DC is group to make a monolithic comeback pinch its lineup of films and TV shows for its caller DC Universe. Overseen by James Gunn and Peter Safran, this upcoming cinematic beingness will undoubtedly reinvigorate nan franchise pinch a caller timeline filled pinch unsocial comic book characters.
With nan franchise featuring iconic heroes for illustration Superman and Batman and much underrated characters for illustration Booster Gold and The Authority, fans person plentifulness to look guardant to successful nan adjacent fewer years. While fans hold for this adjacent section of superhero media, present are each nan movie and TV shows confirmed for nan DCU truthful far.
Creature Commandos (2024)
The caller DC Universe will officially statesman pinch this seven-episode animated bid written by James Gunn himself. The show will person Amanda Waller shape a caller black-ops squad aft being banned from putting “human” lives astatine consequence pinch nan Suicide Squad.
This bid will present a much “monstrous” successor to Task Force X led by Rick Flag Sr., starring DC newcomers for illustration Maria Bakalova, Anya Chalotra, Zoë Chao, Frank Grillo, David Harbour (Stranger Things play 5), Alan Tudyk, and Indira Varma.
Superman (2025)
Premiering connected July 11, 2025, nan first movie successful nan DCU, Superman, will people revolve astir nan franchise’s caller Man of Steel, played by David Corenswet.
Set successful a world wherever superheroes person agelong been prevalent, this movie will show Superman facing disconnected against villain Lex Luthor while encountering what appears to beryllium a caller type of nan Justice League and The Authority’s superpowered “Engineer.” Superman has ne'er received a solo movie of specified standard before, truthful it should make for an breathtaking live-action intro to DC’s caller world.
Peacemaker play 2 (2025)
Peacemaker‘s 2nd play will show nan titular antihero squad up pinch his pals again successful 8 caller episodes written by Gunn. It’s chartless really nan communicative will beryllium affected by DC’s caller timeline reboot.
But fixed really play 1 ends, nan show will apt picture Peacemaker still haunted by his begetter aft sidesplitting him. Since nan show will besides see Rick Flag Sr., nan show should link pinch Creature Commandos and bring up nan execution of Rick Flag Jr. successful The Suicide Squad, which still torments nan blameworthy Peacemaker.
Batman: Brave and nan Bold
For nan first clip successful unrecorded action, DC will show Batman fighting crime pinch his biologic son, Damian Wayne/Robin. The movie will beryllium directed by Andy Muschietti, champion known for helming 2017’s scary deed It and 2023’s The Flash. Though nan second didn’t precisely triumph complete audiences, Muschietti did a awesome occupation presenting some Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton’s versions of Batman.
Having Muschietti nonstop a feature-length movie astir nan Dark Knight and his Bat Family should springiness nan Caped Crusader nan sprawling and breathtaking solo movie he ne'er sewage successful nan DC Extended Universe.
Lanterns
Billed by Gunn arsenic a cosmic detective communicative inspired by True Detective, this bid will travel Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart arsenic they analyse a execution successful nan bosom of America. Lanterns have already gathered a veritable squad of writers, which includes showrunner Chris Mundy (Ozark), comics scribe Tom King, and Damon Lindelof (HBO’s Watchmen). DC has besides hired Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) and Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge) to play Jordan and Stewart, respectively.
Swamp Thing
Swamp Thing has been described by Gunn arsenic a “very acheronian scary story” astir nan origins of nan titular monster pinch a reside extracurricular nan remainder of nan DCU. The film’s accumulation will beryllium led by writer/director James Mangold, who made his people successful nan superhero genre pinch 2017’s smash hit, Logan. Given nan different stories successful his filmography, Mangold will apt coming a dark, tragic movie arsenic he tells nan communicative of Alec Holland arsenic he is reborn arsenic nan not-so-jolly greenish giant.
Waller
Since Amanda Waller is 1 of nan DC’s astir prominent, non-superpowered characters, her solo show written by Watchmen‘s Christal Henry should beryllium 1 of nan much unique additions to nan DCU. And pinch Viola Davis reprising her domiciled arsenic nan sinister Waller, nan bid should beryllium thing short of enthralling.
While Waller will beryllium group successful nan DC Universe and combine characters from Peacemaker, Gunn confirmed it won’t beryllium a drama for illustration nan second show. Nevertheless, Doom Patrol writer Jeremy Carver has signed up to constitute nan series.
Paradise Lost
James Gunn stated that this show will coming a “story of [Wonder Woman’s birthplace] Paradise Island, usually known arsenic Themyscira,” and it is almost for illustration “Game of Thrones with Westeros, but pinch each of nan inhabitants of Paradise Island.”
It’s chartless really aliases if Wonder Woman will look successful nan story. But for those wishing nan Amazonian leader sewage a 3rd movie pinch Gal Gadot, this bid whitethorn service arsenic a adjacent substitute for nan clip being.
The Authority
Based connected nan characters made by WildStorm comics, nan movie will spot nan members of nan Authority travel together and interact pinch nan main heroes of nan DC Universe. Gunn has confirmed a writer has been hired for nan film, though their personality remains a mystery.
Since nan Engineer, a salient personnel of WildStorm’s team, will beryllium introduced successful Superman, nan events of this movie will apt group up nan communicative of The Authority.
Booster Gold
This Max bid will travel everyone’s favourite aureate boy arsenic he travels from nan early to nan coming time to usage his precocious exertion to go a superhero and make group emotion him.
Gunn claims this bid is “basically a superhero communicative of imposter syndrome,” which should coming a unsocial return connected nan genre successful a world filled pinch costumed crimefighters.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
Directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Ana Nogueira, this movie will accommodate Tom King’s caller comic book of nan aforesaid name. This epic sci-fi communicative will picture Kara Zor-El arsenic she struggles to unrecorded connected a chunk of nan satellite Krypton earlier arriving connected Earth. With House of nan Dragon star Milly Alcock portraying Supergirl, nan movie will show nan Last Daughter of Krypton look disconnected against nan comic’s antagonist: Krem of nan Yellow Hills, who will beryllium played by Matthias Schoenaerts.
Untitled Teen Titans film
Now that Max’s show Titans has concluded, DC will make measurement for a caller loop of nan squad successful their recently announced live-action movie. It’s chartless which heroes will dress up nan titular team.
But since Damian Wayne will beryllium introduced successful Batman: Brave and nan Bold, it is apt that nan events of nan movie will necktie into nan Teen Titans, pinch nan young Robin joining nan squad arsenic he does successful nan comics. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow‘s writer Ana Nogueira will besides pen nan book for this film.
Untitled Blue Beetle series
Following 2023’s Blue Beetle, nan armored leader will return successful this animated sequel series. Actor Xolo Maridueña will reprise his domiciled from nan original movie arsenic protagonist Jaime Reyes successful nan show.
According to Deadline, nan film’s executive producer, Miguel Puga, will service arsenic showrunner, while nan film’s head and screenwriter Angel Manuel Soto and Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer will return arsenic EPs for nan series.