Remember When Steven Spielberg Was Attached To Direct a DC Comics Movie?
For one second, it looked likeSteven Spielbergwas joining the DC Extended Universe. Of course, it wasn’t like Spielberg was planning to directDwayne Johnson’sBlack Adammovie or anything like that. Instead, this filmmaker was signed on to helm a movie adaptation ofBlackhawks,a DC Comics superhero team comprised of World War II fighter pilots. They’re not superpowered beings, they’re just soldiers who go on big missions against a famous historical backdrop. The characters comprising theBlackhawksare firmly in the DC continuity in the comics and all signs pointed to Spielberg’s proposed movie being in the DC Extended Universe…but still, this was a movie theSaving Private Ryandirector would’ve been interested in with or without the DC branding....