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Is the DC Cinematic Universe Just Cursed?

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Is the DC Cinematic Universe Just Cursed?

A hell of a way to start the news week, huh Captain? Barely a full month after Paramount Skydance closed their acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, we have news that James Gunn and Peter Safran are exiting as the heads of DC Studios. Whether you were a fan of Gunn’s approach to DC’s characters or not, announcing a full slate of film and television series only to be forced out four years later with several projects midway through development is a hell of a way to end things. While we don’t know if the DCU will continue or will be rebooted yet again under new head Jeremy Latcham (Gunn is apparently still attached to write one more DC project after his Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow is released), the shake-up indicates that Gunn’s plans will not survive in their current form.

Given how many times DC’s film strategy has changed over the past decade, I can’t help but ask: is the DC Cinematic Universe just cursed? Will we ever see a stable version of DC’s world on the big screen, or will it forever live in the shadow of the MCU? Let’s get into it.

When Gunn and Safran took control of DC Studios, there was no denying that the franchise was in the gutter. The first Wonder Woman and Aquaman films may have been financially successful, but Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon’s clashing visions of Justice League led to the main throughline of the series being a trainwreck that left subsequent projects struggling to pick up the pieces.


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