Comic book fans all over the world want their favorite comic book storylines to inspire the superhero movies genre. This genre has gained so much momentum over the past few years that it is is difficult to keep up with the number of movies that are in the post-production phase. Since there is a never-ending list of upcoming superhero movies, we wanted to bring a more company-specific list of upcoming DC movies.
Through the release of the original Dark Knight trilogy, Christopher Nolan changed the concept of superhero movies forever. Ever since fans have been wanting more of these movies, this resulted in Warner Bros launching the DCEU with the release of Man of Steel followed by Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Suicide Squad, and Justice League.
After a series of mixed responses from these movies, DC Films and Warner Bros have come together with a list of DC movies that are currently in the works. Below you will find a long list of upcoming DC movies that are official, but not all of these movies might actually be released. But one thing is for sure that DC and Warner Bros have plans to dig the DC library deeper in the years to come.
1. Wonder Woman 1984
- Release Date: December 25, 2020
- Director: PattyJenkins
- Writers: Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, David Callaham
- Cast: GalGadot, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Pine
After receiving positive reviews and immense box-office success, warner bros immediately announced a sequel for the Wonder Woman movie. Patty Jenkins will be returning to direct the sequel. The story will be set in, as the title suggests, 1984. Kristen Wiig will be playing the main antagonist, Cheetah. The role of Pedro Pascal is still unknown but based on how much we have seen him in the trailers, his role looks to be on the negative side.
The focus of this sequel will be on how Wonder Woman fits into the modern world. Originally the movie was scheduled to be released on June 1, 2020, but suffered many delays due to Covid-19. Now it is all set to hit the theatres and to be digitally released on HBO Max on 25th December 2020.
What all will Wonder Woman have to face this time?
2. Justice League: Snyder Cut
- Release Date: TBA 2021
- Director: Zach Snyder
- Writers: Chris Terrio, Zack Snyder, Will Beall
- Cast: BenAffleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, and Ray Fisher
On 21 May 2020, The Internet and Global Fandom exploded after the official announcement of the release of Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League by HBO Max. After years of campaigning, the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyderCut the fans were finally overjoyed when Warner Media announced that the Snyder Cut would be released on HBO Max in 2021.
Over 100,000 fans signed an Online Petition and even bought a Billboard in New York Times Square endorsing the same hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyderCut, this movement was not only backed by the Fans, but even the Actors of the movie, namely Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, and later Jason Momoa joined the Fans and tweeted the Hashtag demanding the release of Snyder Cut.
The film was originally set to be directed by Zack Snyder as a sequel to his prior movies, i.e., Man of Steel(2013) and BVS Dawn of Justice (2016). But unfortunately, in March 2017, a tragedy befell Zack Snyder when his daughter committed suicide, forcing him to leave the production of the movie, passing the Baton to the “The Avengers”(2012) director Joss Whedon. The Snyder Cut will be released on HBO Max in four one hour episodes.
3. The Suicide Squad 2
- Release Date: August 6, 2021
- Director: James Gunn
- Writers: James Gunn, John Ostrander
- Cast: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Michael Rooker, Joel Kinnaman, John
Cena, Jai Courtney, Nathan Fillion, David Dastmalchian, TaikaWaititi, Alice Braga, Sean Gunn, Storm Reid, Pete Davidson, Flula Borg, PeterCapaldi, Joaquín Cosío, Mayling Ng, Juan Diego Botto, Steve Agee, TinasheKajese, Daniela Melchior, Julio Ruis, and Jennifer Holland
At DC FanDome, James Gunn revealed the first look at the next suicide squad movie, and the reaction which it received makes it the most anticipated movie of 2021. With the addition of many new cast members, this movie will be a reboot rather than the sequel to the David Ayer directed Suicide Squad, which received negative reviews but was a commercially successful movie.
After approaching many directors, Warner Bros settled for James Gunn to write a script and eventually direct the movie. The filming was done before the Covid 19 lockdown, and the movie is currently in the post-production phase. Sources revealed that the movie is going to be a 70s gritty war movie.
4. The Batman Movie
- Release Date: March 4, 2022
- Director: Matt Reeves
- Writers: Matt Reeves, Peter Craig
- Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, and Peter Sarsgaard.
Initially, Warner Bros approached Ben Affleck to direct and star in a standalone Batman movie called The Batman. In 2015, Ben Affleck was ready with a script co-written by Geoff Johns, but due to unknown reasons, Ben Affleck stepped down as the director, passing the baton to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves.
Rumors spread that Ben Affleck will step down as the Batman, and in January 2019, it was confirmed that Ben Affleck is no more the Batman.
Reeves’s take on the caped crusader of Gotham City will be quite different from what we have seen so far. His version of the story will focus on Batman’s starting years and how he is struggling to co-operate with the Gotham police department.
This film will explore Batman’s detective side, which has never been done in any film. At DC FanDome, Matt Reeves revealed that this would be no origin story; it will follow Batman investigating a series of murders committed by the Riddler, which will involve a lot of mystery and thrill.
