Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-3974095-20130611233337/@comment-1895174-20140615003558

Regular Guy wrote: News update:

1. Apparently, there's going to be a filmed based on Shazam and Sandman in July and December (respectively) of the same year that BvS is released. Justice League movie that following year in May, with a film with the Flash and Green Lantern coming out the following December. AND finally, a proper Man of Steel sequel in 2018. Source. That list just doesn't look right. If there were a Shazam! movie coming in 2016, we should have heard more about it by now. And BVS is supposed to be the sequel to Man of Steel, so I don't know what that Man of Steel 2 is doing in 2018.

Then again, that all assumes Warner Bros. has a little thing I hear is called "common sense" when it comes to adapting their DC properties to film, so who knows. 2. The brute from that medieval-vikings show is gonna be Aquman. Source.

That last bit isn't confirmed, but it's probably true. So anyways, what's with this onslaught of not only cameos, but cameo announcements? This isn't going to leave any room in the upcoming Batman\Superman movie. I don't think I'm the only one who found Man of Steel to be like... the most predictable film ever. Yeah, that's been rumored for a while now, hasn't it. Drogo's probably still regretting passing up Guardians of the Galaxy.

They'll probably try and cram in whatever Flash and GL they're using, too.

But why all these cameos? Because Warner Bros. (and Sony, for that matter) got the wrong lesson from The Avengers, thinking the equation goes something like this:


 * More Superheroes => More Money

Instead of this:


 * Build-Up => Pay-Off