WB's DC Entertainment II

[Hypo]

Chosen posted this link in the other thread but:

GEOFF JOHNS To Remain As DC FILMS Co-Head, Partnering With HAMADA

Geoff Johns will remain co-head of Warner Bros. Pictures' DC Films division, working alongside the newly-promoted Walter Hamada. Hamada's official title will be President, DC-Based Film Production,with Johns remaining as DC Entertainment President and Chief Creative Officer.

“Walter is creative, resourceful, and committed to excellence, and will bring those qualities to his oversight of our superhero films,” said Toby Emmerich, Warner Bros.' President/Chief Content Officer. “He’s a terrific production executive and served as an executive producer on two of the summer’s most popular films, New Line’s It and Annabelle: Creation. I’m confident Walter and Geoff, working with our filmmaking partners, will deliver films that will resonate with both broad global audiences as well as DC fanboys and fangirls. Walter’s a great addition to the Warner Bros. Pictures team, and I look forward to working with him in his new post.”

Variety, which broke the news of Hamada's promotion, originally wrote that both Johns and Berg were out with Hamada the sole head of DC Films. Since their initial report however, they have amended their article with information provided by Warner Bros. The Hollywood trade has not at this point issued a correction.

Newsarama has independently confirmed Johns and Hamada as the joint leaders of the DC Films division.

[Hypo]

So the heads are rolling. Is that enough of a change? I would hope there will be a lot more to come, for the sake of the movies and fans.

What else were you expecting? Given how successful Wonder Woman was and how Aquaman has already finished filming I really doubt a full reboot was ever in the cards.

If nothing else Hamada at least has experience building out a cinematic universe with The Conjuring stuff, which will have it's sixth film out this year.

anyway, these shake ups really don't mean anything if WB continues to interfere with the movie making process like they did with JL. the reshoots, rewrites, mandatory 2hr limit on films, etc. are all what's wrong with the DCEU.

Nah, it's using Snyder and his vision. That was almost all of the problem right there. Getting out of Snyder's way and letting him do everything he wanted would have made the movies worse.

If we're being honest it was both.

I don't think an adviser would be paid nearly as much as a producer. I don't know why he would be. Now it's like Geoff will be a guy they can call up and ask questions about the comics stuff.

I doubt it.

When the advisory role thing was first reported I assumed it would be like it was pre-BvS/what you describe, where Zach Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven were in charge and they would occasionally consult with Johns.

With Emmerich mentioning both Hamada and Johns in the statement and Johns tweeting out that he's "thrilled to be working" with Hamada however I think Johns will be more involved than that, even if he's no longer in charge. If he was going back into a consulting type role I just don't think Emmerich would've mentioned him and I definitely don't think Johns would be tweeting about it.

["Chosen"]

Geoff Johns has commented on reports that Walter Hamada has succeeded him as head of Warner Bros. Pictures' DC Films division. Johns' comment tacitly confirms the promotion.

"Welcome aboard, Walter!! Thrilled to be working with you!" Johns tweeted. "It’s been a blast on Shazam! — now it’s off to the rest of the DCU! (And get a twitter account!)"

https://www.newsarama.com/38043-geof...films-hea.html

[Trey Strain]

He may have been demoted but given that he's mentioned in Emmerich's statement it certainly sounds like he's still going to be very much involved.

I don't think an adviser would be paid nearly as much as a producer. I don't know why he would be. Now it's like Geoff will be a guy they can call up and ask questions about the comics stuff.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

anyway, these shake ups really don't mean anything if WB continues to interfere with the movie making process like they did with JL. the reshoots, rewrites, mandatory 2hr limit on films, etc. are all what's wrong with the DCEU.

Nah, it's using Snyder and his vision. That was almost all of the problem right there. Getting out of Snyder's way and letting him do everything he wanted would have made the movies worse.