5. Untitled Black Adam Movie
- Release Date: December 22, 2021
- Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
- Writer: Adam Sztykiel
- Cast: Dwayne Johnson and Noah Centineo
The movie plan was first confirmed when Warner Bros. signed Dwayne Johnson to star in the movie as Shazam villain Black Adam. The initial plan was for Johnson to appear in the Shazam movie, but in 2017 Johnson announced that the creators had chosen to come up with two separate movies. Johnson will now show up as the main lead in and as Black Adam movie after the success of Shazam.
The film will feature an introduction to the Justice Society of America. We’ll get to see Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher. Apart from that, Dr. Fate, Hawkman, and Cyclone will also appear in the movie. Filming was supposed to commence in July 2020 with Oscar-
nominated Joker cinematographer Lawrence Sher working as the DP, but now everything appears hazy due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
6. Shazam! Fury of The Gods
- Release Date: November 4, 2022
- Director: David F. Sandberg
- Writer: Henry Gayden
- Cast: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Adam Brody, and Faithe Herman
Looking up at the box office success of Shazam!, New Line Cinema once again hired Shazam! Screenwriter Henry Gayden to pen the screenplay for the second movie in April 2019. Along with Gayden, David F. Sandberg as the director and Peter Safran as the producer will return. Sandberg announced at DC FanDome that the name of the movie is Shazam! Fury of the Gods. The film was supposed to hit the theatres on April 1, 2022, but was shifted further to November 4, 2022, due to COVID-19.
7. The Flash
- Release Date: June 3, 2022
- Director: Andy Muschietti
- Writer: Christina Hodson, Joby Harold
- Cast: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, and Ben Affleck
The Flash movie has been confirmed for so long now. In April 2015, Phil Lord and Chris Miller were chosen to compose a narrative treatment with the belief that they would direct, but the duo left before the work could’ve begun. Ezra Miller, on the other hand, stayed for the role. He was cast as The Flash for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
In October 2015, Seth Grahame-Smith was chosen to write the script and direct the movie. But Grahame-Smith was later removed from the plan in April 2016, as WB wanted to turn the movie in a distinct direction. After that, Dope helmer Rick Famuyiwa was appointed as his replacement. We will get to see Kiersey Clemons starring as Iris West and Billy Crudup as Barry Allen (Flash’s father).
The film was initially supposed to start shooting in early 2017, Famuyiwa’s departure brought new problems into WB’s plans, and the studio chose to delay things down. Finally, Christina Hodson held on to the screenplay duties, and filming was finalized to start in 2020 but was again delayed after the COVID-19 situation.
8. Aquaman 2
- Release Date: December 16, 2022
- Director: James Wan
- Writer: Jason Momoa, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
- Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
In December 2018, when Aquaman was released all over the globe, it shockingly graced as the highest-grossing movie of the DCEU, excelling at over $1.1 billion. After witnessing such great success, Warner Bros. began with the work for a sequel, although director James Wan alerted them that he wouldn’t start working on it until the script was decorated.
The studio has now established a 2022 premiere date to supply enough time for the movie to develop, and Aquaman co-writer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick has been employed to start with writing the screenplay. Wan eventually signed for Aquaman 2, but no doubt, this movie falls on the top priority list for Warner Bros. due to the popularity of the first movie.
9. The Trench
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: To be declared
- Writer: To be declared
- Cast: To be declared
Pondering over the tremendous success of Aquaman, and as we all know about director James Wan’s horror inclination, Warner Bros. has started the development of a spinoff called The Trench. The plan revolves around the further exploration of the Trench location from the smash DC movie and to generate a movie with a cheaper budget than Aquaman, but with more of a horror nature. Upcoming screenwriters Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald have hopped on with composing the script, and Wan is all set to play his part as a producer beside Peter Safran.
10. Batgirl
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: To be declared
- Writer: To be declared
- Cast: To be declared
Warner Bros. dragged Joss Whedon over from Marvel to write and direct a Batgirl film somewhere around 2017. Whedon had initially announced that he preferred hiring an anonymous or little-known actress for the lead role as the Batgirl, but his commitment to Batgirl was held up for a while when he was assigned to take over as the director of Justice League, overlooking the reshoots and post-production. Later, at the beginning of 2018, Whedon declared he was withdrawing from the Batgirl entirely, stating that it took him over a year to apprehend that he didn’t have a story.
All indications now lead to WB hiring a female filmmaker to deliver Batgirl to the big screen and secure the project. Most lately, they’ve chosen Christina Hodson (from Bumblebee) to compose the script.
11. New Gods
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: Ava DuVernay
- Writer: (Rumored) Tom Kring
- Cast: To be declared
After making the blockbuster A Wrinkle in Time, Ava DuVernay was taken up as the director for the upcoming movie New Gods for DC. Adapted from the Jack Kirby comic in which the rise of the new gods is shown after the destruction of all the old gods by Ragnarok. There will be the evil Darkseid too. The exact date of the shooting isn’t confirmed as the filmmaker was busy making When They See Us for Netflix. Also, rumors have it that Tom Kring would be co-writing the screenplay with DuVernay.
