The first 10 projects in the works for the DC Universe have been unveiled 由 DC Studios chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran. The current plans see the DCU kick off with 5 series and 5 films, spanning live-action and animated TV series and theatrical films.
“Here at DC, we have Metropolis, Gotham, Themyscira, Atlantis, Bialya… This is the world that we’re creating,” Gunn shares. “We’re coming into a world where superheroes exist and have existed for some time in one form 或者 another, and that’s the universe. We are telling a big, huge central story [...]. What we’re starting with today is the first part of the first chapter of our universe,” reveals Safran. “The first chapter’s called ‘Gods and Monsters.’ Many of the following projects are already being worked on, but we’re remaining flexible and we’re going to adjust because we’re never going to put a project into production before the script is right. This is a general timeline, but there will be flexibility within it.”
Among the 10 projects, Gunn and Safran announced one animated series (Creature Commandos), four live-action series (Waller, Lanterns, Paradise Lost, Booster Gold) and five theatrical films (Superman: Legacy, The Authority, The 《勇敢传说》 and the Bold, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Swamp Thing).
Currently, of all the projects, only Superman: Legacy has a release 日期 planned for July 11, 2025. 更多 details under the cut:
The projects listed below are in order of announcement. No other release 日期 has been unveiled yet. All the series will be released on HBO Max, and all the films in theaters.
•“Creature Commandos” — Series, animated
The main characters appearing in the series will be The Bride of Frankenstein, Eric Frankenstein, Rick Flag Sr., Nina Mazursky, Doctor Phosphorus, G.I. Robot and Weasel.
•“Waller” — Series, live-action
Viola Davis will reprise her role as Amanda Waller, with characters from the live-action Peacemaker series appearing as regulars too. Christal Henry (Watchmen) and Jeremy Carver (Doom Patrol) will write the series. The story will be set between the first season of Peacemaker and the second.
•“Superman: Legacy” (2025) — Film, live-action
Not an origin story, the James Gunn written film will focus on 超人 balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing.
The film has been set for a July 11, 2025 release date.
•“Lanterns” — Series, live-action
Starring two of the most famous Green Lanterns — Hal Jordan and John Stewart — it’s going to be 更多 of a True Detective-type mystery, a terrestrial-based mystery that leads into the 总体, 整体 story that will be told throughout the different 电影院 and 电视 shows of the DCU. “We find this ancient horror on Earth, and these guys are basically supercops on ‘Precinct Earth.’” — James Gunn
•“The Authority” — Film, live-action
A lot of WildStorm imprint characters will be included in the DCU, and this is an example. The Authority will focus on a group of characters who are good-intentioned, but they think that the world is completely broken and the only way to fix it is to take things into their own hands, whether that means killing people, destroying heads of state, changing governments—basically, whatever they want to do to make the world better.
•“Paradise Lost” — Series, live-action
Paradise 迷失 will be envisioned as a Game of Thrones-type story about Themyscira/Paradise Island, 首页 of the Amazons and the birthplace of Wonder Woman. The story will take place before Diana’s birth and will involve all the darkness and political matters behind the society of Themyscira.
•“The 《勇敢传说》 and the Bold” — Film, live-action
This will mark the introduction of the DCU’s Batman. Not Robert Pattinson, not Ben Affleck. This is a story of Damian Wayne, who’s Batman’s actual son that he didn’t know existed for the first eight to ten years of his life. He was raised as a little murderer and assassin. It will be based on the Grant Morrison comic run. Other members of the Bat-Family will be included as well.
•“Booster Gold” — Series, live-action
Booster 金牌 is a total 粉丝 favorite. A loser from the future who uses his basic future technology to come back to today to pretend to be a superhero. Per Gunn, “it as basically the story of a superhero’s imposter syndrome. How do 你 deal with that? (It’s about) how he tries to use this future technology to be loved 由 the people of today and what is really at the base of that. It’s a character story that’s going to be a very different type of show.”
•“Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” — Film, live-action
In this story, which will be based on Tom King (and Bilquis Evely)’s wonderful comic, “we have 超人 who was sent to Earth and raised 由 incredibly loving parents while Kara was on Krypton. She was on a piece of Krypton that drifted away from the planet and she lived there for the first fourteen years of her life in a horrible situation where she watched everyone around her die. She will be a much harsher Supergirl than you’ve been used to thus far.”
•“Swamp Thing” — Film, live-action
According to Peter Safran, “it’s important to point out that in these stories, although they’re interconnected, they’re not all tonally the same. Each set of filmmakers bring their own aesthetic to these films, and the fun is seeing how these tonally different works mash up in the future.This is brought us to include a film that will investigate the dark origins of [the very-well known character of] Swamp Thing.”
