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When the person that seemed like the main antagonist brings in (or already has) someone way worse, and they underestimate how much control they really have. This is specifically when the supposed antagonist is usurped by the new one, so I left out very obvious bad guys like Bane and Joker from The Dark Knight trilogy.

Once and Future - British nationalists resurrect King Arthur, asking for his help to rid their country of those who don’t belong (that is to say, immigrants who aren’t white). Arthur agrees… and promptly kills them all on the spot. Why? Because they’re Anglo-Saxon, and he comes from a time when the Saxons were one of many invaders to mainland Britain.

Road House (2024) - rich boy Ben Brandt isn’t getting the job done dealing with the titular Road House, so his imprisoned father calls in Knox (played by irl bad guy Conor McGregor). Knox is an unhinged, violent psychopath who just acts as muscle for the most part, while Brandt is continuously one-upped by Dalton. Then Brandt says one too many wrong things in Knox’s direction, and is promptly relieved of a working spine.

Blood Red Sky (2021) - terrorists seize an airplane flying from Germany, hoping to incite an economic reaction and become rich via trading. One of the men hired to help (read: kill anyone who interferes) is the batshit murderer Eightball, who even the men hijacking the plane think is a little much. When protagonist Nadja, who is secretly a vampire, begins fighting back, Eightball not only revels in the bloodshed, he steals a vial of Nadja’s blood to become a vampire himself and starts killing with impunity, becoming a threat that even the terrorists can’t deal with.

Elysium (2013) - Defense Secretary Delacourt of the Elysium space station employs the “Civil Cooperation Bureau” to covertly deal with illegal immigrants, lead by Agent Kruger. Kruger proves to be a significant threat throughout the movie, treating the deaths he inflicts like a game. After losing his face to a grenade and being resurrected with somehow even more screws loose, he shanks Delacourt in the neck and kick-starts a coup of Elysium with his buddies.

Via FilmThreat YouTube.

While promoting Supergirl at a fan Q&A on June 18, the DC Studios co-CEO leaned hard into continuity.

Safran said “it’s great” that DC gets to “continue this Superman Family story” that “we started with Superman last year.”

#We Told You The ‘Super Family’ Pivot Was Coming

That phrasing isn’t new to readers here.

Back in November, our insiders said Gunn had quietly pivoted his DCU into a “Superman Family Saga” — and Deadline later backed it up, noting Zaslav had said Gunn has another “Super-family” script in the works.

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#The Confidence Comes As The Clock Ticks

Here’s the part Safran didn’t address.

That “Superman Family” story he’s so happy to continue is unfolding against a Warner Bros. Discovery sale that could redraw the entire board.

We’ve been told Gunn is out once Paramount closes its WBD takeover, with a full DC reset to follow.

Safran has taken the same approach with Batman.. He keeps publicly reaffirming The Brave and the Bold even as it sits with no cast, no date, and a shrinking window. Leadership projecting business-as-usual is exactly what you’d expect right up until the ownership changes hands.

#The Box Office Isn’t On His Side Either

The timing is rough for another reason.

Gunn’s Superman was a domestic success but a soft global performer, landing only around 42.7% of its box office overseas. Snyder’s DC pulled far harder internationally, exactly the global reach a Paramount-owned DC will be weighing when it decides what comes next.

And our insiders say what comes next is Snyder, gung-ho on a Dark Knight Returns movie and a Justice League finale, Saudi-backed and built to take on Marvel.

For now, Safran is selling continuity. The sale, the box office, and everything our insiders are telling us suggest the “Superman Family” story may be heading for a very different chapter.

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