What characters would be the focus of the brand new DC Universe? Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav reveals the 4 heroes most necessary to their long-term technique.

Warner Bros. Discovery is making an attempt to construct a brand new citadel of their empire of IP with the DC Universe. Whereas the studio is laying a powerful basis for the franchise with Superman, anybody who has constructed a bridge out of popsicle sticks is aware of {that a} single assist beam is mainly nothing. Any profitable franchise must have a number of characters pulling their weight.

Whereas the DC Universe has many to select from, Warner Bros. Discovery appears to have just a few particularly on their thoughts. Whereas talking on a current earnings name (by way of ComicBookMovie.com), CEO David Zaslav defined that 4 characters sit on the middle of their 10-year-plan for DC Studios because of the worth their property present: Superman, Batman, Surprise Girl, and Supergirl.

“It’s necessary for us to have the ability to promote our content material to third-parties [but] as we take a look at our titles, there are numerous which might be actually only for Warner Bros. Once you take a look at the key characters with – that James Gunn and Peter Safran are creating with their 10-year plan round DC, that’s to construct asset worth for us globally in all places on the planet. Surprise Girl, Batman, Superman, Supergirl. So these are – we take a look at these as large asset builders and large differentiators.”

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In fact, no one anticipated Batman and Superman to be left off the checklist of key faces within the DC Universe. Nonetheless, followers could also be shocked to see Surprise Girl on there. Whereas she was terribly outstanding within the final live-action incarnation of the franchise, David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery haven’t made any push for the character in fairly a while, truly cancelling extra initiatives than they’ve greenlit.

Supergirl is one other attention-grabbing decide. Whereas Surprise Girl has at all times been seen as a member of the DC Universe’s trinity, Supergirl has at all times been seen as second fiddle to Superman. That is largely as a consequence of her having an identical supporting forged. If David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery imagine that she’ll really be the fourth pillar of the DC Universe, it’s potential that her upcoming movie vegetation her squarely because the core of the cosmic facet of the franchise.

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