led by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. That teaming comes as double-punch setback for Warner Bros. and DC Films, as Johnson recently dropped out the studio's Shazam! movie, where he was slated to play the villain Black Adam (Johnson still has future plans for a Black Adam solo film with the studio).
In addition to Suicide Squad, and Shazam, DC/WB's upcoming Batman solo film has had a string of production turbulence: star Ben Affleck dropped out of directing the project earlier this year, amidst rumors that he was unhappy with his role in the DC Extended Universe. Affleck had to go onstage at Comic-Con 2017 to basically reaffirm, publicly, that he loves being Batman, while director Matt Reeves (War for the Planet of the Apes) has been brought in to direct.
Then there's DC/WB's Justice League team-up film. Director Zack Snyder had to drop out of the film during post-production, in order to deal with a personal loss; Avengers director Joss Whedon has been brought in to handle reshoots on the Justice League; however, reports have come out that those reshoots have been more complicated and costly than the studio expected.
While this all may seem like bad omens for the already-rocky DC Extended Universe, it should be remembered that Marvel Studios faced similar turbulence in the transition between its Phase 1 and Phase 2 eras (director dropouts, contract issues, scheduling problems), before learning a formula that worked. With the success of Wonder Woman, there is a blueprint that works - hopefully DC/WB can follow it.
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In Justice League, fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's (Henry Cavill) selfless act, Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) enlists newfound ally Diana Prince to face an even greater threat. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to recruit a team to stand against this newly awakened enemy. Despite the formation of an unprecedented league of heroes -- Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash -- it may be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
Justice League is directed by Zack Snyder, from a screenplay by Chris Terrio, based on a story by Snyder and Terrio, Justice League stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Ciarán Hinds, Amy Adams, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, and J. K. Simmons.
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