On a quarterly earnings call with Wall Street at the end of last week, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav would have expected some questions about Supergirl. What was supposed to be DC Studios’ big summer release just landed on streaming faster than a speeding mixed review, and looks like it will end its theatrical run with just $126 million.
To put that into perspective, Spider-Man: Brand New Day made more than that in a weekend. This leaves Warner Bros. staring down the barrel of a near $200 million loss on the project.
So, inevitably, Zaslav was directly asked if there is a change of strategy planned for DC Studios? Responding to the question, Zaslav moved straight past Supergirl and instead focused on what is next. The Hollywood Reporter quotes him as saying:
“[James Gunn is] focused on Man of Tomorrow. I saw some pictures yesterday that looked amazing. Actually, yesterday was James’ birthday, and he’s out working. He’s working 16, 18 hours a day. It looks fantastic. We’re super excited about it.
[The Batman Part II director] Matt Reeves, I spoke to over the weekend, and he’s working very hard on Batman, and we have Clayface coming up soon, which looks terrific.
We got Lanterns launching in the next few weeks on HBO, which Casey [Bloys] and Sarah [Aubrey] are super excited about, and so DC feels very good, and we have a robust pipeline, and Peter [Safran] and James are hard at work.”
Zaslav is still in place as the Paramount deal stalls in anti-trust court cases. Lanterns arrives on HBO Max this month, Clayface hits cinemas in October, and Man of Tomorrow opens next summer.
