DC Leaks

More delicious spoilers/"leaks" about the DCEU to sink our teeth into.

- Geoff Johns is supervising all movies aside from SHAZAM and JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK, which are being developed by New Line Cinema. His job is basically to outline the plot alongside the director, providing the basis which the writer will work with, and make sure all movies are tonally consistent and following WB's notes and demands.

- The New Line projects are lightly connected to the DCEU, but won't feature heavily in crossovers, so don't expect Shazam or John Constantine showing up on a Justice League movie.

- Zack Snyder is still an executive producer on all movies. He's no longer directing JUSTICE LEAGUE 2, but he's in talks to direct the standalone MAN OF STEEL sequel. JUSTICE LEAGUE 2 is generally being reestructured from its original version.

- WB is generally priorizing up-and-coming filmmakers with a solid track record in smaller-scale projects that they believe are ready to make the jump to big budget blockbusters, with the ultimate goal of establishing "in-house" directors that they can use in all their projects, not necessarily just DC adaptations. While there's an ongoing "arms race" of sorts for raw talent, studios also priorize these young, largely unproven directors because they're easier to control and influence.

- WB is fully aware of the poor critical reception their movies are getting, and while there are efforts to get them more in line with what the fans are expecting, a lot of executives buy into notions like "pro-Marvel bias" and "critics just didn't get it". They panicked when BATMAN V SUPERMAN underperformed, but some of those beliefs have been reaffirmed by the SUICIDE SQUAD's solid box office in spite of bad reviews. Basically, while Johns is course-correcting some stuff, they'll stick to the formula that is making money even if they hit the single digits scores on RT and the likes.

I'm sure these are totally legit.

>Unite the Seven

>Six

- There were substantial script rewrites early into production after the BATMAN V SUPERMAN backlash, in order to streamline the narrative and add more humor.

- It's shaping up to be a pretty long movie, a 3h+ rough cut is a foregone conclusion already, so it'll require some pretty substantial editing when the push comes to shove. Snyder and David Brenner are already sorting out what stays and what goes to avoid another BvS scenario, but WB is also seeing some money in lining up another Ultimate Edition for 2018.

- Studio heads are happy with the dailies so far and expecting Flash to be the breakout character. They think the movie can launch him to the A-list and make him as big as the Marvel top dogs like Captain America and Iron Man

- Deathstroke is in the movie. He's one of the characters the studio really wants to make "happen", so they're pushing him in this, SUICIDE SQUAD and the standalone BATMAN movie. He was written into the plot during filming, though, so don't expect him to have a large role.

- Joe Manganiello is in final talks to play Deathstroke. He's been on Snyder's radar since MAN OF STEEL, where he was one of the biggest contenders to the Superman role, and was also approached for Deadshot in SUICIDE SQUAD before the character was rewritten to fit Will Smith's style.

- Liam Neeson is being sought to voice Steppenwolf, who's being played by stuntmen in mo-cap suits. They want someone with a distinctive voice and a big enough name they can use to drawn in the crowd. Idris Elba and Anthony Hopkins are also options, among others, but they're favoring Neeson right now, since he's usually receptive to this kind of role and already has ties with the studio and even DC all the way back to Nolan's Batman movies. Whoever they end up getting, the name is as important as the voice itself for them.

- WB is expecting a box office hit and are lowballing at $600 million worldwide. Expect marketing to play up the angle of this being the first big female superhero movie about the first big female superhero in comics.

- Test-audiences have been held lately and the public has generally been receptive, it seems. But there's been some complaints about the middle part of the movie, which is apparently too slow and has been deemed "boring". They'll find a way to put some action in it, either by rearranging some events and with some minor reshoots.

- Feedback has been surprisingly positive for Chris Pine's character, Steve Trevor. His screentime is honestly comparable to Gal Gadot's and people have responded well to the love story. WB is entertaining some ideas on how to bring him back even though he dies[/spoiler] and what attracted Pine to the role in the first place was its "one-and-done" nature.

- Don't put a lot of faith in the villains on this one. They're shaping up to be pretty generic in both motivations and overall characterizations, though Circe and Ares both have interesting designs.

- The ending is supposed to lead directly into JUSTICE LEAGUE, including a Batman cameo.

