#fuck ceo david zaslav

[tuttle-did-it]

First of all, Scotland, for passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act and trying to protect trans people, thank you. Thank you for treating us as humans, thank you for recognising our identities.

However....

fuck you JK Rowling. fuck your TERF rants that endanger our lives. fuck your Nazi attitudes.

fuck you Police Scotland for proving that you're fucks and will not take this law seriously, even when someone intentionally, repeatedly, maliciously and gleefully breaks this law in a very, very public forum.

fuck you Police Scotland for not only refusing to take action when someone is breaking this law intentionally, repeatedly, maliciously and gleefully, but also proving that 1) this new law will NOT be taken seriously by you 2) this tells every TERF and Tory out there that the law is NOT valid, and that the law does NOT include queer people, specifically in this case Trans people; and 3) this tells every queer/Trans/enby/multi-sex/hermaphrodite person that we are NOT actually protected as this new law promises, and you can and will continue abusing us and destroying our lives. Fucking thanks. Cos it wasn't obvious enough that every day gets more and more dangerous for us trans/enby people, so thanks for just making it clear to the fucking world that even when someone mocks this law openly, you don't fucking care because we are not fucking people. Got it. So fuck you Police Scotland, specifically, for doing NOTHING when someone blatantly flouts this law. Fuck every one of you ACAB fuckers.

fuck everyone who still works with you, Rowling and still even speaks to you after knowing what you are.

fuck everyone who still buys anything related to the Harry Potter franchise knowing the money is going into the pocket of someone like this. Because she sends that money back out to fucking Anti-Trans orgs that hurt us.

fuck you HP fans who plan to watch her new tv show. You cannot be a fan of a massive transphobe trying to destroy us, and an ally at the same time. so fuck you.

fuck harry potter fans who wear HP merchandise stuff knowing what she has said and done, yes I don't care if you bought it before she said it, fuck you because you know exactly what she represents. Not apologising. Yeah, I'm totally judging you if you're wearing HP merch, even if especially if you're queer. I don't care how much HP meant to you as a child. I don't care about fucking nostalgia. I care about the Trans lives that are in danger every day because of monsters like this fucking woman.

fuck you Rishi Sunak for backing and legitimising this horrible woman and her bigotry.

fuck you British politics, fuck you Tories. Fuck you all for destroying this country and making every day more dangerous for Queer people.

fuck you CEO David Zaslav. fuck you Warner Bros. for being willing and happy to work with this fucking woman for her fucking franchise so she can continue to fucking make millions and fucking fund anti-trans orgs.

fuck every single one of who who protects, excuses and funds this fucking behaviour. And fuck every one of you who doesn't give a fuck at everything that is happening.

fuck these fucking fucks. fuck you TERFs and transphobes and fuck every single one of you fucking fucks.

Thank you for trying, Scotland. Thank you.

But please explain to the fucking POLICE and the fucking evil POLITICIANS that this new law means we are legally recognised as protected under the Scottish Hate Crime Act, so they all need to stop fucking about and treat it seriously.

and the fucking PRIME FUCKING MINISTER fucking backing this fucking TERF. I'm not surprised, just angry.

This is on you. so, fuck you if you are supporting these fuckery fucking fucks.

As is EVERY SINGLE FUCKING INCIDENT a trans person has in this fucking country. Every time someone fucking deadnames us, every time someone intentionally misgenders us, every time someone threatens our safety, every time someone fucking assaults us? every single incident is on your fucking head, you fucking fucks.

[life-in-toontown]

David Zaslav never got over the Looney Tunes pushing his mom off of a cliff 😔

[wilwheaton]

“After meaningful conversations, it is clear that the gap between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great, and conversations are no longer moving us in a productive direction,” the AMPTP wrote in a press release on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, SAG is calling out Hollywood CEOs—including Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Disney’s Bob Iger, NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, who are all present during the talks—for low-balling and using “bullying tactics.” “It is with profound disappointment that we report the industry CEOs have walked away from the bargaining table after refusing to counter the latest offer,” SAG’s TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee announced on X on Thursday. “We have negotiated with them in good faith, despite the fact that last week, they presented an offer that was, shockingly, worth less than they proposed before the strike began.”

