DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee Eyed To Oversee The Entire Brand And Its Future Growth

DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee Eyed To Oversee The Entire Brand And Its Future Growth

Jim Lee is being lined up to take charge of all things DC, while the executive who championed the Snyder Cut of Justice League on HBO Max is among those now laid off by WarnerMedia in these brutal cuts!

By Nighthawk01 - Aug 11, 2020 08:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Justice League
Source: Variety

We reported on those shocking layoffs at DC Comics earlier today as well as the apparent beginning of the end for the DC Universe app. Variety now adds to that by indicating that despite ths mass culling of employees, WarnerMedia is streamlining the company and the DC brand will now expand.

Overseeing that will be DC Chief Creative Offer Jim Lee as he's been tasked with "overseeing creative of all DC-related growth in the company."

There's been no mention of Geoff Johns in all this, and it seems he may continue taking a lesser role in the company, with Lee stepping up to take charge of where things go from here. DC Comics has been criticized for some time for poor quality storytelling in its comic books, and sales, before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit, were still some way behind Marvel.

WarnerMedia also laid off several senior level executives at Warner Bros., including HBO Max head Bob Greenblatt. TNT, TBS, and TruTV content head Kevin Reilly went with him, though it was the former who appeared to champion the release of Zack Snyder's Justice League on the streamer. 

When the news broke that version of the film was coming to HBO Max, he was the one who commented on that and later said it would cost far more than the reported $30 million to finish. 

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tmp3
tmp3 - 8/11/2020, 8:11 AM
Getting rid of Kevin Reilly and replacing him with HBO’s programming head Casey Bloys was the one bright spot from this. Reilly wanted to dilute the HBO brand and bungled the launch of the platform, while Bloys got series like Chernobyl, Succession, Barry and Watchmen off the ground, & helped get Mazin on The Last of Us & Bong on a Parasite show.
I wonder how this affects the DC shows in development. JL Dark seems guaranteed since JJ produces shows for HBO already, but not sure how the Berlanti shows in development will fare.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/11/2020, 8:13 AM
As long as I get decent comics to read and some quality TV shows and movies to watch.

Do what's necessary.
dracula
dracula - 8/11/2020, 8:16 AM
Should put Geoff Johns in charge wasnt he in charge at the start of DC Rebirth. DC was on a winning streak at the start if rebirth up to batman #50, Heroes in Crisis and Bendis taking over superman
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/11/2020, 8:17 AM
@dracula
Can't have good things in life, fam.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 8/11/2020, 8:25 AM
@dracula - Ray Fisher will lose it lol.

Accountability>Entertainment #I♥️ZS
dracula
dracula - 8/11/2020, 8:26 AM
@RageDriver2401 - yeah well, when he actually says what happens and stops relying on stories from over a decade ago then he can talk
dracula
dracula - 8/11/2020, 8:31 AM
@Doomsday8888 - not sure what you mean by that
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/11/2020, 8:38 AM
@dracula
That everything was on the TOP during Rebirth and for whatever reasons, they decided to give up everything and focus on:
F*cking Snyder and his dumb Metal bullshit.
Hiring Bendis was a mistake.
Heroes In Crisis by King and legit everything after #50 on Batman was total ass juice.

All because of Didio who couldn't stand Geoff.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 8/11/2020, 8:16 AM
To almost no one’s surprise AT&T owning Warner looks like it is going to be a horrible thing for all the fans of the art and entertainment they make. I’ve been critical of DC’s decisions in comics for the past decade to the point in the last couple of years I barely even read any of their titles and now this. Somehow I doubt AT&T’s version of streamlining and efficiency is going to be all that kind to the comic industry I love.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 8/12/2020, 1:28 AM
@TheUnworthyThor - Everyone was too worried about Disney ruining Fox that they didn't think about how AT&T was about to truly F WB right in the A!
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