From what started with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav and DC Studios CEO Peter Safran announcing their business strategy to lease DC IP to streaming services, to support from Zack Snyder, who wrote “Sell It!” on a fan’s poster at Full Circle, the ‘Sell Snyderverse on Netflix’ initiative now gains further traction as a licensing deal between WBD and Netflix is in negotiations.DC fans campaign for the Snyderverse on Netflixin hopes that theDCrights can be leased to a third party for Snyder to finish his incompleteJustice Leaguesaga under the DC Elseworlds label. While a leasing deal likely remains the only option for the Snyderverse, as James Gunn and Safran are rebooting the franchise, the last thing that Gunn said about the initiative is that neither Netflix nor Snyder has asked. However, Snyder has since said he would be overjoyed to finish his Justice League saga through a third party. Now it appears that Netflix is interested in the HBO library, with rumors that may even include the Snyderverse.RELATED:The Flash Ending Was One Of The First Things James Gunn ChangedDeadlinereports that Warner Bros. Discovery is in talks with Netflix to lease a packaged deal for HBO original content under a non-exclusive license agreement, which the initiative has been campaigning for since its inception. Sources close to Deadline state that this is a “financial move” and that “HBO veterans pushed back against the plan, but corporate financial consideration won out.” Although it is unconfirmed, the Snyderverse is rumored to have been asked for by Netflix in this packaged deal, which encompassesMan of Steel,Batman v Superman Ultimate Edition,Zack Snyder’s Justice League, and even the unreleasedfan campaigned Ayer Cut ofSuicide Squad.
This scoop should be taken with a grain of salt, but seeing asZack Snyder’s Justice Leagueis an HBO Max original, it wouldn’t be hard to foresee. The question should be asked why Netflix would be interested in these properties if they weren’t considering continuing the Snyderverse in some fashion. During the big news, the hashtag “Sell Snyderverse to Netflix” trended, with Kristiann Foran, the actor who played the alpha zombie in Snyder’sArmy of the Dead, supporting the campaign. Foran joins the likes of Snyder, Wayne T. Carr, and Forbes in public support ofthe Netflix initiative to see the Snyderverse continueon a third party platform.
DespiteGunn and Safran axing Wonder Woman 3, in an exclusive withEntertainment Tonight, Gal Gadot expressed that “things are being worked behind the scenes, and once the right moment arrives, you’ll know about it” regarding her Wonder Woman future. Gadot is, after all, Snyder’s Wonder Woman, but whether this tease of what’s to come has anything to do with the ‘Snyderverse on Netflix’ campaign is anyone’s guess. At the very least, the initiative now appears even more tangible as a viable option for WBD and streaming services.
