The new AT&T exec in charge of WarnerMedia says that the DCEU is “trending in the right direction”.
The DC Extended Universe certainly has its issues thanks to some lackluster box office performances and critical disappointments but the future is looking brighter for the franchise according to the folks steering the ship.
John Stankey, the new man in charge of WarnerMedia, thanks to the AT&T takeover of Time Warner, has told The Hollywood Reporter that recent efforts have actually been promising and that things are now heading in the right direction:
“First of all, I think the performance [of DCEU movies] over the past year and a half is trending the right direction in terms of the quality of the product and how the franchise is being managed. So hats off to Kevin [Tsujihara] and the team around getting the momentum headed the right direction. Obviously, there were some public things that have occurred over the last couple of weeks that would indicate that some additional change is underway. My involvement in that is to make sure I support Kevin in getting the absolute best talent possible and we’ll take that franchise to the next level. That’s his set of decisions to make and his direction to go in.
“We obviously want to go to creatives and talk about what we can do with our platforms now that are different than what a stand-alone Time Warner could do prior to the transaction. That’s a unique opportunity, and I want to make sure I can help Kevin sell that and get the right amount of talent in here to elevate the franchise to a new level.”
Do you share this executive’s optimism about the future of the DCEU? Are things going in the right direction? It will certainly be interesting to see what changes the folks at AT&T have planned for the franchise.
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