By DC Studios chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran have addressed the future of their involvement and of DC Studios at Warner Bros. Pictures following Thursday night’s news of Netflix entering final talks to acquire Warners.
In a Bloomberg profile piece, the pair reveal that their contracts were originally for four years, ending in October 2026. Now they’ve revealed that those deals have been extended and are now due to expire in Spring 2027.
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, who confirms in the piece he appointed the pair after reading Gunn’s script for “Superman,” had nothing but praise for the pair in the piece:
“The work of James and Peter, their creative vision, it’s compelling and a great economic return. There’s no storytelling content that we have that provides a bigger palette than DC, and there’s nobody around right now who can tell these stories with the same imagination and excitement.”
The piece also says the pair are not letting larger corporate goings-on alter their plans, and Gunn says theatrical releases are “incredibly important” for the studio’s output: “The communal, theatrical experience is something that is incredibly important and remarkably well suited to our big spectacle films.”
The next effort from the DC Universe is “Supergirl” with word this weekend that the first trailer for the movie is slated to debut online this coming Thursday.
Gunn also addressed the delays with the DCU’s “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” film, saying it takes time because: “If you’re gonna make a Batman movie, it better be f—ing awesome.”
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