Man of Steel and The Suicide Squad producer Charles Roven feels Warner Bros.' Superman films can co-exist with one another, invoking DC's New 52 to illustrate his meaning.
Roven was responding to the announcement that J.J. Abrams is producing a movie featuring a Black Superman for Warner Bros., with Ta-Nehisi Coates writing the script. The film is reportedly set outside of the main DC Extended Universe, where Henry Cavill plays Kal-El. Rumor has it the Abrams/Coates movie will also center on a Black Kal-El, as opposed to the Black Kryptonian Val-Zod from DC's comic books.
"If they're going to go along with a filmmaker's vision, you have to allow for multiple visions. You can't have it any other way. Not everybody's going to think alike,' said Roven, speaking to ComicBook.com. He went on to explain that what really matters is having a "coherent vision."
He pointed to Warner Bros.' The Flash as an example, noting it features multiple versions of Batman -- played by Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton -- as a result of its Flashpoint-inspired story. At the same time, the studio is developing The Batman, a movie supposedly set outside of the main DCEU, with Robert Pattinson starring as a younger Bruce Wayne. In theory, then, these films don't actually contradict one another thanks to their placement within the greater DC cinematic multiverse.
"Quite frankly, the comic books that this is all based on, the canon that this is all based on has never [said, 'Never.']," said Roven. "They've been able to do amazing off-shoots and listen, look at what Geoff Johns has done by helping create the New 52, when the canon was getting a little stale.
"And look what... He did it again when he created all the different Lanterns, not just a Green Lantern," he added. "I mean, why shouldn't you be able to do that in the film medium, in the motion picture medium?"
As Warner Bros. continues to move away from Man of Steel director Zack Snyder's vision for the DCEU, it's unclear if Henry Cavill will be returning to his role as Superman in the future. Meanwhile, Sasha Calle is gearing up to make her debut as the DCEU's Supergirl during The Flash.
Source: ComicBook.com
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