SAG-AFTRA Strike Looks Bleaker Than Ever as Talks Break Down

Oh, look, the same reprehensible billionaires are using the same failed tactics with SAG-AFTRA that they tried with WGA.

Fuck you, David Zaslav, Bob Iger, and your fellow scumbags. You’re nothing without the creative workers who are the heart of the entertainment industry. All we are asking for is reasonable protections so we can earn a living and qualify for health insurance. You want another helipad on your yacht.

As long as it takes. One day longer, one day stronger.

[lawonderlandwriter]

Okay is anyone else as pissed off about the Heritage GOT auction as I am? They're not just auctioning off stupid shit that's either replica props or duplicates. They're auctioning off HERO PROPS. The items and costumes that were in the actual fucking show, worn and used by the actual actors!!! They're auctioning off LONGCLAW!!! Kit wanted that sword! He DESERVES that sword. And they're auctioning off a bunch of Dany's costumes and wigs and accessories as well, all of which would have made for a beautiful wrap gift for Emilia, of which they gave her NOTHING. She never got a fucking wrap gift aside from a flag her brother stole from set for her. I am literally so fucking mad right now. HBO has no integrity. Warner Bros is so hard up for cash because they're being run into the ground by idiot CEO David Zaslav, they've got to sell off shit from an anchor series just to make rent. Fuck HBO. Fuck Warner Bros. How DARE they.

https://entertainment.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=7366&ic=hero-entertainment-gameOfThrones-auctionDetails-7366-090324

[mithos343]

future

I found a book of prophecies at the local business school. All of this will happen in 2026

Schools realizing giving small children Chromebooks is a bit much and start handing out garter snakes instead

Elon Musk tries to invent a version of Scientology based on "epic memes" that just ends up being a bunch of "founders" discussing how to blow up a nearby homeless shelter. Musk escapes all legal evasion because American institutions need to protect him in the name of Rich Man Good

A county school system in the Seattle metro area cut arts, drama, history, and literature and replaces it with the Amazon System For Learn2Code.Biz, featuring Mr. Beast speaking at the graduating ceremony

A reality show about how much landlords cry when they evict people is critically lauded

The bees come back out of nowhere. And nobody knows where they came from or where they were. Everyone decides this is fine, decides not to look a gift horse in the mouth

Jon Taffer, of Bar Rescue fame, runs for Senate and ends up winning by three votes

The American Medical Association says eugenics can be "done right, ethically, thanks to our partnership with OpenAI"

When the US isn't able to buy TikTok, it just floods it with influencers who talk about the "Saudi-Israeli prosperity plan." One of them ends up leading the Neom Secession Movement before being killed by Mr. Beast (not related to the Neom Secession Movement it's a hit and run while he films in Neom)

Former US president William Howard Taft is rumored to be spotted in Henderson, Nevada. This goes viral on Twitter and then it turns out to just be a guy

The Atlantic publishes an article by a war criminal about how philosophy departments need to admit morals are "fake and gay." It turns out the author was ghostwritten by his 14-year-old groyper janissary

An Ivy League law professor opens up a restaurant themed around "what if Olive Garden was authentic." It ends up revealing a massive tax evasion movement that ends up with three senators, seventeen Twitch streamers, and five major CEOs arrested

David Zaslav awarded a cultural medal by George W. Bush, who is somehow president again (to the joy of all Americans)

Mr. Beast supposedly finds the golden plates of Mormonism but buries them again

J. K. Rowling claims that sinking the migrant boat was necessary because they might have been exposed to "transgender ideology"

The Broadway musical of Rick and Morty, starring Jon Taffer as Rick and Mr. Beast as Morty, sweeps the Oscars despite not being a film, in no small part because Broadway partnered with OpenAI, who sponsored the Oscars. The host is made of entire pure ChatGPT and it's found out when someone tries to fuck him on stage.

