Warner Bros. Discovery wants a DC Universe do-over, again
New execs at WB Discovery are none too happy about the state of the DC universe

Surprise, surprise. Another hard reboot might be in the future for DC. We don’t want to offend anyone, but we don’t think we’re being too controversial in describing the management of the DC superhero franchise as Infinite Crisis. Though Warner Bros. Discovery basically started the superhero movie train with Superman and Batman, since the release of X-Men, barring a few major exceptions, its played second fiddle to Marvel.
Per Variety, Discovery, which closed its $43 billion merger with WarnerMedia last week, is “toying with the idea of turning DC into its own solidified content vertical.” Stripping away the corporate jargon, this would mean separating DC from Warner Bros. and creating a type of Marvel Studios for DC. At least, that’s what we think. Honestly, we just like movies and love it when they’re described as a “solidified content vertical.”
More than anything, it’s on the hunt, once again, for its own Kevin Feige, something it tried with Zack Snyder in the past. Several grim, nihilistic, and divisive movies later, WB is still using elements from the Snyder-verse to cobble together its current DC line-up. Meanwhile, the company also has a well-organized fanbase calling for the restoration of the “Snyder-verse.”
It’s all kind of a mess, especially considering how high DC was hiding in, say, 2008 after the release of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, which is why the company had Nolan produce those first batch of Snyder-directed DC movies. It wanted more grounded, but what it got were bored Gods who couldn’t care less about humanity. Obviously, that’s a take that connects with some fans but has failed to grab audiences quite as the MCU has.