From a Variety piece...interesting admissions from Warner Bros. co-president of production Jon Berg and DC president Geoff Johns on WW, BvS and SS...
Berg: There are lessons from every movie. You would be silly not to analyze how a movie was received — what went right and what went wrong on the making of a movie.
On SUICIDE SQUAD the movie did incredibly well commercially.
It didn’t work narratively. You had some great casting and some great characterizations, but where the story fell down was on narrative, on plot. We could do better.
BATMAN V. SUPERMAN was tonally dark. People didn’t respond to that.
Johns: WONDER WOMAN celebrated exactly who the character is, but looking at it, it’s not like we should change everything to be about hope and optimism. There’s nothing to change. That’s what these characters are.
Berg: Wonder Woman is a fun movie. It’s positive and optimistic.
The early films may have been too dark in parts.
Johns: Most of the DC Universe is known as being a hopeful and optimistic place. It’s known for characters that are inspirational and aspirational. Anyone who knows and loves the DC Universe knows that a lot of that has to do with its hope and optimism.
Johns: Patty Jenkins and I are writing the next treatment right now. The goal is to make another great WONDER WOMAN film. I had a blast making it with Patty the first time. We’ve got a cool idea for the second one.
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/jo...ue-1202471557/