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# Simon Owens: DC Studios should drop its MCU-style shared universe ambitions
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/simon-owens-dc-studios-should-drop-its-mcu-style-shared-universe-ambitions/
- Published: 2026-11-11T16:49:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T16:49:00.000Z
- Description: Simon Owens argues that after James Gunn’s ouster from DC Studios, following Zack Snyder’s earlier failed attempt, the studio should abandon building a tightly interconnected cinematic universe and instead let filmmakers treat characters independently.
- Author: Medianexis Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, Simon Owens, Simon Owens: DC Studios should ditch MCU formula

**Why it matters.** If DC drops shared-universe continuity, studios weighing franchise strategy gain an alternative model to Marvel’s interconnected-canon approach.

*Signal from* [*Simon Owens's Media Newsletter*](https://simonowens.substack.com/) *·* [*Simon Owens*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-simon-owens/) *·* [*read the original*](https://simonowens.substack.com/p/its-time-for-dc-studios-to-stop-trying)*.*