First, Discovery bought WB, which got them HBO and DC in the process. And then one of the first things they did was cancel a show that I enjoyed so much: Raised by Wolves. Which, by the way, still remains the most crazy show I have ever watched. Which also means you should watch it. (Yes, I’m always going to say that.) More cost-cutting kept happening, with more things on WB’s side being cancelled.
Now, Discovery has sold WB (which still includes HBO and DC) to Skydance, another company in debt, which not so surprisingly means more cost-cutting, which means James Gunn no longer co-in-charge of DC Studios.
As a fan of James Gunn, I feel bittersweet about it. I greatly enjoyed Superman and I like what he’s been doing with DC Studios. He was always clearly a comic book nerd, and I loved how he was bringing offbeat and weird lesser known characters into the limelight along with the usuals. I was hoping for a lot more of that. So I’m sadden that it’s coming to an end. But on the other side, I like that Gunn is freed up for more creativity. Part of me hopes he will eventually bounce from DC Studios and makes a return to smaller, quirky films. Because as much as I enjoyed his work with both Marvel and DC, I still missed his smaller stuff.
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