Warner bros announce superhero films through 2020

[DigificWriter]

^ Nobody has denied that there was continuity. I’ve explicitly given instances of it in my posts. We are saying that there wasn’t particularly strict continuity.

Which fits into my description of trying to "downplay the meaning of the numerous references to previous films peppered throughout the series".

 

[Captaindemotion]

I give up.

 

[crookeddy]

The weird discussions that pop up on here are... Hilarious

 

[JD]

They feel like live-action cartoons to me,

Which is part of what makes them so great, they actually feel like the comics (or animated series) brought to life. There are shots in some of them that actually feel like they could be panels in the comics, and I think a few actually were.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Getting back to the future of DC movies:

Despite the disappointing Box Office of JL, WB still presented a full slate of DC movies at a Comic Con in Brazil.

Aquaman, Shazam, Flashpoint, Suicide Squad 2, Wonder Woman 2, The Batman, Batgirl, Green Lantern Corps, and even "Justice League Dark" were all presented with a title card, apparently.

Not listed was MoS 2, Cyborg, Deathstroke, Nightwing, Joker/Harley, Harley solo, Gotham City Sirens, or Scorsese's Joker origin movie. Though them not being listed doesn't mean they're not still worked on. CBR speculates that the displayed projects have all been green-lit already, while those missing were still in the concept phase.

 

[JD]

I'm surprised to see Cyborg wasn't shown, I would have expected that to have at least been greenlit (greenlighted?) by now.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

I'm surprised to see Cyborg wasn't shown, I would have expected that to have at least been greenlit (greenlighted?) by now.

Actually, considering the character is struggling to even keep a solo comic book going, I'm not that surprised about that.

 

[Dream]

I'm not interested in any other DCEU moves with the exception of Wonder Woman 2.

I might watch the other movies if they get good reviews. WB really needs to start putting out a consistent ratio of good superhero movies to regain the public's trust in the DCEU.

 

[Captaindemotion]

I hope the rumours linking Matthew Vaughn to MOS2 are true.

 

[dahj]

There's also been rumors recently that Nightwing is farther along than people think, will possibly start casting soon, and might be shot in Detroit. Chris McKay tweeted that he expects to be able to talk about it more in February.

 

[Dream]

Aquaman movie is going to flop.

Aquaman as a dudebro surfer was the least interesting part of the of the JL team. All the underwater effects looked like crap. Also Jason Momoa looks like Roman Reigns.

With JL failing so badly, people just don't care about this guy.

Anyone else getting the feeling the Aquaman movie will do badly?

 

[Jax]

No

Also Jason Momoa looks like Roman Reigns.

You one those wrestling fans who think he can't wrestle too?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

JL is the only DCEU movie that might end up losing money (and it still might make it into profit area, though probably not by much, and that is in no small part caused by the over-the-top budget). All the doomsayers should consider that.

 

[Jax]

JL is the only DCEU movie that might end up losing money (and it still might make it into profit area, though probably not by much, and that is in no small part caused by the over-the-top budget). All the doomsayers should consider that.

Hollywood has had a big problem with budgets for years especially the WB...

Remember when Superman Returns somehow ended up having a budget of $270 million and Green Lantern ended up being a $200 million CGI bloated movie.

During the DCEU if memory serves, MoS was originally meant to have a budget of around $175 million when greenlit and then $200 million but ended up costing $225 million. Justice League ended up at $300 million (it does NOT look like a $300 million movie) because of costly reshoots and they cut so much of the film to bits, just how much did they waste in the end. I even have to wonder did Batman v Superman really need to cost $250 million? Man of Steel seem to look more expensive and had more big action pieces so where did the money exactly go?

I hear Aquaman is $170 million so that's more reasonable I guess and I have no idea what the budgets for Flash & The Batman are meant to be.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Hollywood has had a big problem with budgets for years especially the WB...

Remember when Superman Returns somehow ended up having a budget of $270 million and Green Lantern ended up being a $200 million CGI bloated movie. During the DCEU if memory serves, MoS was originally meant to have a budget of around $175 million when greenlit and then $200 million but ended up costing $225 million. Justice League ended up at $300 million because of costly reshoots and they cut so much of the film to bits, just how much did they waste in the end. I even have to wonder did Batman v Superman really need to cost $250 million? Man of Steel seem to look more expensive and had more big action pieces so where did the money exactly go?

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[DigificWriter]

Justice League ended up at $300 million (it does NOT look like a $300 million movie) because of costly reshoots and they cut so much of the film to bits

The way a film is edited has no impact on its budget.

Also, the reshoots were only costly because of scheduling conflicts that Warner Bros. had no control over.

 

[Jax]

I meant they wasted so much money on scenes they never used in the end. The final running time was excessively low at 1 hour, 48 minutes when excluding end credits.

 

[Christopher]

I meant they wasted so much money on scenes they never used in the end.

That's not waste, it's a normal part of filmmaking. Every film shoots tons of footage it doesn't use -- multiple takes, coverage, bloopers, test footage, scripted lines and scenes that are deemed unnecessary in editing, etc. What ends up onscreen is usually just a few percent of the total amount of footage shot, because editing is the process of going through all that raw footage and picking out the best parts of it.

 

[DigificWriter]

That's not waste, it's a normal part of filmmaking. Every film shoots tons of footage it doesn't use -- multiple takes, coverage, bloopers, test footage, scripted lines and scenes that are deemed unnecessary in editing, etc. What ends up onscreen is usually just a few percent of the total amount of footage shot, because editing is the process of going through all that raw footage and picking out the best parts of it.

Exactly. Pretty much every movie that's ever existed has unused footage. It's not a waste of money to shoot stuff that doesn't end up onscreen, it's just SOP (standard operating procedure) for the moviemaking business.

 

[Jax]

I'm aware that all movies have unused footage but they seemed to waste far most than usual. They made what has been reported as a 3 hour+ film cut down to 1 hour 47 mins especially when compared to the lengths of other comic book films.