Originally Posted by
Comic-Reader Lad
I don't think there's a new direction. I just think there's an expanded direction.
There will be PG-13 stuff like Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Shazam, Black Adam, and highly likely, Batman. Hopefully, they can see their way clear to doing another Superman movie with Henry Cavill.
Then, there will be R-rated stuff like Joker, Birds of Prey, etc.
The way to compete with Marvel is, yes, do things that Marvel isn't doing, but Warners doesn't have to abandon the lucrative PG-13 market to do so.
The key is being first to market. Avengers was first to market with a team movie, so that set the tone. Justice League was just inept by comparison. Actually, it was inept without comparing it to Avengers.
However, Wonder Woman and Aquaman were first to market with a female-led film and one set in Atlantis. If Wonder Woman came out after Captain Marvel, I don't know if it would have been such an event as it was.
Likewise, if Marvel had gotten a Sub-Mariner movie in theaters before Aquaman, I think that would have made Aquaman redundant, and AM would have floundered.
If you're going to do a magic-based DC movie, don't do Dr. Fate because it might seem too similar to Dr. Strange. Make a Zatanna flick instead.
Take DC properties that have no direct analog to something at Marvel and do those movies. Also, do more risky movies at a lower budget and set it up through New Line. Challengers of the Unknown and Sea Devils could be good New Line flicks. Definitely do Challs before Marvel does Fantastic Four.
And, I've said this in other threads, do an annual Brave and the Bold team up movie to get lots of DC characters out there who might not be able to support a solo flick. Brave and the Bold: Green Arrow and Black Canary, Brave and the Bold: Atom and Hawkman, Brave and the Bold: Robin and Batgirl, etc.
Keep all the movies within the same universe so you can do references and crossovers, but don't have them all tell the same story like the Infinity Saga.