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  1. I'm just looking back on The Flash, Daley and Goldsmith were hired in January of 2018 with an intial release date of 2020. Had they stuck with the timeline, they probably could have had filming start in March of 2019 and released it in like January or February of 2020, before Covid.

    Unfortunately, Ezra's oh-so memorable role of Credence Barebone in the box office juggernaut franchise that is Fantastic Beasts conflicted with the filming. So, rather than recast Ezra in FB or preferably in the Flash, it was imperative to have him in both movies. So they kept Ezra in both of them and moved the movie back to 2021.

    Then Ezra decides to go AWOL and starting pitching his own script causing Daley and Goldstein to walk away from the project and delay the project once again./

     

    Had they just recast Ezra in October of 2018 in either Fantastic Beasts or the Flash, they could have had the movie out before Covid, before Superhero fatigue, before the likes of WW84 and Black Adam, soured the market on DC movies in particular, for much much cheaper (Daley and Goldstein's script was much simpler than what the Flash eventually became), and, most importantly, turned a profit.

     

    If the Daley and Goldstein Flash cost 120-150 million, even if it released to the same mixed reception that the 2023 Flash released to, it could have done like 500-600 million worldwide in the 2020 market. 

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  2. 16 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:

    Even if I wanted to (which I obviously don’t), I don’t think I could find any way to defend Zaslav’s choices. Yeah, the company’s in debt, but the man has been lining his own pockets like crazy for the past couple of years, while selling off parts of the company he bought, and showing no regard for creatives. He is not the kind of boss I’d ever want to work for if I were a creative, that’s for sure. 

     

    The figure that is often sighted as "Zalsav's salary" was a 1 year anomaly in 2021 due to a $200 million stock option grant due to closing the merger. it wasn't 200+ million in cash.  His cash salary was about $20 million

    His 2022 salary was $39 million total with just $3.1 million in salary and the rest in stock and non-equity grants. That's in line with the average Hollywood Big 4 CEO. 

  3. 52 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

    I think people on here just need to take a chill pill, perhaps go see a movie or take a walk and not get so obsessive about one CEO. 

     

     

    It's not about the CEO, for me at least, it's about the debt that WB has accrued and the measures that they are forced to take to pay it down.

    I actually understand and agree with Zaslav's moves, that doesn't mean I like it.

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    We are about 2 steps away from WB going full Jack Warner and selling their pre-1980s film library.

     

    All joking aside, as weird as it is to have a "favorite" multi-media conglomerate, WB is the studio that has provided me with much of my favorite films and TV shows and they have a bevy of IPs I love and they are just going out sad.

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  5. https://www.nywift.org/event/nywift-talks-with-screenwriter-ana-nogueira/

     

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    Ana Nogueira’s work will be seen across multiple mediums including stage and both the big and small screens. In addition to her powerful presence as an actress, she is a gifted writer with a discerning eye and strong instincts that aid in crafting stories for audiences worldwide. Nogueira’s work will next be seen off Broadway with the debut of her original play Which Way to the Stage. Beyond her upcoming play, Nogueira is currently working under an overall deal for DC writing some of their most secret and coveted projects. She is the first writer to be put under contract at DC and has features in the works with Warner Bros., Fox/Disney and Universal

     

     

    This kind of confirms that leak from a few weeks ago that was on Reddit.

  6. DanielRPK says that Hoult is not in the running for Superman, they talked, but he's not a good fit. He is in the running for Lex.

    Apex is the grid name for a hero, not Lex.. The full grid name is "Captain Apex". They are specifically looking for a black actor.

    Corenswet is more than likely going to be the next Superman based on the 4 people who are in the running.

  7. 18 hours ago, grim22 said:

     

    The reason given is so much worse. Fight story only makes sense if you don't have such a distracting moment, there were a million other ways it could have been done without implicating Superman

     

     

    Maybe he realizes he screwed up, or he fights Zod instead of posing, or you don't focus on the collapsing garage. So many ways the scene would not have stood out.

    This could be justified this Superman ducked, meaning Superman was taken by surprise and didn't think be he acted, but the fact that Superman casually flew over the tanker and struck a cool pose makes it really stupid.

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