The private equity epidemic is solved when the president of the United States, Jon Taffer, helps the restaurant and service industry find its niche with safe, corporate logos and mediocre brew. In addition to his presidential duties, Bar Rescue is on its 171th season, which also features Mr. Beast pretending to cure the bartenders' "genetic weaknesses" with his osteopathic touch

[rjalker]

[ID: A video clip of Adam Conover speaking to his phone, walking down the sidewalk wearing a black shirt and holding a protest sign, saying:

"So this morning, the CEO of Disney went on TV and said that what writers and actors are asking for is not realistic because they just don't have enough money to pay us." The subtitles for this sentence are followed by an exaggerated sad emoji with large shining eyes.

At the top of the video are screenshots of an article reading: "Disney CEO Bib Iger Says Writers and Actors Are Not Being 'Realistic' With Strikes: 'It's Very Disturbing to Me'", with the article written by Ellise Shafer.

The next screenshot is from "Variety" and reads, "Iger said that while he respects the right of the unions to 'get as much as they possibly can in compensation for their people', they must 'be realistic about the buisness environment, and what this buisness can deliver'. Iger continued, 'It will have a very, very". The screenshot cuts off mid sentence.

Adam continues:

"But he said this at a billionaire retreat, where he was hanging out with Mark Zuckerberg and David Zaslav, that they all flew to on their private jets. And you know what? I don't think that's fucking realistic.

"Here's a dose of reality for you, Bob: Writers cannot afford to pay their mortgages. Actors are not able to make a living in Los Angeles anymore. That is reality to us, not flying around on private jets.

"And until you accept that reality, we are gonna be out here on the picket lines, withholding our labor, depriving you of your product, and you will not make another dollar off of us until you come back to the table and face reality and negotiate with us as you have refused to do. And until you do that, there will be no acting, and no writing."

The subtitles for "no acting" and "no writing" are in large red text for emphasis.

End ID.]

[ginger-snap-talkin-nonsense]

Do you think that your hyperfocus on animation brats/individual ‘terrible’ creators who “just want to make bad art” as being the worst things facing the entertainment industry in the modern day is born more out of your general misanthropy and desire to see the vast majority of them screwed over/fail in everything that they do. OR is it born more out of your toxic capitalist view of the world that sees massive companies/the billionaire CEOs and executives at their tops as the only ones whose views on stories/art matter??

I personally think you’re just an awful misanthropic dipshit and absolutely fucking HAAAAAAAATE seeing others succeeding with anything that isn’t specifically, ONLY fucking pandering to your joyless, incredibly bigoted ass at all times (such as projects that have LGBTQ+ artists/crews leading them). But I certainly can see how your shit flinging “Fuck You, Got Mine” attitude in which you couldn’t care LESS about how much artists that make cartoons/movies that you don’t personally like get severely mistreated and exploited by companies. Does lend itself VERY well to supporting the destructive conservative losers heading many entertainment companies today. (Obviously, David Zaslav immediately comes to mind as one of the ones that your fucking anti-creators beliefs lend themselves the MOST to, but I digress)

[kylesvariouslistsandstuff]

Suddenly, it begins to make sense.

Not that I'm considering the recent report from this "Puck" publication legit, but the rumor that Warner Bros. plans to roll out some long-term Looney Tunes project four years from now, under Warner Bros. Pictures Animation's current head Bill Damaschke... It all tells me...

The offloading of THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP, and the black-holing of COYOTE VS. ACME and BYE BYE BUNNY makes "sense" now. As much as it can, that is. I am not *at all* justifying what CEO David Zaslav has done to those movies or the company in general...

But this is typical merger/transition shit... Just on a whole new, worrying level...

Where the new leaders have a "new" idea for what to do with a property, and whatever was in the works when they got there that doesn't "factor in" to those plans? It just gets nerfed or neglected.

Hence why Warner Bros. isn't distributing a Looney Tunes animated feature, and opts to not release two other pretty-much completed Looney Tunes films...

Most studios would've just dumped the films, quietly released them. Warner Discovery DOES have a streaming service where they could've done that, but Zaslav chose to shelve the movies. And other projects that didn't fit the vision of what he and his brigade want to do with Warners' divisions going forward. BATGIRL, SCOOB! HOLIDAY HAUNT, and others would like a word...

