00:00The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned that DC Entertainment president and chief creative
00:04officer Jeff
00:05Johns is stepping down from his executive post and entering into an exclusive writer-producer
00:09deal with Warner Brothers.
00:10Johns is launching Mad Ghost Productions, a new banner that will see him work on
00:14comics.
00:15He will have his hand in current DC properties as well as new and
00:20re-imagined creations.
00:21The move comes in the wake of last week's exit of Diane Nelson, DC Entertainment
00:25president, to whom Johns reported.
00:27The news also comes the day before a judge's decision will be announced.
00:30In the high-profile antitrust trial between the U.S. Department of Justice and AT&T,
00:34which is seeking
00:35working to merge with Time Warner, the parent company of both Warner Brothers and DC.
00:39Johns now gets to move back
00:40to the creative world, which he never truly left.
00:42Even as he was promoted to DC Entertainment president in 2016,
00:45to write some of DC's biggest books.
00:47He was also key in launching the TV empire based on DC's
00:50superheroes, co-developing The CW's most successful superhero show, The Flash.
00:54And with Peter...
00:55John said...
01:00John said...
01:00John said...
01:01In a statement...
01:02I took on a role at DCE because I love the characters and this universe more than anything.
01:05But I want to spend my days writing and on set.
01:07I'm thrilled to get back to a more hands-on creative role.
01:10It's a dream job on dream projects, reaching even deeper into DC's vast pantheon of characters.
01:15One of Johns' first projects will be Green Lantern Corps based on DC's intergalactic police heroes.
01:20Johns is already very familiar with the material, having spent nine years writing Green Lantern comics.
01:25He will write the screenplay and act as one of the producers on The Fe-
01:30feature film.
01:31Johns is already writing and producing Wonder Woman 2 and will have a co-writing
01:35and executive producing credit on Aquaman, this year's only DC offering that opens in December.
01:40On the television side, Johns co-developed and is executive producing alongside Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter,
01:45Jeremy Carver and writing on the first original series for the upcoming DC Universe digital service.
01:50Johns also wrote the Titans episode, Doom Patrol, that it is spinning out into its
01:55side.
01:56Johns will write and curate a DC pop-up label under the name The Killing Zone, focusing on
02:00new and lesser known or dormant DC characters and titles. He will also write a new Shazam comic series
02:05scheduled to hit this fall, as well as a comic title, Three Jokers. To read more on this story,
02:10head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.
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