James Gunn has revealed the primary part of the brand new DC Universe, which is able to embody the reboot of Superman.
Making the announcement on Twitter earlier on this night (Tuesday, January 31), Gunn made clear the start line for a model new DC leisure enterprise (see tweet beneath). Gunn made it clear that he was dedicated to holding the DC Universe “linked” throughout movie, TV, and video video games in an bold imaginative and prescient.
The large titles that he introduced as a part of part one are Superman Legacy (which might be a reboot following the Henry Cavill years), a Batman movie separate to Matt Reeves’ DC Elesworlds collection, a horror-tinged Swampthing film, and TV collection Lanterns.
Listed here are just some of our plans. Up, up, and away! #DCStudios #DCU @DCComics pic.twitter.com/8XNDNLUEPq
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 31, 2023
Certainly, movies equivalent to The Joker: Folie à Deux and the Reeves The Batman movies will exist beneath the separate model titled Elseworlds. This implies they’re utterly put aside from the DCU.
Gunn revealed an bold plan by which he informed followers they may anticipate “an eight to 10 yr plan for the DC Universe throughout movie, television, and gaming”. He kicked off the announcement by speaking about Creature Commandos. This might be a seven-episode animated collection, written by Gunn, that’s already in manufacturing. He plans to make use of the actors forged to voice the characters in a live-action follow-up in some unspecified time in the future (one thing he desires to implement throughout the DCU).
He tagged Viola Davis as his main actor within the TV collection Waller. This might be a collection that bridge Peacemaker season one and two. It can present the nefarious authorities agent teaming up with members of Peacemaker’s crew.
Gunn confirmed that he’s penning the reboot of Superman, and it is going to be titled Superman Legacy. He saved issues beneath wraps, bar saying that he’s already writing it and the movie might be launched within the cinema as “the true starting of the DCU” on July 11, 2025.
The Inexperienced Lantern Corp are set for a return following Ryan Reynolds’ 2011 flop on the cinema. The co-head of DC Studios mentioned that he deliberate to introduce Hal Jordan and John Stewart on this “huge premiere HBO present,” titled Lanterns. Gunn described it as “virtually like True Detective however with Lanterns,” earlier than teasing a terrifying story which ties in with the broader DCU.
A film known as the The Authority based mostly on Wildstorm characters can be deliberate. The Wildstorm are group of superheroes who need to repair the world in any method doable. Batman might be launched into the DCU in a father-son movie, The Courageous And The Daring – this might be separate to Matt Reeves’ The Batman motion pictures.
Swampthing and the “very darkish origins” of the character are additionally being equipped for a film function. Although it is extremely a lot separate to the opposite tasks, its horror-tinged plot will feed into the broader DCU.
Talking about this new starting, Gunn mentioned: “One in all our methods is to take our diamond characters — which is Batman, Superman, Marvel Girl — and we use them to prop up different characters that individuals don’t know.”
The complete slate introduced for the DC Universe: part one
- Creature Commandos
- Waller
- Superman: Legacy
- Lanterns
- The Authority
- Paradise Misplaced
- The Courageous and the Daring
- The Batman sequel
- Booster Gold
- Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow
- SwampThing