What Jeremy Latcham should do with DC?

 

What Jeremy Latcham should do with DC?

With Jeremy Latcham officially taking over from Gunn, and I've got to be honest, it is hard to be a DC fan because we can never get a good live-action cinematic universe!!! Sorry, it's just really annoying; it's like DC has the worst luck. Hell, even Star Wars- say what you want about it but it has a decent cinematic universe. What does it take to make a good cinematic universe with Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman? They do a great job in animation form, but not live action. I did hear about how Gunn's plans would have led to Justice League, but it still failed because Gunn should have given us Batman after Superman, or even Wonder Woman after Superman, not Supergirl. 

Now here is what I think Jeremy Latcham should do, and I will say he helped start the MCU, which is a good sign, but I know people don't like his statement about how his grandmother would feel about it. I'm not going into that; I'm just going to say what I think he should do to give us a good DC Cinematic Universe.

1. He should get started on Batman and Wonder Woman.

Batman is without a doubt the most important and most profitable superhero in DC, and Jeremy needs to get Batman started and have him in the next part of the DCU. Batman needs to be one of the most important characters in this universe. Wonder Woman is the same; that character should have gotten a film first before Supergirl because I prefer Wonder Woman over Supergirl. Also, it seems Jeremy is pushing to use the most well-known characters in DC over C-level characters. 

2. He should keep Gunn's Superman as Man of Tomorrow is in post production and those have already been cast

None of us want another reboot of the DCU because we are tired of it. What they should do is keep the Superman film and keep the cast but make some changes, like getting started, as I wrote on Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Martin Manhunter, and building up Justice League. Now, if any of the actors do leave, I understand, but keep David; he's a great Superman. Keep him going. We are all getting tired of reboots; stick with this Superman and move forward with Batman, Wonder Woman, and our main seven who form the Justice League. I'm starting to see why Kevin Feige doesn't want to fully reboot or reset the MCU after Secret Wars, because let's face it: everyone's tired of the reboot trend; it only works if the first attempt failed and this time they get it right and fix the issues. However, I heard a rumor that Man of Tomorrow had bad test screening, and they said Superman gets more beat up, and apparently Adria is playing Wonder Woman and she’s a lesbian too. It’s a rumor, so it may not be true, to be honest. 

3. Remove Supergirl and Lanterns and pretend they didn't happen.

One thing I would do is basically pretend these two projects never happened. For example, Lanterns, I would make a Green Lantern film called Green Lantern Rebirth. I would reveal that Lanterns was actually just a bad dream, or that Parallax secretly corrupted John and made up his origin. I know it sounds weird. Still, Lanterns sucked, and it was written by people who don't like the characters or the lore. I would also keep Aaron as John, and I would bring Kyle Rayner and later bring back Hal Jordan with a younger actor. I heard Lanterns hasn't been canceled, but I think it likely will be. 

For Supergirl, she will be a big character in Man of Tomorrow, and I don't know if Milly will stick around or get recast. Still, I would pretend Supergirl never happened, make another film after the Justice League film, and make her more like Jeph Loeb's version of the character.. 

4. Since Jeremy worked with Marvel from Phase One he should do the Marvel method leading to Justice League. 

I think the problem most people had with Gunn was that he focused too much on C-level characters, and now he should double down on the main characters we want to see. Those seven should be Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Hawkgirl, and then after Phase One, give us stories about Nightwing, Supergirl, Teen Titans, Shazam, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Aquaman, Hawkman, Vixen, and Batgirl. I do like Gunn's idea of having projects that are just world-building, which I think works.

5. Most of Gunn's work will be cancelled but keep some of his work like Brave and the Bold.

Now, they'll likely cancel many projects that Gunn and Peter were working on, but I don't think Brave and the Bold will get canceled, or it might just be a new Batman film. I read somewhere that Andy, and even the writer of the film, have left the project. I'm actually okay with that because, if you read my past blogs, you know how I felt about that. I think they should get Steven DeKnight to write and direct the film, or Sam Raimi or Garth Evans to make the DCU Batman. 

So that's what Jeremy Latcham should do with the DCU. Also, I think he should bring in someone like Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, or Scott Snyder as a comic book advisor for all projects.