“Here at DC, we have Metropolis, Gotham, Themyscira, Atlantis, Bialya… This is the world that we’re creating,” Gunn shares. “We’re coming into a world where superheroes exist and have existed for some time in one form 或者 another, and that’s the universe. We are telling a big, huge central story [...]. What we’re starting with today is the first part of the first chapter of our universe,” reveals Safran. “The first chapter’s called ‘Gods and Monsters.’ Many of the following projects are already being worked on, but we’re remaining flexible and we’re going to adjust because we’re never going to put a project into production before the script is right. This is a general timeline, but there will be flexibility within it.”
Among the 10 projects, Gunn and Safran announced one animated series (Creature Commandos), four live-action series (Waller, Lanterns, Paradise Lost, Booster Gold) and five theatrical films (Superman: Legacy, The Authority, The 《勇敢传说》 and the Bold, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Swamp Thing).
Currently, of all the projects, only Superman: Legacy has a release 日期 planned for July 11, 2025. 更多 details under the cut:
The projects listed below are in order of announcement. No other release 日期 has been unveiled yet. All the series will be released on HBO Max, and all the films in theaters.
•“Creature Commandos” — Series, animated
The main characters appearing in the series will be The Bride of Frankenstein, Eric Frankenstein, Rick Flag Sr., Nina Mazursky, Doctor Phosphorus, G.I. Robot and Weasel.
•“Waller” — Series, live-action
Viola Davis will reprise her role as Amanda Waller, with characters from the live-action Peacemaker series appearing as regulars too. Christal Henry (Watchmen) and Jeremy Carver (Doom Patrol) will write the series. The story will be set between the first season of Peacemaker and the second.
•“Superman: Legacy” (2025) — Film, live-action
Not an origin story, the James Gunn written film will focus on 超人 balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing.
The film has been set for a July 11, 2025 release date.
•“Lanterns” — Series, live-action
Starring two of the most famous Green Lanterns — Hal Jordan and John Stewart — it’s going to be 更多 of a True Detective-type mystery, a terrestrial-based mystery that leads into the 总体, 整体 story that will be told throughout the different 电影院 and 电视 shows of the DCU. “We find this ancient horror on Earth, and these guys are basically supercops on ‘Precinct Earth.’” — James Gunn
•“The Authority” — Film, live-action
A lot of WildStorm imprint characters will be included in the DCU, and this is an example. The Authority will focus on a group of characters who are good-intentioned, but they think that the world is completely broken and the only way to fix it is to take things into their own hands, whether that means killing people, destroying heads of state, changing governments—basically, whatever they want to do to make the world better.
•“Paradise Lost” — Series, live-action
Paradise 迷失 will be envisioned as a Game of Thrones-type story about Themyscira/Paradise Island, 首页 of the Amazons and the birthplace of Wonder Woman. The story will take place before Diana’s birth and will involve all the darkness and political matters behind the society of Themyscira.
•“The 《勇敢传说》 and the Bold” — Film, live-action
This will mark the introduction of the DCU’s Batman. Not Robert Pattinson, not Ben Affleck. This is a story of Damian Wayne, who’s Batman’s actual son that he didn’t know existed for the first eight to ten years of his life. He was raised as a little murderer and assassin. It will be based on the Grant Morrison comic run. Other members of the Bat-Family will be included as well.
•“Booster Gold” — Series, live-action
Booster 金牌 is a total 粉丝 favorite. A loser from the future who uses his basic future technology to come back to today to pretend to be a superhero. Per Gunn, “it as basically the story of a superhero’s imposter syndrome. How do 你 deal with that? (It’s about) how he tries to use this future technology to be loved 由 the people of today and what is really at the base of that. It’s a character story that’s going to be a very different type of show.”
•“Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” — Film, live-action
In this story, which will be based on Tom King (and Bilquis Evely)’s wonderful comic, “we have 超人 who was sent to Earth and raised 由 incredibly loving parents while Kara was on Krypton. She was on a piece of Krypton that drifted away from the planet and she lived there for the first fourteen years of her life in a horrible situation where she watched everyone around her die. She will be a much harsher Supergirl than you’ve been used to thus far.”
•“Swamp Thing” — Film, live-action
According to Peter Safran, “it’s important to point out that in these stories, although they’re interconnected, they’re not all tonally the same. Each set of filmmakers bring their own aesthetic to these films, and the fun is seeing how these tonally different works mash up in the future.This is brought us to include a film that will investigate the dark origins of [the very-well known character of] Swamp Thing.”