I’ll venture to say I’m not the only one for whom the transition from Avengers: Endgame to Phase 4, and with it the MCU multiverse saga, has felt like a pitcher of cold water – yes, I know that Spider- Man’s Official: Far From Home was the final film of Phase 3, but we get it. And that’s it put an end to a narrative arc that had lasted for more than a decade It was probably the biggest burden on the Marvel Studios project.
A plan… seamless?
If we focus on the direct competition, it’s clear that DC hasn’t fared much better – quite the opposite. Despite laudable plays like “The Suicide Squad” or “Blue Beetle”, chaos reigns in their joint cinema universe project. but before the expanded universe went to hell, Zack Snyder had a seamless plan to avoid what happened to La casa de las ideas.
Good old Zack, who will premiere the first part of his space epic Rebel Moon on Netflix this year, He conceived his DCEU to culminate in a closed ending that would lead to a post-Flash movie reboot. Not only would this organically refresh the franchise, but it would allow the actors playing the superheroes on duty to ditch spandex and capes and dive into other projects without endless contracts or typography.
During an interview with Inverse, Jay revealed Oliva, who has worked as a storyboard artist on several films in the franchise The main character of the defunct Snyderverse was none other than the Scarlet Speedsterand that the project originally consisted of five main feature films and one companion film, the ill-fated “Suicide Squad” by David Ayer – who, by the way, is awaiting his special Ayer Cut -.
Oliva has also explained that the success of “Man of Steel” prompted Warner to greenlight several film series in the form of trilogies, including a triptych dedicated to Flash, which would have been essential for portraying the series’ great villain: none other than Eboard Thawne, better known as Reverse Flash. According to the artist, it was “Professor Zoom who pulled the strings.”
Finally, after Snyder put his Justice League saga on hold and Darkseid bites the dust, The DCEU would have seen its reboot through a version of Flashpoint. Clean slate… halfway there, because the Distinguished Competition could have counted on the same heroes bringing new perspectives on them and giving them different faces.
Therefore, DC would have avoided the chaotic situation Marvel is experiencing right nowstretches the chewing gum with some of the characters inherited from the Infinity Saga while also trying to inject new blood into the superhero roster with a handful of luxurious supporting characters who, of course, don’t have the same commercial appeal as members of the Avengers.
Eventually, however, the DCEU reboot will become a reality in 2025 at the hands of James Gunn It’s done a lot less organically and a lot more chaotically, which could have hurt the brand in terms of prestige and trust. Of course, the box office results of “Shazam 2”, “Flash” and the surprising “Blue Beetle” do not bode well for the project’s current status. We’ll see what happens as the red cloak of Krypton’s last son draws closer ahead of the Superman: Legacy premiere in Summer 2025.
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