- WB has the Flash lined up as their Spider-Man-esque teen appeal character, and his movie is supposed to reflect that, and it's part of the reason why Rick Famuyiwa was hired. Expect a pretty lighthearted tone and aesthetic, similar to stuff like DOPE or SCOTT PILGRIM and maybe even the final cut of SUICIDE SQUAD.

- They're also banking heavily on the romance aspect, and the mandate is for Barry and Iris West to be "quirky, charming, cute". They're being made into best friends who don't realize their both have feelings for each other at first.

- The supporting roles are being cast right now, mostly Barry's colleagues at the police department. They're polling from different eras from the comics to build up the cast. As for the villains, they're generally looking for up-and-coming indie/alternative types, like Ezra Miller and Kiersey Clemons themselves are.

- The villains are, per the casting sheet, the "Snart Siblings", Len and Lisa. They'll both the meta-humans, and Lisa is apparently being made into a pyrokinetic for maximum poetry with Len being an ice guy. They're also being made relatively young, with casting looking at late 20's at max. Names I've heard for Len include Emory Cohen and Jack O'Connell, while for Lisa people like Maika Monroe, Juno Temple and Iris West runner-up Lucy Boynton have been mentioned.

- Captain Cold's presence here nearly got him embargoed from the TV show, but Johns worked out a deal. However, Golden Glider has pretty much been written out of that. Her actress got another gig anyway, so it wasn't hard.

- The movie sets up the mystery of Barry's mother's death looking out to introduce the Reverse Flash in a sequel. They initially wanted to explore that in the first movie, but they're so certain this is their solo series with the best legs they want to space things out before they bring in the biggest villain in the mythos.

- The studio is pretty confident JUSTICE LEAGUE will jumpstart Aquaman's popularity, but the script so far got some pretty expensive-sounding setpieces that are being scaled down to a more agreeable level. The logistics of underwater action scenes and dialogue are being very carefully studied.

- Kind of a no-brainer, but Amber Heard and Willem Dafoe will get major play here after their introductory bit parts in JUSTICE LEAGUE

- Notable actors are being approached for some higher-level roles (Aquaman's parents, Black Manta, Orm), and casting will start early next year for the smaller roles. They're seeking a Mediterrean/Hawaiian actor to play Aquaman's father.

- Black Manta is being tweaked so his family has a deeper connection to Atlantis, but otherwise he's apparently sticking very close to how Johns' writes him. Orm is also being set-up as a potential villain further down the line.

- Expect a lot of Lovecraftian-esque deep-sea monsters to appear. The script calls for a "curse" involving them and the search for somr sort of key that'll inform the plot and serve as the MacGuffin.

lol in summer going up against transformers and Spider-man
You can lowball it some more down to 500m

- The MAN OF STEEL sequel just entered development stage. Snyder is expected to direct, and Kurt Johnstand, who tweaked the MoS script, has been approached to write the script, which will featured Brainiac

- The standalone BATMAN movie is being written by Ben Affleck and Geoff Johns with Deathstroke serving as the main antagonist and a "substantial" role for Jared Leto's Joker.

- The SUICIDE SQUAD sequel is in very early stages of development, with plans to bring back the entire cast. Deathstroke might he included in it depending on how the schedule works out. No word on David Ayer's return, although the studio wants him to at least direct it.

- SHAZAM and DARK UNIVERSE are coming along under the New Line banner and therefore not much is known about them. Directors are already being scouted for SHAZAM and actors for DARK UNIVERSE, for a 2018/2019 release date.

- CYBORG is in very early development, no script yet, writers still being picked. Same for GREEN LANTERN CORPS. It is known, however, that WB wants to build the new franchise on John Stewart and Kyle Rayner as mismatched partners and rookies (a by-the-book hardass military and a wisecracking, sensitive artist). Jordan will have a much smaller role so to distance themselves as much as possible from the 2011 movie that flopped. Sinestro will probably be the villain, though.

- Harley Quinn and Deathstroke movies are very possible, and there's active interest from both parts in a Deadshot spin-off movie as well.

- Blue Beetle/Booster Gold movie is still in the cards, with a very comedy-based, lower-budget script, but Greg Berlanti's involvement seems to no longer be happening. Metal Men feature film, either completely animated or CGI/live-action also in the cards.