12. Blackhawk
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: (Rumored) Steven Spielberg
- Writer: To be declared
- Cast: To be declared
When Steven Spielberg directed Ready Player One for Warner Bros., they just couldn’t let him get away like that. The studio somehow convinced the director to make his superhero movie debut. The plot of the movie would revolve around a team of ace pilots during World War II. With just the right script, the movie could be a blockbuster.
13. Untitled Joker and Harley Quinn Movie
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: John Requa and Glenn Ficarra
- Writer: To be declared
- Cast: Jared Leto and Margot Robbie
The criminal love story between the two craziest characters of DC, a spinoff to Suicide Squad, with Margot Robbie and Jared Leto to play their roles. The filmmakers known for movies like Focus and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, respectively by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, will be directed, writing, and producing the movie. The script described as ‘Bad Santa meets This is Us’, the writers proposed the movie to Warner Bros. Now, all we have to do is sit back and wait and if the movie ever comes out, all thanks to Warner Bros.
14. Nightwing
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: Chris McKay
- Writer: Bill Dubuque
- Cast: To be declared
Revealed in 2017, the LEGO Batman Movie director Chris May would be directing the new Nightwing movie for DC with Bill Dubuque doing the screenplay. The fans will get to see an awesome makeover of the comics character, who in the comic world is the adult alter-ego of Robin. There are a ton of new possibilities for the rise of the DC Universe if it does things the right way.
Appealing to the audience is the biggest part, and we hope DC should understand that by now. There are many more movies going to come in the near future that will be adaptations from the DC Comics, and not much is known about them. But you need not worry. Here’s a list of the upcoming DC animated movies.
Upcoming Animated Movies From DC
As the fans and criticizing public always point out that DC is really good at making their animated movies, they also know that it’s their strength. DC Animated Universe or DCAU has always been a great watch for the fans. Here we list the upcoming DCAU movies in the near future.
1. The Sinestro Corps War
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: To be declared
- Writer: To be declared
- Cast: To be declared
Regarded as one of the best wars in the DC Wars, this war takes place between the Green Lantern Corps and the Sinestro Corps to see who is truly capable of ruling the world. The war between willpower or fear, who would win? Sinestro’s team build-up has been extreme because of the new admission, such as the Anti-Monitor, Superboy-Prime, the Parallax Entity, and Cyborg Superman. With scenes including Batman receiving a yellow ring thrown in the mix, this movie is going to spit fire once released. Which team do you think would win?
2. Batman: The Long Halloween
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: To be declared
- Writer: To be declared
- Cast: To be declared
With characters such a Batman, Jim Gordon, Harvey Dent, Carmine Falcone, and Catwoman. This character-heavy comic follows the initial years of Batman’s career. The plot has several elements in it; firstly, it’s a detective mystery with a lot of plot twists. Secondly, there are crime families and serial killers. What more can a fan ask for? To be released in 2021, although no news is confirmed yet.
3. The Great Darkness Saga
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: To be declared
- Writer: Paul Levitz
- Cast: To be declared
The fans know that Darkseid and his minions went missing in the 1970s but made small appearances in comics like the Justice League. Written by Paul Levitz and artist Keith Giffen, “The Great Darkness Saga” had Darkseid’s reappearance in the five-part Legion of Super-Heroes. Just like the Titans, it’s time that DC brings back Darkseid on-board.
4. Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: To be declared
- Writer: To be declared
- Cast: To be declared
The sequel to the first Justice Dark movie, ApokolipsWar, is a combination of the New 52 series of films that began with Justice League: War in 2014. People are saying it’s the DC version of Avengers: Endgame. What Thanos did to the Earth, Darkseid does too in his own way, then like the remaining Avengers gathered together, the members of the Justice League, Justice League Dark, Teen Titans, and Suicide Squad join together and go back to the time of Apocalypse and destroy Darkseid’s plans to prevent the fate.
5. Superman: Man of Tomorrow
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: To be declared
- Writer: To be declared
- Cast: To be declared
The plot of the movie is going to circle around the initial years of the Man of Stell’s career. The viewers have suggested the makers remove the already known Kansas origins and give it something new and interesting to make it exciting to watch as the fans are already familiar with this storyline through the seasons of Smallville. The plot may include Clark Kent’s first year at the Daily Planet, his relation with Lois Lane, and the events of Metropolis.
6. Crisis on Infinite Earths
- Release Date: To be declared
- Director: To be declared
- Writer: To be declared
- Cast: To be declared
The multiverse packed into a universe, the reality-altering crossover that reorders the comics from the foundation, Crisis on Infinite Earths is the masterpiece of DC. The makers went crazy while writing this and teamed all the worlds of heroes against Anti-Monitor, who wants to destroy reality. With sudden, shocking deaths at every corner, if this gets made into a movie, it is going to be DC’s magnum opus.
