It looks like all eyes are focusing their sights on HBO Max, the new streaming service which arrives on May 27th.
However, this could mean bad news in the long term for DC Universe, the DC TV streaming service which seems to have, let’s be honest, been in trouble since the start.
The service gave us Titans, Doom Patrol, the short-lived Swamp Thing, Young Justice and the current (and brilliant) Harley Quinn animated series, with Stargirl on the way this month too.
However, there has been rumors that the much wider-reaching HBO Max may be bad news for DC Universe and may even, due to also having a lot of planned DC content, eventually absorb it.
Business Insider’s recent feature on DC Universe had this to say according to a former Digital Labs employee: “The feeling in the office is that DC Universe is going to be around for at least another year or two… There’s commitment and funding.”
In fact, they go on to say that at the minute DC Universe is looking at developing a Titans spin-off series (Hawk and Dove has been rumoured as a spin-off from the streamer’s earliest day).
Another insider said: “They want to keep it around but they want to keep it small.”
And it seems that Titans in the jewel in the crown of the service right now.
Honestly, I see DC Universe being absorbed into HBO Max and shows like Titans and Swamp Thing leading into Max’s planned Justice League Dark and Green Lantern shows.
What say you all? DO you have DC Universe? Do you enjoy it? Let me know all your thoughts.
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