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In this premiere episode of The DCPU, we explore the origins of Warner Bros.' effort to rival Marvel Studios' superhero cinematic universe, beginning with their first ever attempt to reboot Superman—Man of Steel.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

Three years and $300 million later, Warner Bros. would release the follow-up to Man of Steel. Featuring Superman, Batman, Lex Luthor, Doomsday, Wonder Woman, and everything but the kitchen sink (they went with a bathroom sink instead), it's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

Following the mixed reception and disappointing box office results of Batman v Superman, the newly-created DC Films panicked and did something to David Ayer's production that was much worse than mailing used condoms or dead pigs: they interfered. This week, we're looking at the Academy Award-winning Suicide Squad.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

With the one-two punch that Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad delivered to their franchise's reputation, DC Films desperately needed a win. With the release of the long-awaited Wonder Woman solo film, the company's prayers may have finally been answered.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

Corporate mergers, executive meddling, personal tragedy, and an egomaniac would all come together to create an upset from which the DCEU would never fully recover. Just four years after the franchise's takeoff, Justice League had sent it into a tailspin.

CORRECTION: We misgendered Ezra Miller as a man, when they're in fact non-binary, and we apologize. There was no malicious intent behind this, both of us just didn't realize that they identified that way and failed to verify this very basic information while researching. Again, sorry to Ezra Miller, and to anyone who may feel hurt by this.

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Edited by Pat M'Groyn (https://www.youtube.com/@pat_mgroyn)
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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

After Justice League became the highest-grossing box office bomb in film history, DC Films was sinking deep into dark waters, and their only hope of being brought back to the surface lay with their next film: Aquaman.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

Aquaman surprised everyone with its billion dollar box office performance and broad appeal, but DC Films needed to make sure that it wasn’t just lightning in a bottle, because as the age-old adage goes: lightning doesn’t strike twice. Enter Shazam!

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

Jesse McAnally from The Cheese Wheel podcast joins Thomas and Frank to take a look at Birds of Prey—the latest in DC's string of great projects after the implosion of Justice League. Unfortunately, the film would release on the precipice of a pandemic that would cripple theaters and change Hollywood forever...

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

After the pandemic clipped Birds of Prey's wings, DC would fruitlessly attempt to delay its effects on the release of its next film: the highly anticipated sequel to the franchise's most well-received film: Wonder Woman 1984.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

In a desperate attempt to boost HBO Max subscriptions during the pandemic (and to get an army of relentless fanboys off their backs), Warner Bros. did the unthinkable by greenlighting the most expensive director's cut in history—a film that would be dubbed "Zack Snyder's Justice League."

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
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After being spooked by conservative influencers, Disney fired one of Marvel Studios' most valuable creatives, James Gunn. Warner Bros.—sensing a great opportunity—poached him for themselves, giving him carte blanche to make the DC project he always dreamed of bringing to life: The Suicide Squad.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

Warner Bros. was impressed with what James Gunn had done in The Suicide Squad, and wanted to keep him on board for as long as they could. In an effort to do this—and to emulate Marvel Studios’ latest business strategy—they would greenlight the DCEU’s first (and only) television series: Peacemaker.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

As their movies continued to bomb, DC Films were desperate for a direction—any direction—that would get them back on track. And so, after 14 years of cooking, the world would finally smell the results of Dwayne Johnson's scheme to make himself the DCEU's main event: Black Adam.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

2023 marked the "Dawn of DC" in more ways than one. The newly created DC Studios, headed by James Gunn and Peter Safran, had their own plans for the brand. But with several DCEU projects already in the pipeline, they decided the show must go on—starting with Shazam! Fury of the Gods.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

As the DCEU continued to live on borrowed time, Warner Bros. would finally release its superhero project that was 20 years in the making. But in the midst of an actor's strike, and the walking-talking crime wave that was its star, would the world finally see The Flash?

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
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Two months after its biggest box office failure, the DCEU would give us Hollywood's first (and only) live-action Latino superhero film. With industry strikes ongoing, the upcoming reboot hanging over its head, and the rise of "superhero fatigue", no film had it tougher at that moment than Blue Beetle.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
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And so, DC Studios would finally release the last film in the DCEU franchise before deciding to wipe the slate clean. A sequel to the franchise’s highest grossing entry (and the only one to make over a billion dollars): Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Did the series go out on a high note?

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

That's all, folks! Join us for this bonus episode, in which we answer listener questions and reveal our plans for the future of the show.

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Main Theme: "Heroes" by Andrey Sitkov
Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music

You found it, the rumored "Lost Episode" of FrankPodcasts...and we're talking about Antz, baby!

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Background Music: "The Colony" by Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell
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DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD. In this week's special one-off episode, princes of the universe Frank and Thomas look back at the cult classic 1986 fantasy epic Highlander. Excessive backflips, swords hooked up to car batteries, burning effigies on set, drunken brawls between extras, a Frenchman playing a Scotsman, a Scotsman playing an Egyptian playing a Spaniard...it's a kind of magic.

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Background Music: "Pandora" and "Nautilus" by Purple Planet Music