DCEU: 10 Mistakes Warner Bros. Has Made With Its DC Slate
It's still early days for the next wave of DCEU movies, but key mistakes have already been made!
At this point, we've come to accept that Warner Bros.' DC Extended Universe will never rival the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and that's hard to get over, especially when it has so much potential. After Justice League flopped, the studio went back to the drawing board, and what was once a promising shared world is now made up of standalone features, continuity errors, and a lack of cohesiveness.
We don't want to continue comparing DC to Marvel, but it's hard not to, especially when you look at the latter's Phase 4 slate (which encompasses both film and television). Despite a great deal of secrecy, they have a plan in place, whereas Warner Bros. continues throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.
However, we do have a list of DC Comics adaptations coming our way over the next few years, and that gives us a good idea of what to expect from the DCEU moving forward. It also allows us to delve into some of the mistakes the studio has made, and it's those we're going to be taking a look at today.
From poor decision-making to a lack of direction and one movie that's shaping up to be a disaster, we think you'll be surprised by just how many errors Warner Bros. has already made with the DCEU...
10. No Shazam!/Black Adam Crossover
A Shazam! sequel is in the works, as is a Black Adam movie. However, it's been confirmed that despite their shooting schedules overlapping, there are no plans for any crossovers...yet. Instead, a meeting between the two is being saved for a future film, and while it's easy enough to get excited about whatever form that takes, why the delay?
While it's important to give Black Adam a proper introduction, he should surely have some role to play in Shazam's next movie, but it's been said time and time again that they won't cross paths in either one of these films (not even a post-credits screen!).
Honestly, Black Adam doesn't even really need a full-blown origin story, and after the tepid box office performance of Shazam! - it was a hit, but certainly not a billion dollar blockbuster - kicking things off with a clash between the two would have been a smart move. Plus, the door would have then been open to Black Adam getting his own spinoff, a film fans would likely have more interest in by then.