Kinda-sorta similar to what happened when John Lasseter and Ed Catmull were installed as the heads of Walt Disney Animation Studios after Iger's Disney purchased Pixar in early 2006. Lasseter and Catmull looked at what was in the works there, and dramatically changed almost every movie. Chris Sanders got kicked off of AMERICAN DOG and it became BOLT. RAPUNZEL UNBRAIDED went through two iterations before Lasseter found what he wanted in TANGLED. JOE JUMP was eventually scrapped and reimagined as WRECK-IT RALPH, and an Elton John musical called GNOMEO & JULIET got dropped entirely from their slate.

Instead of cancelling GNOMEO, Lasseter just offloaded it to another animation studio. Disney still distributed the film, curiously, as a Touchstone Pictures release. It's a G-rated movie. Touchstone was always meant for adult-oriented stuff.

Lasseter had of course canceled films every now and then, like GIGANTIC and COSMIC 3000. Like most executives do, but these weren't near-completed movies made into tax write-offs.

After Disney bought 21st Century Fox film/TV assets, the gutting happened. Fox 2000 was discontinued, several in-the-works films - such as Wes Ball's CG MOUSE GUARD adaptation - were halted, Blue Sky Studios was completely shut down and all of their in-development films - such as a picture called FOSTER - were abandoned... NIMONA, their swan song, had gotten pretty along, so Disney didn't completely kill that one, they just let someone else have it.

Other similar stories: When MGM bought United Artists in 1981, THE SECRET OF NIMH was in the works. MGM had seemingly little interest in promoting that film upon its summer 1982 release, and kinda just left it to fend for itself; it didn't do all that great theatrically but later found its audience on video. Warner Bros. bought Turner in 1996, and Turner Animation's picture CATS DON'T DANCE didn't matter to them much. They dumped it in early 1997, and it flopped hard.

What Zaslav is doing is a more extreme version of this kind of thing that happens during and after mergers.

His Warner Bros. could've quietly dumped BATGIRL, SCOOB! HOLIDAY HAUNT, and COYOTE VS. ACME if they weren't interested in them. At the very least, but they chose to play this game. And look, their stocks fell, their financial situation ain't lookin' too hot!

So, now it's starting to make sense to me in THAT PARTICULAR WAY. Again, not a justification of this. I hate this, honestly. If you're like 80-90% done with a movie, just fucking release that thing.

COYOTE VS. ACME, BYE BYE BUNNY, and THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP were already in the works by the time Zaslav got there, and he and the new heads just didn't care about them. Okay, fine, but... Still release them. So EARTH BLEW UP saw mercy, but COYOTE VS. ACME and BYE BYE BUNNY didn't... Because they just didn't factor into WB Pictures Animation's new game plan going forward. Neither did SCOOB! HOLIDAY HAUNT, TOTO, and METAL MEN, among other pictures that were in the works there.

Sucks. But if it's true that some new Looney Tunes initiative happens starting in 2028, then that to me is my full answer for why they chose to nerf these movies.

Anyways, keep protesting. Release all of these movies/shows. Zaslav gotta go.

[sweetdreamr]

so i just heard that there will be no season 3 of ofmd

I'm not sad. I'm fucking furious.

Fuck HBO Max, and David Zaslav in particular. Fuck the CEOS that do not understand art, who destroy beauty because it's not immediately profitable, regardless of who put their body and soul into it. Regardless of who it spoke to, who it helped, and who it inspired. Or how many.

Fuck the increasingly narrow group of CEOS that, thanks to corporate mergers that our government only occasionally cracks down on (antitrust laws? don't know her --the USA, probably) are now in charge of what stories get told, and which ones don't.

I am livid.

[bloodmoon24]

Hey, im not sure if you heard and saw, but have you seen the recent drama going around of David Zaslav (he is the CEO of Warner Bros, and the owner of HBO who got rid of some of CN's shows from the streaming app) about deleting a unreleased Looney Toons movie?? Only asking u bc you seem to know ur cartoons really well.

