James Gunn Will Co-Lead DC Studios, Steering Upcoming DCEU Movies, Shows, And Cartoons

A sea change in how people perceive DC's movie offerings is the first thing that needs to happen. Trying to shoot for the moon is bound to fail, not because they can't make a great product, but because no one will give it a fair shake. Marvel fanboys will poison the well, no matter the quality, DC fanboys are always over the moon, even for mediocre, and professional critics are just theater nerds for sale (perhaps pay them more since a lot of folks still think they have something to offer). DC's movie motto should be, "Just don't suck," and go from there.

I work in a very old building. So much of it has been repainted over the years, however no one ever strips the old layers of paint off or primes the surface first. So after a few years it ends up needing to be repainted yet again. And the cycle continues.

What the DCEU really needs is just some decent efforts in film and television. It does not need to hit home runs, it needs to at least get on base. He or anyone cannot fix the DC media .... in a year, in two. It will take a bit.

Start off with some

-decent quality outings and story telling, and much better use of cgi,

-along with some R rated IPs also. Like John Constantine or Jason Todd... -

-I would push for the Batgirl movie release, as a good faith sign to dc fans and the actors, artists, and creators who make these properties. Instead of using it as a tax write off.

-have the current Batman clash with the Joker and finish up that trilogy

-reboot wonder woman unless the 3rd film is contractually binding, if not finish it up and then reboot it

-Continue on with aquaman, shazam, and the recent SS.

-Black Adam and Superman and Shazam, might be interesting as long as you have a decent overall villain. But considering how poorly Black Adam has been received, it may all be a non starter.

-As for the TV side of things, DC was having more success on that then marvel was. But with the current Honey boo boo CEO taking over WB discovery, who is still killing off properties for the 2.5 billion tax corporate write off.... (sigh F$# me.) You would have to wait, and see what the after math of all this is gonna be.

-Reboot Spawn for TV and make it mature. Reboot judge dredd for tv and give it better humor.

If I was Gunn I would try to buy up all of Top Cow IPs, Image, dark horse, etc before Disney does. I love DC comics but their headliners are boring as shit. With these IPs under a DCU banner it would really help the Justice League and the universe a lot. Fathom and Hellboy would be a much needed shot in the arm.

It is gonna take time, the damage was extensive. Gunn makes really good, and fun movie movies. If left alone, he might be the best thing for DC right now.

The DCEU is so much of a mess. You couldn't fix it with 3 genie wishes.

Hopefully he can come up with a creative way to erase the complete disaster that Snyder made out of the Superman film franchise. Jonathan Kent's death in Man of Steel will forever be known as one of the dumbest scenes in the history of motion pictures, in a movie filled with stupid moments (ice climb another mountain, Lois). Then he topped it with that Martha crap.