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SnyderVerse fans celebrated the resignation of Warner Bros Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich. In terms of SnyderVerse foes, Toby Emmerich was the Big Bad. He didn’t want the SnyderVerse to continue.
According to Deadline, Toby Emmerich is “stepping down” from his position. That’s a polite way of saying “he was fired.” However, Geekosity isn’t one of the trades. We don’t have to play nice. I call them as I see or hear them.
To be frank, Toby Emmerich had no choice. New CEO David Zaslav wanted to clean house. He brought out his giant Hoover and it’s sucking everything in its path.
On June 26, 2021, I scooped that Zaslav would fire Toby Emmerich, Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Ann Sarnoff, and DC Films president Walter Hamada.
Zaslav cut Sarnoff in April.
All scoops confirmed.
SnyderVerse Fans Celebrate As Toby Emmerich Is Fired By Warner Bros. Discovery
Hamada is there for now. However, it’s temporary. Deadline added that Zaslav “hopes DC will have its own Kevin Feige maestro to exploit IP across all mediums.”
Sound familiar?
On June 1, 2021, I revealed the following:
Zaslav is already looking into how to improve the DC Films by restructuring it similar to Marvel Studios.
To clarify: structurally, not stylistically. Basically, DC Films might have a central figure to be in charge of their movie and TV properties.
This will be their version of Kevin Feige at Marvel Studios.
That was exactly a year ago.
In addition, Zaslav selected Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy co-chairpersons and CEOs of Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
Sound familiar, too?
They should be.
Again, scoop confirmed.
SnyderVerse Fans Celebrate As Toby Emmerich Is Fired By Warner Bros. Discovery
On May 16, I reported that Zaslav was in talks with De Luca. Granted, sources told me it was for DC Films. In fact, Variety acknowledged De Luca needs “access to DC Entertainment in some capacity.”
This is even better than DC Films. Snyder fan De Luca and Abdy acquired the keys to the castle.
Warner Bros. once hired De Luca to co-produce Suicide Squad 2 in 2018. In other words, this wasn’t a sequel to James Gunn’s flop reboot. Rather, De Luca was going to work with frequent SnyderVerse producer Charles Roven.
Moreover, Suicide Squad 2 was to be set in the SnyderVerse.
The pieces of the puzzle have been in plain sight.
Deadline claims Toby Emmerich had a “soul-searching” conversation with Zaslav. That’s a hilarious interpretation of a “kneel before Zod” moment.
I mentioned numerous times on Syl Abdul’s YouTube channel that Toby Emmerich is gone. For example, here’s one from last month. And another one from April.
Brick by brick, the road to restoring the SnyderVerse comes together.