‘Man of Steel’ Writer Says ‘It Was Crazy’ How WB/DC Tried to Build Their Own MCU, Reveals David Fincher’s Two-Hour ‘Blade’ Movie Meeting
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director In a career-spanning interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, “Man of Steel” writer David S.
Goyer agreed with host Jake Horowitz that Warner Bros. should’ve developed a standalone Superman sequel with Henry Cavill instead of rushing to create a universe with “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” The studio did so in order to compete with Marvel and create its own superhero universe. “I know the pressure we were getting from Warner Bros, which was, ‘We need our MCU!
We need our MCU!’ And I was like let’s not run before we walk,” Goyer said. “The other thing that was difficult at the time was there was this revolving door of executives at Warner Bros.
and DC. Every 18 months someone new would come in. We were just getting whiplash. Every new person was like, ‘Were going to go bigger!'” “I remember at one point the person running Warner Bros.
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