Willing to Experiment
DC is doing something Marvel wouldn’t: Reimagining their characters. The fact that there is a non-white Aquaman, Deadshot being Will Smith, and a LGBQT man as the Flash is interesting. (There have been other LGBQT actors in the X-Men franchise.) Also what is interesting is that DC is creating a movie starring villains.
At this point, DC has nothing to lose and is not holding back.