Geoff Johns Exits DC Entertainment for Writing and Producing Deal

[KC]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...g-deal-1118131

[Hilden B. Lade]

Rest assured if you're worried about what this means for his future at DC, the article states that Geoff will still be involved with DC's properties going forward:

One of John’s first projects will be Green Lantern Corps, based on DC’s intergalactic police heroes which Johns is already very familiar with, having spent nine years writing Green Lantern comics and its spin-offs and publishing events. Johns will write the screenplay and act as one of the producers on the feature film. Johns is already writing and producing Wonder Woman 2 and will have a co-writing and executive producing credit on Aquaman, this year's only DC offering that opens in December.

“Geoff is a super talented writer and truly embedded in the DC Universe and its characters,” stated Emmerich. “We’re thrilled that he’s returning to his passion and his roots as a writer and producer. And, it’s even better that he’s staying in our Warner Bros. family. We look forward to working with him on ‘Green Lantern’ and other projects going forward.”

On the television side, Johns co-developed and is executive producing (alongside Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Jeremy Carver) and writing on the first original series for the upcoming DC Universe digital service, Titans. Johns also wrote the Titans episode “Doom Patrol” that it is spinning out into its own 13-episode original series for the digital service.

On the publishing side, Johns will write and curate a DC pop-up label under the moniker The Killing Zone, focusing on new and lesser known or dormant DC characters and titles. He will also write a new Shazam comic series scheduled to hit this fall as well as a comic titled Three Jokers, drawn by Jason Fabok. The latter was a project sidelined as Johns’ time was taken up by executive and screen commitments.

Jim Lee will be taking over as CCO... aw yeah, I hope this means a line-wide return of armored costumes with lines everywhere!

[DragonPiece]

Jim Lee is taking over as CCO is the scariest news I've ever seen

[Buried Alien]

Jim Lee is taking over as CCO is the scariest news I've ever seen

Great. Here comes UNBIRTH: THE RETURN OF THE NEW 52!

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[scary harpy]

Great. Here comes UNBIRTH: THE RETURN OF THE NEW 52!

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

better title than AFTERBIRTH: RETURN OF THE 52 TOO.

[KC]

I am so glad that Johns is writing the Green Lantern Movie. I like the sound of his new label but I am not sure if I am a fan of him writing the new Shazam book.

Lee becoming the new CCO does worry me.

[Green Goblin of Sector 2814]

Great. Here comes UNBIRTH: THE RETURN OF THE NEW 52!

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

Oh god. If that's the case, DC will sure be saving me a lot of money going forward...

[PyroTwilight]

Killing Zone makes me fear for my fave minor characters.

[Nomads1]

Jim Lee is taking over as CCO is the scariest news I've ever seen

Be afraid, be VERY afraid!

Great. Here comes UNBIRTH: THE RETURN OF THE NEW 52!

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

better title than AFTERBIRTH: RETURN OF THE 52 TOO.

Or: CHILDBIRTH: THE NEW RETURN OF THE NEW 52.
Though it's probably better than MISCARRIGE: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE RETURN OF THE NEW 52.

Peace

[qwerty3w]

Geoff Johns isn't the only writer that prefer to have a rich continuity, also Tom King, Scott Snyder and Grant Morrison, I don't think we shall worry about the return of New 52 yet.

Twitter comments from Vulture editor Kyle Buchanan on why Geoff left the position, reposted from another thread：

@KyleBuchanan
I remember hearing that Geoff Johns rewrote so much of JUSTICE LEAGUE when Zack Snyder was still directing that Chris Terrio would complain, "Maybe *try* using some of my pages?"

@KyleBuchanan
WB was allegedly so unsatisfied with how the Johns/Snyder version was shaping up that they convened a footage summit for *other* writers including Joss Whedon, Allan Heinberg, Seth Grahame-Smith, and Andrea Berloff to offer feedback. Then they hired Whedon.

@MattPatches
So why would they hire him to write more movies?

@KyleBuchanan
Welcome to Hollywood

While Geoff Johns probably should hold some responbility for the movie's quality depend on what actually happened behind the screen, the original more Injustice-like script clearly didn't satisfy WB, or they won't have asked a massive rewrite on the first place.

[Sacred Knight]

Great. Here comes UNBIRTH: THE RETURN OF THE NEW 52!

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

LOL.

Seriously though, I know I'm a freaking broken record with this , but Lee as CCO, and Bendis with the company, the creator of Marvel's Ultimate U? A secondary Earth with a New 52 spin just seems to be in the stars at this point.

[Green Goblin of Sector 2814]

One just simply has to hope that, after helping spearhead not just one, but TWO failed reboots of beloved comic book universes, that Jim Lee has learned his lesson by now.

[Rise]

LOL.

Seriously though, I know I'm a freaking broken record with this , but Lee as CCO, and Bendis with the company, the creator of Marvel's Ultimate U? A secondary Earth with a New 52 spin just seems to be in the stars at this point.

Why would they do a secondary earth with a new 52 spin when the main continuity is still based on it?

[Mar-Vell]

This is music to my ears! I can't wait to read more Johns comics besides Doomsday Clock.

Great. Here comes UNBIRTH: THE RETURN OF THE NEW 52!

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

That is both funny and scary at the same time.

[AngryComicBookNerd]

Yeah, cause that's what DC needs right now... another imprint.