My partner recently showed me a SaberSpark video about it, and it fucking pissed me off. I mean, why do streaming apps like Netflix or other streaming companies always cancel or delete shows/movies off their platforms?! These shows and movies are so enjoyable and loved and they just be like, “Eh, let’s get rid of ‘em. No one would care”. NEWSFLASH!! WE DO!! Inside Job? Cancelled! Moa Moa: Heroes of Pure Heart? Cancelled! Friends? Removed from Netflix!

I swear, it makes me wanna…

[popculturebuffet]

It's announced that Consumer Advocate Lisa McCormick is issuing a call to the U.S. Department of Justice against WBD CEO David Zaslav over the shelving of Coyote vs ACME. Thoughts on how Zaslav may finally face legal consequences for how he treated Coyote vs ACME?

I've heard this song before so we'll have to see. This is the second time someone's called for someone to do something... but something NEEDS to happen as what Zaslav's doing feels sketchy as fuck and really SHOUDLN'T be legal or at hte very least shouldn't be THIS easy to do.

[the-lovely-cambion]

David Zaslav never gave Coyote V Acme a damn chance and he’s deleting this forever.

I was looking forward to this movie, but out of everything, the decision made to permanently shelve the movie just made my blood boil hard. Coyote v Acme had the potential, it had many fans just wanting to watch this film, it was made with genuine talent. Instead, it’s been through hell and it never even got the slightest chance to being seen by the people, all because of a damn decision by a fucked up CEO who’s only in it for the money.

[beeclops]

Allow me to express my deep frustration of the anti-animation, reality-show-addicting, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery David Fucking Zaslav into my personal echo chamber of choice...

[wilwheaton]

On August 11, day 102 of the 11,500-person Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, which has largely shut down the film industry coast to coast, aided by below-the-line workers respecting picket lines and bolstered by 160,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), who initiated their own strike on July 14, the studios finally returned to the bargaining table. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the organization that bargains on behalf of the major studios, offered counterproposals, a long-awaited response to the WGA’s proposals. The two sides met the following week and continued to exchange proposals. Then, on August 22, day 113 of the WGA strike, the two sides met again, but with an important addition: previous negotiating sessions had been led by AMPTP president Carol Lombardini, the studios’ hired hand, while at this one, the bosses who make the decisions were in the room. Disney CEO Bob Iger, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, and NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley came to the table to face the WGA’s elected leadership in the room outside of the AMPTP’s Sherman Oaks, California, headquarters where the negotiations have taken place. Workers, suffering the devastating effects of a months-long strike, hoped that the studios might finally offer counterproposals that meet their needs. Instead, the bargaining session led to further unraveling. “We accepted [the] invitation and, in good faith, met tonight, in hopes that the companies were serious about getting the industry back to work,” wrote the WGA negotiating committee in a message to members following the meeting. “Instead, on the 113th day of the strike — and while SAG-AFTRA is walking the picket lines by our side — we were met with a lecture about how good their single and only counteroffer was.” The two sides had agreed to adhere to a media blackout, vowing not to leak information about the proposals to third parties. Yet immediately following the August 22 session, the AMPTP publicly released a document highlighting elements of their counterproposal. “This was a meeting to get us to cave,” said the WGA leadership, “which is why, not twenty minutes after we left the meeting, the AMPTP released its summary of their proposals.”

The Hollywood Studios Still Aren’t Serious About Ending the Writers’ Strike

These sociopath CEOs are hearing it from shareholders, who want us to get back to work. The shareholders are making it clear that the psychopath CEOs can release the LESS THAN ONE PERCENT of their compensations to get us back to work.

So the sociopath CEOs put on a big show of coming back to bargain and work this out ... and when the WGA sits down to bargain, these sociopath CEOs have the fucking nerve to just lecture the WGA about how great their absolute garbage offer is. The offer WGA rejected because it didn’t address any of the issues on the table.

