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- Joker: Folie à Deux - October 4, 2024. 2019's Joker was one of DC's biggest success stories, reaching critical acclaim and earning a number of accolades, including two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix.
- Superman: Legacy - July 11, 2025. Main DC Universe Timeline. After Waller and Creature Commandos kick-start James Gunn and Peter Safran's new DC Universe on the small screen, the upcoming Superman: Legacy is set to be the new franchise's first feature film.
- The Batman Part II - October 3, 2025. DC Elseworlds Project. Matt Reeves' The Batman was intended to kick-start a new trilogy of standalone DC projects focused on the Caped Crusader, so the confirmation of a sequel was inevitable.
- Watchmen - 2024. Animated Movie. Despite two adaptations also existing, Warner Bros are once more adapting Alan Moore's seminal comic book event, with an animated Watchmen movie coming in 2024.
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Even with the DCU Chapter One plan, there is a lot that remains uncertain about which DC Comics characters are coming to the big screen, who’s bringing them there, and in what order — other than the first two films on the schedule, nothing is certain about these movies.
From the Chapter One slate to some older projects that may still be kicking around the Warner offices, DC Comics is fertile soil for film ideas. But like the shelved projects at the end of this list, it remains to be seen how many of them will materialize by 2035.
Since we began tracking the cinematic developments of the DC Comics characters, a lot of announced projects have fallen by the way side. The following commemorates the efforts made by many talented individuals to explore the expanse of DC’s multiverse.
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- Erik Amaya
Jan 31, 2023 · New DCU movies Superman: Legacy. This is the only project with a release date: July 11, 2025. Written by Gunn, Superman: Legacy will follow Kal-El as he reconciles his extraterrestrial origins ...
- Joker: Folie á Deux. Release Date: Oct. 4, 2024. Cast: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. This one is set outside DCEU continuity but is perhaps the most anticipated title on this list, as Joaquin Phoenix won an Oscar for his performance in the 2019 film “Joker” and is now reprising the role in a sequel.
- Superman: Legacy. Release Date: July 11, 2025. Cast: David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Carrigan, Isabela Merced, Sara Sampaio, Skyler Gisondo, Nathan Fillion, and María Gabriela de Faría.
- The Batman – Part II. Release Date: Oct. 3, 2025. Cast: Robert Pattinson. Shortly after “The Batman” successfully rebooted the Batman franchise, Warner Bros.
- Supergirl: World of Tomorrow. Release Date: TBA. Cast: TBA. Warner Bros. has been trying to get a “Supergirl” movie off the ground for quite a few years now, with Joss Whedon at one point attached to take on the DC character.
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- Eliana Dockterman
- Peacemaker (January 2022 on HBO Max) John Cena is the breakout star of The Suicide Squad. And now his character Peacemaker (whom Cena has described as “a douchey Captain America”) is getting his own spinoff series.
- The Batman (March 4, 2022 in Theaters) Ben Affleck has retired his Batman cape. (Well, at least partly. More on that later.) So it’s time for yet another version of the Caped Crusader to grace cinema.
- Black Adam (July 29, 2022 in Theaters) The Rock has previously performed many impossible feats on screen through his appearances in the the Fast & Furious franchise and other action movies.
- The Flash (November 4, 2022 in Theaters) The Flash has been delayed for four years, but the movie remains the key to the expansion of the DCEU. Ezra Miller will reprise the role of Barry Allen, the super-fast superhero he played in Justice League.
Oct 24, 2023 · The first of the new Gunn/Safran projects to actually get a release date, Superman: Legacy seems expressly designed to break the DCEU mold.Henry Cavill is moving on from the Superman role, and ...
Jan 31, 2023 · Warner Bros' DCEU has been drifting for a long time now, and, if it wants to truly rival Marvel on the world stage, it needs an exciting lineup of massive movies and big swing-style TV series ...
