"What it proved for Warner Bros. was that DC Films could make three winning solo superhero movies in a row and that they could make a qualitative winner from a comparatively cult-level character."
Of course, that little word leaves out both Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, and Justice League.
«Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvellous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out» (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History [4.56.1])
Just feels like a good character to expand the DCEU with. He's likable, he's not totally unknown, he's "fun" and "funny" (for the Rotten Tomatoes crowd) and he helps balance the DCEU with non-Gotham world building. I think Ollie would be a huge hit with the General Audience.
It's not just fans who think Shazam is great, but the general audience, too. Right now, there's just too much vying for everyone's attention, be it movies (Endgame), TV (Game of Thrones), sports(WWF, College Basketball Championship, the Masters) and everything else that's going on. Transformers made $1B and look where that franchise ended up.
Shazam is on pace to make 3x its budget, and is in company with films like Batman Begins and Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse. Hopefully both it and Spiderverse will perform like The Dark Knight on their sophomore outings.
I'm really interested in seeing how Birds and Squad may be linked. If Harley is in the "sequel" it means that the Birds handed her back to Waller (or she turned herself in in exchange for getting help from the Birds with Cassie). I'm also wondering if martial artists like Canary and Tiger are linked.
It would be nice to get a comic-accurate Green Arrow in the movies.
I'm just curious whether they would keep the edgy and dark tone of the show and the Grell run or go for a more "lighthearted Batman" take.
I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't much, if any, connection between the two films beyond Harley being shared.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/j...-2-1203191618/
John Cena is in talks to play a yet-to-be-revealed role in James Gunn's Suicide Squad.
Batista presumably still has one appearance as Drax in the can for GOTG Vol. 3 as well and I don't think Marvel Studios would be open to him playing a DC role before that.