These sociopath CEOs are the problem:

Disney CEO Bob Iger, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, and NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley 

These sociopath CEOs are greedy and entitled. That any one of them thought that lecturing WGA, then gaslighting members (in violation of not just the agreed upon media blackout, but likely in violation of labor law) would move us any closer to getting back to work tells you everything you need to know about who the problem is.

Fuck these scumbags, fuck their greed, and fuck their gaslighting.

[talkingnerd]

James Gunn, why did you want to do this?

James Gunn: I wanted to take care of these characters. And we all know it’s been a fucked-up road for many of them for the past few years, and things haven’t been together—and I really thought, it is a challenge, but I think it’s a possibility to create something really wonderful with these characters. I can’t go into politics. I can’t do anything with science. So the only thing I can do for this planet is to create stories about love. And that’s what I think that we can do over the next eight to 10 years.

So what exactly is DC Studios?

Peter Safran: DC Studios is just a standalone studio production entity. And it’s unprecedented because it’s the first time ever that all film, all television, live action, animation, and gaming is all centralized under one creative vision. So that was a big deal for [Warner Bros. CEO David] Zaslav, was the idea of creating a standalone entity where there could be a unified creative vision and, you know, everything centralized under James and myself.

What were your thoughts on DC movies before you came on board?

Gunn: The history has been shit. It’s been a real fucked up journey for DC. I think that there was basically no one minding the mint and they were giving out IP to any creatives that, you know, smiled at whoever was in charge. There was never any real power given to the people in charge. And so somebody could always go over their head and do whatever they wanted. And, you know, we had the DCEU, which then became the Joss Whedon Justice League, but it also became the Snyderverse, which became this. And we have Wonder Woman and we have Wonder Woman [1984], which doesn’t even match what happened inWonder Woman one. And then we have the Arrowverse and even us, coming in with The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. And then all of a sudden Batmite is a real guy. 

DC has four films scheduled for release in 2023. How do those fit in?

Gunn: I think that we’ve gotten lucky with the next four movies, frankly, because we have Shazam, which leads into Flash, which resets everything, which then goes into Blue Beetle, which is totally disconnected. He can totally be a part of the DCU, [and that] goes into Aquaman, which leads into Superman, our first big project.

When does the DCU canon start and will actors come back?

Gunn: The one thing that we can promise is that everything from ... our first project [Creature Commandos] forward will be canon and we’ll be connected. We’re using some actors from the past. We’re not using other actors from the past, but everything from that moment forward will be connected and consistent.

Is this a multiverse?

Safran: The DCU is a multiverse, but we’re going to be focusing on one universe from that multiverse. And if something isn’t DCU, we’re going to make that very clear.

How will it be clear what’s DCU and what isn’t?

Safran: So strictly adult fare like Todd Phillips’ Joker, or kids animation like Teen Titans Go!, we’re going to make it very clear that those are DC Elseworlds just the same way you can do it in the comics

Can you say what actors may or may not be returning?

Gunn: We’ve talked to Gal [Gadot]. She’s up for doing stuff. We’re not sure what we’re going to do with that. All I can tell you really right now is Henry [Cavill] and Ben [Affleck] are not part of this universe. 

Is Jason Momoa going to play Lobo?

Gunn: Jason will not play two characters.

Safran: Jason always thought Aquaman was a trilogy, in his own mind. But he also loves Lobo. He’s been very clear about that, too. He’s never going to play two characters, but...

Gunn: We’ll figure it out after Aquaman 2.

What happened with Henry Cavill?

Gunn: It’s important to say that Henry Cavill was not fired. Henry was just not hired to be Superman in Superman [:Legacy]. There was never a deal there for another movie.

Any chance for Michael Keaton to return as Batman?

Gunn: We are a multiverse, still. But the main thing that we’re focusing on right now is creating the universe that people can kind of put their feet into. And then out of that, if we want to have multiverse takes, [we can]. Which I actually know one of the things we’re working on is a multiverse tale.

Did you have to make changes to The Flash to set all this up?

Safran: We had input on it for sure, but there was nothing we had to do in order to set up.

