James Gunn and Peter Safran Tease DC Plans in Warner Bros. Discovery Town Hall: ‘A Unique Opportunity to Tell One Great Overarching Story’
thewrap.comThe era of James Gunn and Peter Safran and the new DC Studios umbrella has officially begun. And in a town hall meeting today at Warner Bros.
Discovery, the co-CEOs and chairpersons were introduced to the company at large, with Gunn and Safran clearly mapping out their plans for the division.According to an insider, Safran and Gunn were lovingly introduced by Warner Bros.
Discovery CEO David Zaslav and remarked that they are working on a bible for a cohesive DC Universe that will span multiple business units over a full decade.After the introduction Safran said, “This was such a unique opportunity to tell one great overarching story … One beautiful big story across film, television gaming, live-action, and animation.”Gunn, who wrote and directed last summer’s ‘The Suicide Squad” and is in the midst of the second season of the HBO Max spin-off series “Peacemaker,” proclaimed: “I love Superman and I love Batman.
I love their interaction. I love the ways in which they’re the same and the ways in which they are completely different.”Gunn then said to Zaslav: “David, I just have to say quickly that I know that you are doing all this because you love these characters too, and you love the possibility, and the hope that they represent and that has been clear to us from the beginning.
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