How Warner Bros. Can Move Forward With The DC Extended Universe

Self-Contained Trilogies

Building a shared cinematic universe isn’t an easy thing to do. It takes a lot of time, preparation, adaptation, and perseverance to achieve. While Marvel is undoubtedly the king of this with its unparalleled MCU success, it’s also decided to deemphasize the importance of the shared universe going forward. It’s a good call, and DC seems to be following suit if you believe the announcements made earlier this year.

It’s time for the studios to realize that we just want high-quality movies featuring our favorite heroes at the end of the day. Give us good, self-contained trilogies like Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight series and we’ll be more than happy. There’s no need to overcomplicate things with all these tedious and rushed world-building exercises since they often favor setups over substance.

Imagine if DC chose to do a trilogy about the Bat Family for example – how cool would that be? Thinking smaller here doesn’t mean that the big team-ups are totally out of the question or forgotten. Instead, it makes these events more special when they do happen and not every other year for the sake of a 10-movie payoff. Justice League proved to everyone that putting Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman in one film doesn’t equal success.