>Lisa is apparently being made into a pyrokinetic for maximum poetry
what is this bullshit

- JUSTICE LEAGUE 2 is in a state of flux right now. The studio wants a fresh approach from a new director. The release date in 2019 is being kept for the moment because it's prime cinema real estate, but it might get changed depending on how long it takes to find the guy with the right approach. The fact it's opening a few months short of the final AVENGERS movie with Thanos is also weighting on them. They're doing Darkseid and the whole New Gods mythos and they want it to be a surefire, failproof hit. This is the only movie where whispers of big-name directors being courted is real. They want that sweet in-between, with someone that's both established, solid and has a name, but is also willing to play a lot of ball, and let other people call his shots. They've already offered it to Affleck, but he says he's only directing Batman solo stuff as far as he's concerned. One name that keeps being mentioned is one they have some discussions for a prior version of the JUSTICE LEAGUE project way back in 2011/2012: Matthew Vaughn. They feel the dude is primed for what they need. But there's other names to consider of guys that are just blowing up with solid franchise work, but without having gotten their heads too big. People like Colin Trevorrow, Rian Johnson, Matt Reeves, Francis Lawrence are the guys they'll be on the lookout for.

- The other big project they're lining up is a TITANS movie headlined by Cyborg and Nightwing, who'll be introduced in the standalone BATMAN movie, bringing in the other classic characters like Starfire, Changeling and Raven. And this is also another case where building up Deathstroke will pay off big time, he's supposed to get some rivalry with Nightwing going in the BATMAN movie that'll carry over in the TITANS movie where he's supposed to be a chief antagonist. For the studio the dude is a billion dollar mix of everything people like about Captain America, Wolverine and Deadpool, and they're gonna milk that guy dry.

>Johns writing Batman

why does this keep happening

like, i've enjoyed johns stuff before, but his batman is terrrrrrible

- Flash is gay Jew.

- Wondie is a skeleton jewess

- Aquaman is a Samon cannibal

At this point the only thing that would get me interested in the DCEU is if George Miller was tapped to direct an installment, particularly Justice League

>- WB is fully aware of the poor critical reception their movies are getting, and while there are efforts to get them more in line with what the fans are expecting, a lot of executives buy into notions like "pro-Marvel bias" and "critics just didn't get it". They panicked when BATMAN V SUPERMAN underperformed, but some of those beliefs have been reaffirmed by the SUICIDE SQUAD's solid box office in spite of bad reviews. Basically, while Johns is course-correcting some stuff, they'll stick to the formula that is making money even if they hit the single digits scores on RT and the likes.

Of course they are aware. How could they not be?

Suicide Squad is also underperforming quite badly given the start it had, but it cost far less to make.

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teens don't watch romaction movies

nobody cares if actors get put out of work unless they're headliners

>- The studio is pretty confident JUSTICE LEAGUE will jumpstart Aquaman's popularity

But they're also pretty confident that "pro-Marvel bias" and "critics just didn't get it"

JL2 won't happen at all if JL doesn't get sparkling reviews and a much better gross than BvS

Affleck isn't likely to renew if he's forced to "write" with Johns and has to include characters mandated by the studio to push other movies. Unless he's signed up for an indefinite number of pictures, he's probably 33% through his contract already and will be 66% done by the time his Batman is done. Maybe more, depending on how genuinely cameo his cameos are. Having him in to film for 2 weeks and a week of ADR in post is not a cameo.

>Zack Snyder
>in talks to direct the standalone MAN OF STEEL sequel.
How fucking dumb can the people at WB be?
>a lot of executives buy into notions like "pro-Marvel bias" and "critics just didn't get it".
Oh
>WB execs are basically DC_Cinematic posters

Hoping for Martian Manhunter

>inb4 7th member is Lois Lane or Lex Luthor or some dumb shit

>Suicide Squad is also underperforming quite badly given the start it had
This meme again, eh?

What's the deal with "embargo". Shouldn't they want their characters to get as much exposure as possible???

>Directors are already being scouted for SHAZAM

Shazam has had a director already, he talks about the movie every other month. Why do leak fags not do the simplest of research?

>How fucking dumb can the people at WB be?
Not that dumb if they give him no creative control whatsoever and instead just have him direct it.

That's the producer, Sherlock.

