Warner Bros. Discovery exposed in 2015 that Guardians of the Galaxy and Peacemaker director James Gunn and Aquaman manufacturer Peter Safran had been hired to lead as co-CEOs of DC Studios. Since that expose, DC fans have actually hypothesized what Gunn and Safran’s brand-new DCU, as the duo is calling the brand-new DC cinematic universe, will appear like in the coming years.
Gunn has actually teased on Twitter several times that he, Safran, and others were developing their long-spanning prepare for the DCU and now, today, the duo has actually drawn back the drape on the very first 10 jobs. All 10 of these jobs, which cover throughout films and television, will remain in Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters.
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“DC Studios is unprecendeted,” Safran informed press throughout a personal conference where he and Gunn exposed what remains in shop for Gods and Monsters, as reported by Variety. “It is a standalone production entity and studio. It is the first time ever that everything DC related – film, television, live-action, animation, gaming – is all centralized under one creative vision, that of James and myself.”
Before diving into the 10 private jobs that comprise the DCU’s very first chapter, it is very important to keep in mind that no directors are connected to any of the list below jobs, nor have actually any stars been cast (other than Viola Davis, who is going back to play Amanda Waller like she carried out in both Suicide Squad films and Peacemaker). Variety reports that Gunn and Safran likewise left the door open for Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa’s Aquaman, Ezra Miller’s Flash, and Zachary Levi’s Shazam, without verifying precisely that they’d have functions in the brand-new DCU. Unfortunately for Man of Steel fans, however, the duo validated that Henry Cavill would not be going back to the function of Superman.
Gunn and Safran gathered authors like Drew Goddard (The Martian), Jeremy Slater (Moon Knight), Christina Hobson (The Flash, Batgirl), Christal Henry (Watchmen), and comics author Tom King (Batman) to assist construct the DCU’s slate of films and television.
“We sat down in a room for a few days and we started to bash out what the basic overall plan could be,” Gunn stated. “Not so much that it ties your wrists, but enough that we know what the basic story is, where we’re going. And it’s something that we’ll continue to do.”
Safran and Gunn wish to launch approximately 2 movies and 2 television series into the DCU each year, according to Variety, however the duo states it will not compromise quality in composing or production to satisfy this timeline.
“People have become beholden to [release] dates, to getting movies made no matter what,” Gunn stated, Variety reports. “I’m a writer at my heart, and we’re not going to be making movies before the screenplay is finished.” He included, “Writers have been completely left out of the loop in favor of actors and directors [in Hollywood], and making the writer more prominent and more important in this process is really important to us.”
The 10 Movies And TELEVISION Shows In Chapter 1 Of The DCU
Superman: Legacy
Movie
Superman: Legacy will strike theaters on July 11, 2025, and is “the start of the DCU,” according to Safran, as reported by Variety. It is being composed by Gunn, and while it is the official start of the DCU, it will not be an origin story. Safran states it will concentrate on Superman stabilizing his Kryptonian heritage with his human training, prior to harkening to a decades-old style of the hero: “He is the embodiment of truth, justice, and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks kindness is old-fashioned.”
No director is connected, however Safran hopes Gunn will direct it. Meanwhile, the Superman motion picture produced by JJ Abrams and composed by Te-Nehisi Coates is still in advancement, and will exist outside the DCU.
The Authority
Movie
Superman: Legacy will lead straight into The Authority, Variety reports, and is an ensemble motion picture about superheroes who “basically believe that you can’t fix the world in an easy manner, and they take things into their own hands,” according to Gunn. Originally Wildstorm comics characters, they were brought into DC with DC’s New 52 comics line that released in 2011.
The Brave and the Bold
Movie
The Brave and the Bold will present the Bat household to the DCU, and will include a Batman totally different from Matt Reeves’ “Elseworlds” Batman universe starring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne. The initially Batfamily character will be Damian Wayne as Robin, who Gunn refers to as “our favorite Robin,” “a little son of a b***h,” an “assassin,” and a “murderer,” according to Variety.
The Brave and the Bold will be based upon Grant Morrison’s run of Batman comics, and will be a father-son story about Bruce and Damian Wayne.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
Movie
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow will be based upon King’s run of comics of the exact same name that covered throughout 2021 and 2022. It will include Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El.
“We see the difference between Superman, who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he’s an infant, versus Supergirl, who was raised on a rock chip off of Krypton, and watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life,” Gunn stated, according to Variety.
Swamp Thing
Movie
The DCU’s Swamp Thing will “investigate the dark origins of Swamp Thing,” according to Safran, and it will do so through the lens of scary. The motion picture will likewise intend to offer the enjoyment fans experienced when Guardians of the Galaxy brought the cosmic side of the MCU to life to DC, a universe otherwise rooted in life here on Earth.
Creature Commandos
Animated TELEVISION Show
Creature Commandos will be an animated television program for HBO Max and is the very first job greenlit by Gunn and Safran. Gunn has actually composed every episode and the program is now in production. Featuring characters like Frankenstein’s beast, a vampire, a hag, and a monster, the initial Creature Commandos that released in the 1980s united to eliminate Nazis in World War II, according to Variety. Gunn’s Creature Commandos will include Weasel from his 2021 motion picture The Suicide Squad along with Rick Flag Sr., the dad of the Rick Flag seen in the exact same motion picture.
Gunn stated the voice stars that voice the characters in the animated program will likewise play the functions in live-action later on in the DCU’s life.
Creature Commandos is anticipated to launching prior to Superman: Legacy.
Waller
Live Action TELEVISION Show
Season 2 of Peacemaker has actually been postponed as Gunn deals with Superman: Legacy, Variety reports, and in its location will be Waller. This series will occur in between the very first and 2nd seasons of Peacemaker and will see Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller return.
Waller is anticipated to launching prior to Superman: Legacy.
Lanterns
Live Action TELEVISION Show
According to Variety, Lanterns will be “a huge HBO-quality event…very much in the vein of True Detective.” It will concentrate on Hal Jordan and John Stewart as the titular Green Lanterns who will examine a secret that Safran states “plays a really big role leading us into the main story that we’re telling across our film and television.” He included that “[Lanterns] is a very important show for us.”
The long-in-the-works Green Lantern series established by Greg Berlanti for HBO Max is no longer progressing. Safran stated Berlanti’s series was more “space opera,” whereas Lanterns is more of a “True Detective, terrestrial-based investigation story.”
Paradise Lost
Live Acton TELEVISION Show
Paradise Lost will be a Game of Thrones-esque story set on Themyscira, the island birth place of Wonder Woman. Safran states “it’s really about the political intrigue behind a society of all women,” prior to Gunn included, “How did that come about? What’s the origin of an island of all women? What are the beautiful truths and the ugly truths behind all of that? And what’s the scheming like between the different power players in that society?”
Booster Gold
Live Action TELEVISION Show
Variety composes that Booster Gold will permit the DCU to inject funny into its story. Safran stated Booster Gold is “a loser from the future who uses basic future technology to come back to today and pretend to be a superhero.” Gunn included that “[Booster Gold] is imposter syndrome as a superhero.”
And that’s the 10-project lineup for Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters of Gunn and Safran’s brand-new DCU.
[Source: Variety]
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