The DC Cinematic Universe

[Henry88]

[DannyBeane]

I'll still watch DoJ but most of these films are going to be lame and take themselves too seriously.

[Dr Kain]

It is very easy to do a... Captain Marvel movie without humor. Just look at the way he is written in the N52. Billy is a little **** who needs a belt upside his ass.

Nevertheless, I doubt this is real. Not that it matters, DC wouldn't know how to make good movies even if Spielberg, Carpenter, Tarantino, Whedon, and Nolan all wrote a script together. It could be the greatest script in the world and DC would still find a way to **** it up.

[MekaGojira3k]

[MouthForWar]

I don't know how Seth Rogen is connected to this (I guess he just knows people?) but he says its not true.

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[mr.negativity]

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[Dr Kain]

[lhb412]

Shazam's the only one that excites me, 'cause I love the character.

Absent on the schedule are two movies that have been nebulously in development for years: Sonnenfeld's Metal Men and del Toro's Dark Universe (aka Justice League Dark). Those are the two I was really interested in.

[jellydonut25]

I support what DC is doing. Not wholeheartedly or anything, but I see no reason to be anything but cautiously optimistic at the moment. Seems they have a plan, actors, directors, writers, and we'll just have to see if it all comes together on screen. I personally really liked Man of Steel so I'm still on board.

[mr.negativity]

[Dr Kain]

[Rodanex]

Even the comics are called Shazam. They can't call the series Captain Marvel because of licensing issues with Marvel Comics.

[The Shadow]

It's not a licensing issue, Marvel owns the trademark on the term "Captain Marvel". Marvel is free to use "Captain Marvel" as a mark in trade for comic book titles, graphic novels/trade paperbacks, action figures, etc. However, Marvel can not stop DC from calling the original Captain Marvel by that name within a story (be it a comic, t.v. show, movie, etc.) because in such cases DC is not using "Captain Marvel" as a mark in trade.

It would be nice if Marvel and DC could work out a deal to share the trademark on "Captain Marvel", it not an impossible outcome as Marvel and DC already share the trademark on "superhero."

Unfortunately it has been many years since DC and Marvel were anywhere close to the level of cooperation that allowed the Amalgam Universe to exist, much less doing any standard cross over stories, and sadly that doesn't look to be changing anytime soon.

[lhb412]

I don't think Marvel would be at all interested in sharing the name since in they've worked real hard in the past few years to build their own 'Captain Marvel' into such a major character, sort of their answer to Wonder Woman (as in: their most iconic female superhero).

[Dr Kain]

I don't care what the bull**** excuse is, calling him Shazam does not make sense.

[Rodanex]

[tbeasley]

I'm a bit more hopeful for these movies than some but I wish Warner Bros/ DC had planned out Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Flash movies before Justice League in the same way Marvel did Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America before The Avengers. Their 2nd movie is World's Finest costarring Wonder Woman and a handful of other characters and I fear audiences will be burnt out before Justice League even happens. At least Marvel had room to breath up front, with DC it's in reverse.

[Dr Kain]

Yeah, that is another thing, I am getting tired of super hero movies. It seems like everything these days is either a remake or a super hero movie.

However, DC also should have done a sequel to Man of Steel before they did a team up movie with Batman. This to me shows that DC has no idea how the handle Superman in a stand alone movie, and they are too damn lazy and stubborn to hire the people that know how to write the character to do it.

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[Dr Kain]

So wait, you mean they are serious about the Suicide Squad movie? How the hell is that going to work?

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