Vor ein paar Monaten wurde bekannt, dass James Gunn und Peter Safran die Zukunft der DC-Filme und -Serien planen wird. Das hatte zur Folge, dass einige Projekte abgesagt wurden und auch Schauspieler wie Henry Cavill oder Dwayne Johnson nicht zurückkehren werden. Ferner hat man sich darauf verständigt, dass die neuen Tite unter dem Banner "DCU" erscheinen werden.
Mittlerweile sind die Pläne ausgearbeitet und Gunn & Safran haben das Line-Up für die kommenden Jahre veröffentlicht. Das Ganze wird als Kapitel 1 mit dem Namen "Gods and Monsters" laufen. Die folgenden Filme und Serien werden die Fans von Comicverfilmungen in den nächsten Jahren zu sehen bekommen:
Creature Commandos (Animationsserie)
An animated seven episode series, written by Gunn, that is already in production. Originally a team of classic monsters assembled to fight Nazis, this is a modern take on the concept. The voice actors have yet to be cast but the executives are looking to find people who can voice the animated characters and also portray the live-action versions when the anti-heroes to show up in movies and shows.
Waller (Live-Action-Serie)
A spin-off of Gunn’s own HBO Max hit series, Peacemaker, Viola Davis will return as the ruthless and morally ambiguous head of a government task force. It is being written by Christal Henry (Watchmen) and Jeremy Carver, the creator of the Doom Patrol TV series.
Superman: Legacy (Kinofilm, 11. Juli 2025)
The movie featuring the Man of Steel that Gunn is writing and may direct, although no commitments on that end have been made. While the two previous titles are meant to be “aperitifs,” in Safran’s words, Superman is the true kick off for the duo’s DCU plans. “It’s not an origin story,” Safran said. “It focuses on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth justice and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks that kindness as old-fashioned.”
Lanterns (Live-Action-Serie)
Greg Berlanti’s long-in-the-works Green Lanterns TV series has been scrapped and the duo have parted ways with the longtime DC series steward. In its place will be a new take on the space cops with power rings. “Our vision for this is very much in the vein of True Detective,” Safran described. “It’s terrestrial-based.” It will feature prominent Lantern heroes Hal Jordan and John Stewart and is one of the most important shows they have in development. “This plays a really big role in leading into the main story we are telling across film and TV.”
The Authority (Kinofilm)
A movie based on a team of superheroes with rather extreme methods of protecting the planet that first originated in the late 1990s under an influential imprint known as Wildstorm, run by artist and now head of DC publishing, Jim Lee. “One of the things of the DCU is that it’s not just a story of heroes and villains,” said Gunn. “Not every film and TV show is going to be about good guy vs. bad guy, giant things from the sky comes and good guy wins. There are white hats, black hats and grey hats.” Added Safran: “They are kinda like Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men. They know that you want them on the wall. Or at least they believe that.”
Paradise Lost: (Live-Action-Serie)
The duo describe this HBO Max series as a Game of Thrones-style drama set on the all-female island that is Wonder Woman’s birthplace, Themyscira, filled with political intrigue and scheming between power players. It takes place before the events of the Wonder Woman films.
The Brave and the Bold (Kinofilm)
This is the introduction of the DCU Batman,” said Gunn. “Of Bruce Wayne and also introduces our favorite Robin, Damian Wayne, who is a little son of a bitch.” The movie will take inspiration from the now-classic Batman run written by Grant Morrison that introduced Batman to a son he never knew existed: a murderous tween raised by assassins. “It’s a very strange father-and-son story.”
Anzumerken ist, dass Robert Pattinson nicht der DCU-Batman sein wird. Die Rolle wird anderweitig besetzt.
The Batman: Part II (Kinofilm, 3. Oktober 2025)
Pattinson will continue to portray the Dark Knight in at least one more crime saga movie directed by Matt Reeves. That movie, the executives revealed, will be released Oct. 3, 2025 and is being titled The Batman Part II.
Booster Gold (Live-Action-Serie)
An HBO Max series based on a unique and lower-tiered hero created in 1986. Safran said of the series, “It’s about a loser from the future who uses basic future technology to come back to today and pretend to be a superhero.” Gunn described it as “imposter syndrome as superhero.”
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (Kinofilm)
Taking its cues from the recent Tom King-written mini-series, this movie project promises to have a different take than what most think of when the idea of Superman’s cousin comes to mind. “We will see the difference between Superman, who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he was an infant, versus Supergirl, raised on a rock, a chip off of Krypton, and who watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life and then come to Earth. She is much more hardcore and not the Supergirl we’re used to.”
Swamp Thing (Kinofilm)
A horror film that promises to close out the first part of the first chapter.
Bei den Titeln handelt es sich auch nur um den ersten Teil des ersten Kapitels. Alle Projekte sollen bis Ende 2027 das Licht der Welt erblicken.
Filme wie The Batman: Part 2 oder auch Joker: Folie à Deux werden als Elseword-Stories laufen und gehören nicht zu regulären DCU. Genauso wie die TV-Serien wie Penguin, welche als Spin-Off von The Batman fungieren. Möglich ist auch, dass Jason Momoa, Gal Gadot oder Ezra Miller in ihren bekannten Rollen zurückkehren können. Wenn sie es denn möchten. Zumindest im Fall Momoa dürfte es ziemlich wahrscheinlich sein, wenn man seine Aktivitäten bei Social Media in den letzten Tagen verfolgt hat.