Warner Bros.’s New Strategy on DC: Lighten Up, Superheroes
Creative team seeks a more positive attitude onscreen
Updated Sept. 8, 2016 3:47 p.m. ET
They’re two of the most successful movies of the year, grossing a combined $1.5 billion at the global box office.
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Suicide Squad” are also two of the year’s biggest disappointments, met with viciously negative reviews, bitter fans’ complaints and large second-weekend sales drop that indicate word-of-mouth was unkind, to say the least. The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern wrote that…