WBD CEO downplays Supergirl flop as he hypes DC's promising future

Supergirl, from many accounts, is said to be a flop, but David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, sought to move past the disappointing box office and focus on upcoming promising DC titles.

An analyst darted the question at him during the company's earnings call, “You haven’t talked about DC for a while. I know with films, sometimes they perform; sometimes they don’t. But is there any change in strategy?”

Zalasv, in response, said James Gunn is “focused on Man of Tomorrow. I saw some pictures yesterday that looked amazing."

He further gushed about the DC co-chief, stating, "Actually, yesterday was James’ birthday, and he’s out working. He’s working 16 or 18 hours a day. It looks fantastic. We’re super excited about it.”

Besides Gunn, Zaslav also raved about director Matt Reeves, saying, “[The Batman Part II director] Matt Reeves, I spoke to over the weekend, and he’s working very hard on Batman."

Then, there are other DC projects, which, he said, are making the franchise's future brighter.

"And we have Clayface coming up soon, which looks terrific. We got Lanterns launching in the next few weeks on HBO, which Casey [Bloys] and Sarah [Aubrey] are super excited about, and so DC feels very good, and we have a robust pipeline, and Peter [Safran] and James are hard at work.”

Yet, Supergirl's stumble at the box office came as a surprise, as it was a spin-off of Superman, which raked in $618 million globally.