>Snyder is expected to direct
Fucking no.
>wants to build the new franchise on John Stewart and Kyle Rayner
>Jordan will have a much smaller role
>Sinestro will probably be the villain
I don't really mind if they don't focus on Hal as the main GL, maybe they could have him already be Parallax and tell the story of his fall in flashback? But Sinestro vs John and Kyle without Hal sounds fucking weird to me. It's like having the Joker fight Dick and Tim.
>no objectively best Lantern Guy
Sucks

It's a fact proven with numbers. Stay mad though that WB doesn't know how to finance a movie even when it doesn't suck

>They're also banking heavily on the romance aspect, and the mandate is for Barry and Iris West to be "quirky, charming, cute".

Please let this be true.

Barry and Iris's relationship is so fucking important in his Silver Age and Final Crisis depictions.

I'm really fucking sick of them not being together in The Flash show and his depiction since New 52.

>no creative control
>just have him direct it
That's not how film making works. Besides, why even bother letting him direct since he's hating by critics and DC fans and has never made a smash hit movie? Just dump him and give MoS 2 to a big name with blockbuster cred that actually gets the characters properly.

Who cares, 500+ replies, here we come!

>miiddle part of movie. which is apparently too slow and has been deemed boring

This usually means characterization and plot stuff fucking hell why listen to retarded test audiences

They're only gonna get together in the end. But nos they're gonna be randumb together, like a quirkier Peter/Gwen from ASM.

How long until thus is posted to the DCEU sub? Hey DCEU faggots, you're movies suck and Snyder is a fucking hack who doesn't understand the characters.

>WB wants to build the new franchise on John Stewart and Kyle Rayner as mismatched partners and rookies (a by-the-book hardass military and a wisecracking, sensitive artist). Jordan will have a much smaller role so to distance themselves as much as possible from the 2011 movie that flopped. Sinestro will probably be the villain, though
Don't make up rumors like this user, it's thoroughly disgusting

Good action movies manage both.

So it's this meme again.

>It's a fact proven with numbers.
Actually, the numbers prove the exact opposite.

this is all definitely true

>is known, however, that WB wants to build the new franchise on John Stewart and Kyle Rayner as mismatched partners and rookies (a by-the-book hardass military and a wisecracking, sensitive artist)
If they want to make a good GL movie this time why would they use the two worst lanterns?

>>no creative control
>>just have him direct it
>That's not how film making works. Besides, why even bother letting him direct since he's hating by critics
By SJW pandering "critics" you
>and DC fans
More like falseflagging faggots who never was into comic books aside from most famous ones.
>and has never made a smash hit movie?
Only film that was under performed was Sucker Punch, and even he made even
>Just dump him and give MoS 2 to a big name with blockbuster cred that actually gets the characters properly.
Cry more.

>Snyder still in

Whether are not these are true, Warner Bros do seem like big enough morons to actually keep him on, and even give him another fucking Superman movie.

What fucking Satan Cult does Snyder worship that he can continually fuck up and get no repercussions?

>your Superman suit, that looks like blue plastic pajamas, will never be outclassed by a soap opera-tier CW costume design

You forgot "Cyborg is getting canceled for Titans"

I don't see them using Hal Jordan and Jessica Cruz?

I said worst, not best, user

They should be together from the fucking start.

I want a tiny hint of Iris and Barry dating in Justice League even.

They were fucking dating in the comics before Barry got struck by lightning.

The speed force literally alters aspects of the universe so Iris and Barry can be together.

I don't want any of this Marvel bullshit where they completely ignore story features for major characters,

>Hawkeye not being a reformed villain.

This is why people shitting on the DCEU piss me off so much. Batman has killed a bunch and Superman has killed even more in their comics, but people go "not MUH" about stuff in the DCEU but no one even points out the completely 180 for Hawkeye.

Maybe people whine less about the MCU because it's fun?

They shouldn't fucking use Hal Jordon.

When he's a "good guy" he just makes bad life choices. When he's a bad guy he fucking murders the Green Lantern core and turns into a Supervillain.

Fuck Hal Jordan.

>here is best Lantern

user didn't mention Simon Baz and Guy Gardner

They actually killed more in comics than Captain America and Iron Man.

do we know anything of MCU Hawkeye's past?

Where the fuck have you been? He's directing New Gods.

Iron Man II wasn't fun.

Thor wasn't fun.

Guardians of the Galaxy is fun the first time you watch it and fucking retarded the second time when you realise the villain is defeated by dance and a Carebear stare.

