Warner Bros. to Restructure DC Comics, Expect New ...


Warner Bros. to Restructure DC Comics, Expect New Movement on DC Movies as a Result

Posted by Petes1234567 93 days ago
UPDATE: WB has officially announced the change in a press release, which opens with this: “Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI) has created DC Entertainment Inc., a new company founded to fully realize the power and value of the DC Comics brand and characters across all media and platforms, to be run by Diane Nelson, it was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, and Alan Horn, President & COO, Warner Bros.” The other notable point is that DC Comics publisher Paul Levitz will “segue from that role to return to his roots as a writer for DC and become a contributing editor and overall consultant to DCE.” Read the entire press release at the end of the original article, which follows.

Big news on the DC Comics front this morning, as word comes in that Warner Bros Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov, whose contract was just renewed, is finally putting through a plan he’s quietly developed over the past couple of years: DC Comics will now report directly to him and Diane Nelson, the woman who shepherded WB’s take on Harry Potter since 2000. (Nelson is also president of Warner Premiere, the direct to DVD label that has released stuff like Green Lantern: First Flight.) What does this mean for all of DC’s possible hero movies at WB? Read o
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