Like their main rival Marvel, DC Entertainment finally has a plan for its cinematic Universe.
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In a recent feature on Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, director Zack Snyder revealed how Justice League (which he’ll also direct) will connect with Warner Bros.’s upcoming slate of solo superhero movies, which includes Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Aquaman. While Justice League will be the grand stage of DC’s movies, the solo films will be the pillars supporting it.
“What we are doing is ground up all the way. It is one giant story,” Zack Snyder told Empire Magazine. “The first thing we had was the Justice League concept. The other movies, in a way, have to support that. That is our Wonder Woman, our Aquaman. They have their own creative concepts that supports them, but they do serve Justice League in the coming together of those heroes.”
And while the interconnected nature of DC’s cinematic universe will obviously put some parameters on projects like Suicide Squad and the after-mentioned solo films, Snyder—who’s essentially godfathering the entire universe—is giving each team as much creative freedom as possible.
“I want all the other directors of the other films to be able to stretch their legs and do what they want, but at the same time there is a big interconnected universe,” he said. “I have given everyone amazing access to our story, to me, and what we are doing. All the films have like minded conceptual jumping on points.”
In fact, DC producer Charles Roven even has an official name for his structure: The sandbox.
“”We call it the sandbox. It has borders around it, but everybody gets to play in the sandbox. On Suicide Squad, David Ayer has a lot of specific control over his area of the sandbox. Even if he crosses the line a little bit, we see if we can push our boundaries back a little bit.”
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