Why is the Green Lantern called the Waterloo of DC?

It's very simple, because the film "Green Lantern" ended the "first DC universe" directly before shooting. The time has come to 2005. This year, because of Nolan's Batman: The Mystery of the blur, the hero Batman got rid of the influence of Batman and Robin eight years ago, and the DC giant made new efforts on the screen. At that time, Warner's idea was to restart Superman movies in 2006.

In 2007, Warner originally wanted to start the Justice League project. At that time, even the actors, scripts and concept maps were completed, but in the end they were aborted. You know, the real son of Warner Bros. at that time was the Harry Potter series, and DC was a godson at best. The failure of Superman's return and the start and abortion of the Justice League project show that Warner Bros. did not handle DC-related projects properly during this period. Nolan's The Dark Knight was a great success in 2008, but Iron Man, the pioneering work of Marvel Universe, also got a good box office and reputation. In the same year, there was also a film "Invincible Hulk" released, and the relationship between the two was very obvious. Warner Bros. naturally noticed this move, but at that time, Marvel Comics was on the verge of bankruptcy, which could be said to be crumbling. The so-called Marvel Universe could only be regarded as an armchair strategist. However, with the formal acquisition of Marvel Comics by Disney, one of the six Hollywood companies, in 2009, the situation was completely different.

Warner and Disney are old rivals. He naturally understands that with the support of Disney, Marvel Comics has no financial pressure to establish the so-called "movie universe". Making it work is no joke. Therefore, under the stimulus of Disney, Warner Bros., which paid little attention to DC projects, finally decided to establish a "DC movie universe". Nolan's Batman trilogy was still being filmed, but because this version of the movie world view is more realistic. And quite independent, obviously not suitable as the beginning of a "movie universe." Warner's 2008 Batman Dark Knight is an epic movie that can go down in history. But! Because Nolan Batman movies are too independent, and no one has done such a thing as "movie universe" before, not to mention all the characters are filmed, which leads to a huge story system and too much risk. It is precisely because of the success of MCU that Warner originally wanted to use the Green Lantern to lead out the DC movie universe. Yes, it's like Marvel comics ... but ... they screwed up ... The Green Lantern became an epic "disaster" ... The box office received rave reviews ... What's the concept?

Money, not earning … fame … not earning … is particularly embarrassing. Coupled with the relationship between DC and Warner, Warner didn't continue to make money from series of movies such as DC and Harry Potter, so it gave up the DC movie universe ... until the single chip microcomputer made countless money ... They decided to launch Batman v Superman on 20 15 ... but ... it was already very late ... and although some single-person movies in Marvel comics were not brilliant, "Marvel comic movies, Anyway ... Warner miscalculated ... and lost miserably. And all this started with the broken halberd of "Green Lantern" …