Do they mean the animated movies or animated series, the animated movies (other than a few) have all been in the same universe either the original DC animated movies(flashpoint to justice league dark apocalypse) or the tomrrowverse.
YES!
They don't
mean anything. They made a feel-good announcement that is meaningless, a few weeks after being onboarded. Here's the full quote from
THR:
“The opportunity to make DC as great as it can be and as it should be — that is the reason why I’m doing this job because I know that Peter and I can do that.
We spent the past couple days with a group of some of the best thinkers in the industry, the best writers in the industry
starting to map out that eight- to 10-year plan of what it’s going to look like in theater, in TV, in animation, across the board for these characters. I love Superman, and I love Batman. I love their interaction. I love the ways in which they’re the same and the ways in which they are completely different.”
-James Gunn
They spent two days talking about stuff. Which is good, in that it's better than no time.
This is the Safran bit that's a bit more interesting-
This was such a unique opportunity to tell
one great overarching story. One beautiful big story across film, television gaming, live-action, and animation.”
In other words ... who knows? It's one thing to start the conversations. It's another to sit down and look through contractual relationships, look to signing talent, and so on.