The arrival of James Gunn and Peter Safran as the CEOs of DC Studios hasalready significantly changed the DCU. They are going to completely changecourse with the film universe that has actually been around since Man ofSteel did not meet the studio’s expectations. Since then, there have been allsorts of different people behind the scenes, none of whom seemed to have acoherent plan for the DCU. These four films will be the last films in the DCUas we know it today, made before the arrival of Gunn and Safran.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (March) The sequel to Shazam! is the next DC movie we’ll see in theaters. It continuesthe story of Billy Batson and his family who all now have powers. They take onHespera (Helen Mirren) and Kalypso (Lucy Liu).
While it was thought that a showdown between Shazam and Black Adam was beingbuilt up, Dwayne Johnson has seemingly turned down a cameo in Fury of theGods. So we will never get to see these two incarnations of Shazam and BlackAdam together.
The Flash (June) The Flash is arguably DC’s most teased movie. The film has been in theworks since 2014 and has had three pairs of directors. It actually seemed thatthe film would never be released, until Andy Muschietti (It) was hired as yetanother director in 2019.
The studio is apparently very pleased with the current film, which will seethe return of Michael Keaton’s Batman. Despite the crimes of protagonist EzraMiller, the film now seems to be released in June.
Blue Beetle (August) Blue Beetle will make its film debut in August. The film follows Mexican boyJaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) who comes into contact with the alien ‘scarab’.The scarab gives Jaime an armor with powerful and unexpected powers.
Blue Beetle would first become one of the DC movies to be seen exclusively onHBO-Max (alongside Wonder Twins and Batgirl). When the ‘Wonder Twins’ moviewas scrapped and bat girl was almost literally thrown in the trash, fans hadlittle hope for Blue Beetle’s future.
Much to everyone’s surprise, the film was promoted to a feature film and thestudio seemed to be very pleased with the film. The question now is whetherBlue Beetle can be part of the DC reboot or whether this character will alsoundergo a recasting.
Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom (December) Finally, we have the highly anticipated sequel to Aquaman. This will be thelast movie in the DC Universe as we’ve known it for the last nine years. Verylittle is known about the story. We only know that the enemy Black Manta(Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) has a more prominent role in the second film.
Elseworlds Movies Of course there are also movies like joker and TheBatman which take placein their own world and have no connections to other films. These films willalso continue to exist, so it seems that the ‘Superman’ film Ta-Nehisi Coatesabout Val-Zod’s Superman will also be made.
There are also prosecutions joker and TheBatman. The recordings of Joker:Folie à Deux have even started.
Below you can watch the trailer Shazam! Fury of the Gods. This is the nextDC film and can be seen in Dutch cinemas from March 15.