DC Entertainment Formed By Warner Bros To Better Leverage Comic Book Properties

FROM SPLASH PAGE: Warner Brothers announced some big changes on the DC Comics front today—big enough, in fact, to rival last week’s Disney/Marvel merger.

Confirming an early report on Deadline Hollywood, WB announced the creation of DC Entertainment, a new subdivision of WB aimed at better exploiting Superman, Batman and the rest of DC’s stable of characters across various media platforms. The new company will be helmed by Diane Nelson, who previously served as president of Warner Premiere, the subdivision responsible for many of the animated, direct-to-DVD, DC Universe features. (Nelson also serves as caretaker for the wildly successful Harry Potter property at WB.)

The WB announcement also confirmed rumors that DC president and publisher Paul Levitz will step down from his role with the company. While this certainly indicates that WB is finally beginning to take notice of the DC brand—especially when it comes to the company’s movie arm—details are slim regarding the potential effects on the publishing side of DC and any immediate changes we’re likely to see on the movie front.

However, that doesn’t mean we can’t glean a few potential implications from the news.

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