With new leadership at Warner Bros. Discovery, a mission to find someone to be the “Kevin Feige” for DC’s film and television is on. Reports have come out the Dan Lin is the person who is currently in talks for the role.
Dan Lin has been involved with movies like The Departed, Sherlock Holmes, The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie, Aladdin, IT, and more.
The role would oversee film and television and Lin would report directly to the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. Lin has experience with both.
With the move, current head of DC Films Walter Hamada would transition out of the role. Some reports have stated there’s been no negotiations with Lin while others have stated that salary and more is being discussed.
Emma Watts, Amy Pascal, Matt Tolmach, Sean Bailey and Greg Berlanti have all been names that have come up as possible for the position.
Lin oversaw the George Miller Justice League film that was derailed due to the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike as well as tax credit complications.
Zalslav has stated he wanted to reshaped DC with a 10-year plan that would focus the film and television releases.
Zaslav has come under criticism for ending projects or stopping their releases as he has taken over. Batgirl has been shelved and won’t see release instead its production will be used as a write off. Numerous television projects and movies have not been renewed or canceled leading to an uproar online.
Source: Graphic Policy