Gunn: Can I also say The Flash is fucking amazing? Like it’s one of the best superhero movies I’ve ever seen. Andy Muschietti did an amazing job and I’m really excited for everybody to see it 

Where does The Suicide Squad fit in?

Gunn: Some things are like a rough memory of what happens in the DCU, but once we hit Superman [:Legacy] anything can be changed.

So how is the DCU different from the MCU?

Gunn: I think that we have a lot of differences. I think that one of the reasons why I love DC is it really is another universe. It’s an alternate world. In Marvel generally, it’s New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and then every place else in the world is a fictional universe for some reason. Here at DCU we haveMetropolis and Gotham and Themyscira and Atlantis, and all of that is sort of another fictional universe. And this is the world that we’re creating.

We’re coming into a world where superheroes exist and have existed for some time in one form or another, and that’s the universe. And so we are telling a big, huge central story. Except for, I think, we’re a lot more planned out than Marvel from the beginning, because we’ve gotten a group of writers together to work that story out completely. But we’re also creating a universe that is like Star Wars where there are different times, different places, different things, [and] like Game of Thrones, where characters are a little bit more morally complex.

Who is helping you build this overarching saga?

Gunn: Tom King has been my partner throughout all of this. He was giving me answers to shit before I took the job. So me, him, Christal Henry who worked on Watchmen and is doing Waller, Christina Hodson who wrote The Flash. Drew Goddard, who you guys probably know. Jeremy Slater, who just did Moon Knight. That group of people we’ve been meeting with and, you know, putting all of this together.

How does that flexibility work with a shared universe that’s one story?

Gunn: There are some things that are very much a part of the central story. And there are other things which are more, self-inclusive stories, sort of like how Guardians of the Galaxy has its own stories of this outside of the Marvel Universe ... they’re all connected. But the things that are part of that central story are going to need to come out in the order that we want them to come out. So we’re just going to have to focus on those things.

Safran: There are certain tentpoles both on the film and the television side that are imperative to the storytelling, and those ones will make sure [are released in order].

Gunn:: And that’s why we’re hiring writers and getting writers together for all of that stuff now, so that we can start developing the stuff that’s going to be ready with plenty of time

Are these 10 projects everything in chapter one?

Safran: We haven’t announced everything in chapter one. There’s some stuff that comes beyond this. So let’s just say it just it’s too early to talk about that, but it becomes very clear what the story is.

Gunn: This is half of it. 

Will these chapters end in big cross-over events like Marvel?

Gunn: Everything is crossing over throughout. These characters are all interacting throughout the different stories. It doesn’t mean always, you know; Brave and the Bold may just be Batman and Robin and the characters involved in that. But I know a lot of other times the characters cross over. I know in Creature Commandos one of the main characters shows up in Waller. 

Since this is a reset, why did you decide to do a shared universe vs. standalone films?

Safran: We think that what the audience really appreciates and needs is a connected universe. I think that minimizes audience confusion and maximizes their connectivity to it across all the platforms. 

Gunn: I think that I think that it’s something that people love. I know from my own experience, but again, we do have Elseworlds tales we’re telling. The bar for an Elseworlds tale is going to be higher than the bar for something in the DCU. Not that we’re not always going to have a higher bar, but it’s got to be something really special for us to tell that story outside of our regular continuity and to spend the money on it to make it. 

Will the movies and shows be visually cohesive?

Gunn: I think it’s important to say that even though this is all a connected universe, it’s really important to me that the individual writers and directors that are on the projects give their own self-expression to it, just like they do in the comics. Everything doesn’t always look the same. Everything doesn’t always have the same expression. Different artists bring remarkably different looks and feels and tones. This is not the Gunnverse... I want each project to have the feelings of the individual artist that’s working on it and to give them a lot of freedom.

from: https://gizmodo.com/james-gunn-dc-slate-info-flash-aquaman-justice-league-1850051467

[thowawayuntilfurthernotice]

This fucking guy really thought that getting an article that was critical of him taken down was gonna make people like him.

LMAO.

I detest corporate buyouts, but I really hope other companies end up buying all of WB's current IP's, because this asshole clearly doesn't care about entertainment.