Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 16, 2018 15:36:41 GMT -5
WARNER BROS. BRINGS IN NEW BLOOD TO RE-ENERGIZE DCEU AFTER SHAKY JUSTICE LEAGUE
Contributed by Josh Grossberg
Jan 4, 2018
It's not exactly a superhero coming to the rescue, but for Warner Bros., it could be just as important. In a big shake-up in the DC Extended Universe, the studio has given executive Walter Hamada the top job previously held by Justice League producer Jon Berg, who left his post last month following the blockbuster's underwhelming box-office performance and tepid fan reaction to the should-be blockbuster.
Warner reps confirm to SYFY WIRE that Hamada will be promoted to president of production in charge of DC Comics' movie unit. He'll work closely with Berg's co-head of production, Geoff Johns, who's moving to a more advisory role. The move means Hamada, a longtime VP at New Line Cinema, will basically have sole responsibility over the DCEU's assortment of superheroes and supervillains as Warners seeks to match the success and big-screen magic of Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The latter, of course, was forged by the popularity of its Avengers movies, two more of which are due out in the next two years (Avengers: Infinity Wars and an untitled fourth Avengers flick). And the MCU scored yet another massive hit with this fall's Thor: Ragnarok.
Hamada has a solid track record, having ushered the horror hit IT to phenom status and overseen New Line's rapid expansion of The Conjuring series into a full-fledged cinematic universe (see the Annabelle spinoffs and the forthcoming The Nun), which the likes of Universal has so far been unable to do with its vault of classic horror monsters (Exhibit A: the box-office bomb that was Tom Cruise's The Mummy).
Maybe he should activate some Wonder Twins powers, eh?
Hamada will be tasked with doing what Berg and Johns couldn't: revamp what is increasingly perceived as a doom-and-gloom gathering of superfriends replete with lifeless CGI battles into the kind of must-see popcorn fare demonstrated by DC's biggest success: Wonder Woman, which not only premiered last summer to rave reviews but earned $412 million in the U.S. on its way to lassoing $821 million worldwide.
Read more:
www.syfy.com/syfywire/warner-bros-brings-in-new-blood-to-re-energize-dceu-after-shaky-justice-league
Contributed by Josh Grossberg
Jan 4, 2018
It's not exactly a superhero coming to the rescue, but for Warner Bros., it could be just as important. In a big shake-up in the DC Extended Universe, the studio has given executive Walter Hamada the top job previously held by Justice League producer Jon Berg, who left his post last month following the blockbuster's underwhelming box-office performance and tepid fan reaction to the should-be blockbuster.
Warner reps confirm to SYFY WIRE that Hamada will be promoted to president of production in charge of DC Comics' movie unit. He'll work closely with Berg's co-head of production, Geoff Johns, who's moving to a more advisory role. The move means Hamada, a longtime VP at New Line Cinema, will basically have sole responsibility over the DCEU's assortment of superheroes and supervillains as Warners seeks to match the success and big-screen magic of Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The latter, of course, was forged by the popularity of its Avengers movies, two more of which are due out in the next two years (Avengers: Infinity Wars and an untitled fourth Avengers flick). And the MCU scored yet another massive hit with this fall's Thor: Ragnarok.
Hamada has a solid track record, having ushered the horror hit IT to phenom status and overseen New Line's rapid expansion of The Conjuring series into a full-fledged cinematic universe (see the Annabelle spinoffs and the forthcoming The Nun), which the likes of Universal has so far been unable to do with its vault of classic horror monsters (Exhibit A: the box-office bomb that was Tom Cruise's The Mummy).
Maybe he should activate some Wonder Twins powers, eh?
Hamada will be tasked with doing what Berg and Johns couldn't: revamp what is increasingly perceived as a doom-and-gloom gathering of superfriends replete with lifeless CGI battles into the kind of must-see popcorn fare demonstrated by DC's biggest success: Wonder Woman, which not only premiered last summer to rave reviews but earned $412 million in the U.S. on its way to lassoing $821 million worldwide.
Read more:
www.syfy.com/syfywire/warner-bros-brings-in-new-blood-to-re-energize-dceu-after-shaky-justice-league
