DCU TV Shows Deliberately Have a Different Strategy Than MCU Shows, Says HBO Max Boss

HBO Max boss Casey Bloys has an explanation for how DCU TV shows differ from MCU Disney+ shows.

So far, there have been two shows set within James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU. The first was Creature Commandos, which premiered in December 2024, followed by Peacemaker Season 2 in 2025. Lanterns is now set to premiere later this year, with a handful of other shows having been announced, though none of them have release dates at this time.

What did Casey Bloys say about DCU and MCU TV shows?

Speaking with Variety, Bloys was asked if DCU HBO Max shows are deliberately moving and being released at a “slightly slower pace” compared to Marvel Television shows.

“That was deliberate because I do it based on the script,” he answered. “More than anything else — forget about anybody, any plan or anything like that — you have to do it based script by script. Is it a good script? Do we think it’s interesting creatively? Do we think it makes sense as a show? So for me, personally, I think anytime you lay out a thing dictating in advance how many shows you’re going to have per year, it sets up an opportunity where you might compromise creatively. And so I think it’s always better just start every project ‘What do we think of what’s in front of us here?’ versus, well, ‘If we don’t have this one, we can’t have that one.’ You’ve got to start with what’s in front of you.”

When asked about how they approach audience’s superhero fatigue with DCU TV shows, Bloys explained, “I think, in retrospect, our approach creatively probably is the more prudent one. And I think one of the benefits also that we have at HBO / HBO Max / Warner Bros. Discovery, if you think about some of the shows, it’s not just Game of Thrones. It’s funny, when A Knight of Seven Kingdoms comes out there’s language around ‘another Game of Thrones spinoff.’ And I like to remind people, this is [only] the second one.

“And I think part of it is because a lot of what gets written about is development and some people will talk about development like it is actually [in production]. So I’ve had to remind people, there’s been House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — and that’s it, regardless of what else gets written about. We didn’t do five Game of Thrones spinoffs because we’ve got DC and we just did It: Welcome to Derry and they’re working on a second season. We’ve got other places to go. We’re developing a Crazy Rich Asians series. So we’re not locked into just one world or one universe. But I think logically, if you think about it, if you overdo anything, if you give to people too much of anything, kind of by definition it becomes less special. So I think it’s something you have to be careful about.”

Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.

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