Avengers while being fun was intellectually dishonest to it's own fucking themes. Avengers II is just shit and can't really be defended.

The best MCU movie is Winter Soldier and it has as many fun moments in it as Batman v Superman.

I dont care what fucking tone it is, just give me a focused and strong narrative goddammit. Pull your head out your ass
>Steppenwolf mo cap with voiceover
Great, more blatant monster shit while also fucking up 4th World
>More generic villains
Yay...
>Meta Snart siblings
FUCK. YOU.
>Black Manta having more ties to Atlantis
This worries me.
>A lot of stuff in the air
They'll fuck it up

Taking this all with a grain of salt but Im not happy

But I am Timmfag and John Stewart is best.

Also murderer Hal Jordan - best Hal Jordan.

That's unpossible.

I'll never understand the mentality of these costume designs. Why do they absolutely hate color?

>The Flash looks like a Power Ranger, could have easily made it better by not making his torso look like a fucking face, having it be solid red, slim, with yellow lightning
>Superman's fucking blue is the worst thing I have ever seen and rivals Schumacher-tier
costumes except fucking worse, and it just looks like a glob
>Cyborg is just a transformer
>Wonder Woman could potentially look okay if the colors were brighter and her outfit looked like it was more magically imbued, disregarding the actress is about as nonthreatening as a holocaust survivor
>Batman is black on black, why even give him the bat emblem anymore, you can barely fucking see it since Dark Knight. Also, fat Bat is the worst
>Aquaman is 100% acceptable if they had made his blonde streaks more prominent and made his outfit brighter green and yellow/orange

- WB is still considering a BIRDS OF PREY movie, but it may be combined with a GOTHAM CITY SIRENS script. Bruce Timm has been approached as a consultant, and he's been insisting that WB include a scene where Harley Quinn rapes Batgirl on a rooftop

>but he's in talks to direct the standalone MAN OF STEEL sequel

No, not again ...

That's just like, your opinion, man.

He worked for SHIELD and assisted in Natasha's redemption. Plus he has a wife and kids in a farm house somewhere out in the country.

But user, it's dark and gritty and REAL!

I can't wait for the Harley Quinn reveal either, user.

>Also murderer Hal Jordan - best Hal Jordan.

Not disagreeing with you here. But he's a fucking bigger villain than Sinestro, and no amount of Geoff Johns hand waving will ever really change that.

I already fucking hate the Flash movie now. Metahumans instead of tech? Lisa stealing Heatwaves thing? Only doing 2 Rogues? Its going to be shit

Edgy, edgy and edgy is all I read.

>>Hawkeye not being a reformed villain.
>This is why people shitting on the DCEU piss me off so much. Batman has killed a bunch and Superman has killed even more in their comics, but people go "not MUH" about stuff in the DCEU but no one even points out the completely 180 for Hawkeye.
Aside from his abilities themselves, Movie Hawkeye's been drawing primarily from his Ultimate incarnation as opposed to his infinitely superior 616 one.

Still a comic adaptation, just not the one that either of us preferred.

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Real talk, WB execs and directors hype up their source material from directors, why don't they actually bring them in?

Bruce Timm has worked on all the Arkham series and they've all been super well received (short of the PC performance on Knight which was fixed), along with a few of the animated movies. He helmed the entire animated Justice League and that was super well received as well.

Why didn't they bring in the popular Superman writers at the time for Man of Steel like Morrison or Mark Miller?

And if Snyder wants to jerk off to Frank Miller so much, why didn't they bring him in? I'm sure he'd have been completely willing.

Frank Miller is dying from getting harvested by Stan Lee.

I thought best MCU movie is this movie that features Ant-man in it. They made solid and logical Pym particles lore instead one retarded comic writers when one time he can overthrow man when small and second time trapped in jam jar. Or when Darren Cross near killed Scott Lang in new Antman comic, but when was shrank somehow didn't instantly tear him apart by one punch.

I laughed at the humor of this...

But also cried cause it's true.

Paid for see this in teather

Fuck off back to your shitty safe space sub.

