James Gunn’s new DC Universe is avoiding the mistakes of Zack Snyder’s

Not every studio can have its own Marvel Cinematic Universe. Warner Bros. learned that the hard way when it drafted director Zack Snyder to build out a billion-dollar movie franchise based on DC Comics, starting with Man of Steel in 2013. After 10 years of dramatically diminishing returns, the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) finally guttered out with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in 2023.