Warner Brothers CEO Kevin Tsujihara made media waves last week when he said at the Bank of America Merill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference that Ben Affleck’s Batman would be a tired and world-weary incarnation of the character. Well, new tidbits from that same conference are dropping out and they’re even more promising.
According to Comicbook.com, Tsujihara had more to say about the studio’s business model in regards to DC Entertainment, and it is one that should have comic fans salivating.
“I think the basis, foundation of those 12 to 14 pictures are going to be coming from DC Entertainment,” Tsujihara said about the studio’s average annual output of movies each year.
The CEO added, “We have Batman vs. Superman coming out in 2015, but there are going to be in the coming months a lot of announcements regarding the future movie, television, games and consumer product pieces that are going to be coming from DC.” Tsujihara went on to say that DC Entertainment touches many facets of their business model and shall prove pivotal in growth “going forward.”
The news should satisfy fans who still long for their Wonder Woman, Flash and even Aquaman movies. However, it appears that one of Hollywood’s oldest legacies is intent on building itself around the Marvel Studios business model, at least to a degree, while expanding it to television in a big way. Could Arrow and its new iteration of the Flash be attached to the Man of Steel films? It could also be construed that when the WB head honcho calls the sequel “Batman vs. Superman” that this may very well be the title. Can nothing else stick with so much branding?