There's fucking no way that is going to get anywhere near 600 million. The poster was out of his fucking mind. Gal Gadot is a horrible actress and besides the adamant crowd that supported Ghostbusters, nobody gives a flying fuck about cinematic Wonder Woman

>WWI Action(?) film about a physically unattractive female warrior who falls in love with Captain Kirk and promises its nothing like First Avenger
Yeah, going to be a massive hit with the normie audiences and China

Because movie producers don't give a shit about funny book writers, unless they're a super huge name, and even then, they'll only bring them in for publicity, and won't actually listen to a thing they say

And wasn't it Paul Dini, not Timm, who worked on the Arkham games? And Dini only wrote the first two, which became noticeable when Knight's story completely sucked outside of Joker

And then you know all this thing is

F A K E!

Theres no way in hell Wonder Woman is going to do that well because its sandwiched between so many other well known titles coming out at the same time.

>don't expect Shazam or John Constantine showing up on a Justice League movie.
But they're in the same universe right? Will there at least be in-universe explanations for why they aren't there?

>He's no longer directing JUSTICE LEAGUE 2
No Snyder, no ticket.

>Basically, while Johns is course-correcting some stuff, they'll stick to the formula that is making money even if they hit the single digits scores on RT and the likes.
If anything, I hope this is true. Even if JL gets a 1% RT rating, if it's a good movie I won't care.

If Wonder Woman gets sandwiched between Batman and Superman, it might make that much

>superhero movie that the whole family goes to see so they can teach the kids about female empowerment
>turns out it's a Jewish skeleton getting penetrated by bin-Affileki and undead Superman
MOM'S GONNA FREAK!

He still loves to show up for shit like that, pretty sure he worked on that awful Sin City 2 movie

I think an interview made it appear he didn't even know anything was close to his books until after it was out.


Timm isn't listed as a writer, but a lot of the interviews with the developers list him as a creative force during production.

>He still loves to show up for shit like that, pretty sure he worked on that awful Sin City 2 movie
>Sin City 2
>awful
Please go.

>I think an interview made it appear he didn't even know anything was close to his books until after it was out.


>Timm isn't listed as a writer, but a lot of the interviews with the developers list him as a creative force during production.

These movies are made by a committee following bullshit trend statistics, fucking over every writer, consultant, and director to get the movie they think they want, and will ultimately butcher it in the editing room. Rinse and fucking repeat. They havent learned a fucking thing

>Even if JL gets a 1% RT rating, if it's a good movie I won't care.
Why would a good movie get 1%? or 27%
>No Snyder, no ticket.
Ohhhhhh......you're one of those.

Are you sure? I don't remember any pedo-fucking in the Arkham games

You didn't realize that when they let Snyder come back to not only do BvS but then fucking JL as well? You're a bit slow user.

B-because Disney bribes critics!

Its literally listed to be released right after Guardians of the Galaxy, May (guaranteed money) and right before Spider-man, July (guaranteed money)

>There's fucking no way that is going to get anywhere near 600 million. The poster was out of his fucking mind. Gal Gadot is a horrible actress and besides the adamant crowd that supported Ghostbusters, nobody gives a flying fuck about cinematic Wonder Woman

THIS

>- Test-audiences have been held lately and the public

If Wonder Woman was really good, Warner would be releasing fireworks right now and the producers would be talking about the sequel to the press

So...
Wonder Woman is a disaster, and they already know

Also Pirates of the Caribbean 5 is thereabouts.

Y-you just don't how super deep Snyder's movies are. Let me link to a fucking thesis to explain why they're actually Oscar level.

>bringing Steve back
Please no. Dont turn this into a Peggy kinda shit. Ill wait til i see the movie but dont drag out his involvement unless its to do like 'i wanna see Angel one last time.'

>Oscar level
Oh ye of little faith, thinking kinography is subject to commercialist contests like that!

And a Pirates sequel, Bad Boys 3, Cars 3, and Kingsman 2. Its dead on arrival

Transformers comes out the same month is going to eat up any Asian marketplace it would have, if its even allowed to be released there with Dunkirk the month before.

Also John Wick 2 in march get hype

>Lucy Boynton
is a great actress
fuck
she should be Iris

I believe Disney will put any animation in the same week

Does anyone actually care about these franchises anymore?

You do know folks can see multiple movies right.

But how many will opt to see Wonder Woman?

Do you think Diana would use the lasso of truth when getting DPed by Bruce and Clark?

>John and Kyle team-up
Cereal King will seppuku himself

They're all guaranteed money makers in at least the overseas market (excluding Kingsman 2 which just isn't guaranteed) so yeah.

Also Pirates is usually pretty good.