Given the changes that occur within Warner Bros, the company’s CEO David Zaslav has proposed Todd Phillips to head the film division of DC Comics
In recent days, Warner Bros. undertook a strong internal shake-up with the merger of the assets of the Burbank studio with Discovery, which would give a new air to DC Comics movies, which could receive the support of an “acquaintance of home,” in the case of Todd Phillips.
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The Hollywood Reporter reported that David Zaslav, CEO of the Warner Bros. Discovery conglomerate, began to make a series of moves within Warner Bros. Pictures, where he highlighted the departure of Tobey Emmerich as President, and his place will be taken on an interim basis by Michael DeLuca and Pamela Abdy.
Zaslav has begun to take a closer look at the corresponding thing with DC Comics, since the executive has expressed his desire that the films based on the DC Universe be theatrical releases. In 2021 it was decided that Blue Beetle would be a film for theaters and not platforms, while Batgirl could reach theaters and not directly on the internet.
In addition to this, DC Comics has canceled the production of the Wonder Twins movie, which would have started filming in the summer of 2022.
Todd Phillips as the leader of DC Films
But this is not the only movement that Zaslav has requested, as he seeks to give DC Films a greater boost, and for this the new CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery seeks Todd Phillips to be the man in charge of the DC Universe in the cinema.
Todd Phillips was the writer and director of Joker, a film starring Joaquin Phoenix, who won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Arthur Fleck.
Zaslav’s idea is to explore stories similar to Joker, in which other characters from the DC Universe receive the same treatment as the latest production of the clown prince of crime. For this reason, the CEO wants Todd Phillips as a kind of adviser, although it is not ruled out that they give him the controls of the DC film division.
“Toby and I have been talking about the best structure for the Warner Bros. Pictures Group and the idea of creating three different film segments around Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Feature Animation and DC”, reads a statement that Zaslav sent to his work team
So far Walter Hamada is the one who serves as the head of DC Films, and in the new organizational chart, Hamada will answer to Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, who would appoint a new head of the DC film division.
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Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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