![]() I think in some ways they’re interested in going perhaps the opposite direction that Marvel has done which may be to do a group film and then spin off. This is a shared universe… if the film is well received, that this would be the starting point for introducing other characters and ultimately, obviously Warner Brothers hopes there will be a ‘Justice League‘ film and perhaps you might start seeing other characters appearing in each other’s films. “This is just, sort of, y’know, ground zero for (no pun intended) a greater DC universe. While Justice League would not start shooting in 2013, an interview with David Goyer for the Empire Online Spoiler Special podcast that June gave credence to the idea that the “crossover-first, spinoff after” model reported by LA Times previously was still going to be what Warner adhered to going forward, positioning the just-released Man of Steel (2013) as the first installment of the much larger DCEU. He stated: ![]() ![]() “The studio’s plan is to spin out other superheroes into their own movies following “Justice League.” That’s contrary to Marvel’s successful strategy of teaming up Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America in “Avengers” (which became a global blockbuster) after each character had his own film.” Discussing some of the differences between Marvel and Warners’ approaches to filmmaking, it stated:Īnd while Warner would put most of its DC heroes on the big screen for the first time in “Justice League” and then potentially spin them out into their own movies, Marvel introduced four of its key characters in their own movies before teaming them up in “Avengers.”Ī follow-up report that October claimed that the plan was now to shoot Justice League in 2013 for a 2015 release, while reiterating tha t this was to be a big team-up film meant to introduce DC’s prominent superheroes to the masses and function as a launchpad for individual future solo spinoff movies: Now, I don’t know whether Warner suddenly decided to create new DCEU plans in reaction to this or just to accelerate plans that already existed.īut whatever the case was, information on the studio’s approach to crossovers between its numerous superheroes (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.) became public as early as July 2012 in an LA Times article about the potential involvement of Christopher Nolan in a Justice League movie. Suddenly, every major studio in Hollywood wanted to have a ‘shared cinematic universe’ where characters from different franchises could come together and a greater degree of serialization and interconnectivity between films and their sequels. The initial MCU installments had a mixed reception overall, but the massive critical and commercial success of Avengers proved the validity of the MCU’s narratively-experimental-for-cinema approach to storytelling. The origins of Warner’s strategy for building out the DCEU date back to around 2012, the year that its rival Disney released The Avengers, a big crossover movie that brought together multiple Marvel characters and plot points established previously in the largely standalone (yet interconnected) solo superhero films, including Iron Man (2008), The Incredible Hulk (2008), Thor (2010, and Captain America (2011). Here then, I want to talk about this “ Crossover-first ” approach, trace its evolution over the years, and speculate on how the success or failure of Adam could impact it. It actually fits into the storytelling paradigm Warner established almost a decade ago for its shared superhero universe, which is essentially that every other new DCEU film needs to be a big ‘Crossover’ or ‘Team-Up’ picture that has had little to no actual setup in prior movies. Hopes are high that this film will be a hit and help propel the DC Extended Universe of movies (DCEU) into a new phase, changing the ‘hierarchy of power’ and all that. What interests me about this movie, however, is what it will mean for Warner’s approach to making future DCEU crossover movies.īecause, despite what much of the press articles and BTS materials may claim, Black Adam is not really a ‘solo’ or ‘standalone’ movie. Image courtesy of Warner Bros.-Discovery.īlack Adam, starring Dwayne Johnson as the titular antihero, has finally arrived in theaters. ![]() As they play, the heroes increase not only their power in combat, but unlock animated emotes for use in the social game world zones.Screencap: Black Adam and Hawkman debate heroism. They are able to choose a hero from their Squad to play in a number of games and activities. Players collect heroes to form their own Squad.
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