When Warner Bros. announced that they were restructuring the DCEU, it got fans thinking about which of its forthcoming slate of films would fall victim to Justice League’s poor performance. Well, worry no more if you’re a fan of Batgirl or Green Lantern Corps, because fans have laid eyes their eyes on the list during this weekend’s Brazil Comic-Con, and here it is:
- Wonder Woman II
- Aquaman
- Flashpoint
- Justice League Dark
- Suicide Squad 2
- Shazam
- Batgirl
- Green Lantern Corps
- The Batman
What leaps out at you immediately are the Justice League ramifications; there is no sequel listed, the Cyborg movie, which was pencilled in for a 2020 release date, now appears to be on the scrapheap, and all-of-sudden Justice League Dark is back on the radar, only a matter of days after Guillermo del Toro revealed he wouldn’t be returning to the project.
Eyebrows, and moustaches, will be raised at the absence of Man of Steel 2, although that was still only ever in the rumour stage. It appears that this list are the concrete titles that Warner Bros. are moving forward with in the wake of Justice League. Where that leaves Gotham City Sirens, Harely Quinn and the Joker, Margot Robbie’s solo Harley outing, Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam, Deathstroke, and Nightwing, is anybody’s guess?
Does this shuffling of the pack further accentuates the notion that this is a ship without a captain, or are you happy that Warner Bros. appear to be putting some structure into their DCEU planning?
Kevin Dowson says
I’m disappointed in the lack of the Man of Steel. Superman has always been one of my favourite characters and despite what people say, I quite liked the Man of Steel film. I am however pleased that Flashpoint is still in the pipeline, I love the story and can’t wait to see what they do with the film. Justice Leauge Dark is another nice suprise, please do it justice (no pun intended).
keepITreal says
I don’t think Flashpoint will make any sense to the casual fan, given the way these movies have gone so far.
Chris A says
There is a 0% chance that the Flashpoint movie will up to par with that the TV show has done. After MoS, BvS, and JL, I just have no more faith in DC movies.
veritas et justitia says
Bring back Zack Snyder for a sequel to Man of Steel! I also loved that movie.
I hope that Flashpoint will continue the plot threads left dangling in Batman v Superman, or the scenes involving Bruce Wayne’s nightmares will lead to nowhere. I was so disappointed that Zack Snyder wasn’t able to complete Justice League as originally intended 🙁 The movie we got in the cinemas was too short for such an ambitious project, featuring three new characters and a new villain (who all needed their own separate introductions). Also, the “funny” one-liners were completely out of place when compared with the tone of the previous two movies in this trilogy. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, the musical score was completely different. What happened to the awesome Superman theme from Man of Steel?
I still enjoyed Justice League because I’m such a big fan of those characters, and it was a lot of fun to see them all united together on screen for the first time. I will be so sad if Ben Affleck is leaving the role of Batman, and I hope he can be persuaded to stay.
Don’t forget to sign the petition if you want to see an extended cut of Justice League, directed by Zack Snyder! 🙂
Chris A says
Man of Steel is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It’s the only movie that made me want to walk out of the theater. Superman is my favorite comic hero. Superman Returns, while also sucking was 1000% better.
Jane Hontz says
Superman Returns sucked ass. Did you notice he never threw a punch in that movie. It was God awful.
comicbookal says
Chris, listen, meaning no disrespect to you because everyone is entitled to their opinion but to say that Superman Returns was 1000% better than Man Of Steel? Worldwide box office gross for MOS was $668 million plus 111 million for DVD/Blu-Ray sales. Superman Returns gross worldwide was a little over $391 million worldwide. Brandon Routh was okay in his portrayal but to compare him to Henry Clavill’s physical presence and in his acting ability as Superrnan, there is just no competition. Special effects tech has progressed considerably from Mr.Routh’s version in 2006 to Mr. Clavill’s version in 2013 which is another factor. Action wise, no comparison there either, MOS had quite a bit, Superman Returns? No where near as much which I’m sure you will agree with too. To be perfectly honest,Warner Bros. wasn’t really interested in wanting Mr. Routh again for another iteration of Krypton’s last son. Now I understand that you mentioned that basically Superman Returns “sucked” (I did too “story wise” and on the so called “action” front as well) but I am a Superman “fan” since I started reading the comics in the very late 1950’s (’59 to be exact) and thank God Almighty that I’m still here on His Green Earth to see these more modern and updated representations of one of my favorite comic characters brought to the motion picture screen in the way and manner that it has been since MOS. I’m both a DC and Marvel fan as well so what I just mentioned holds true for all of the other films too in this aspect and looking forward to all of the other cinematic superhero “wonders” that are due to grace cineplex’s worldwide in the years to come……
MikeDK says
I am exited about exactly none of those movies.
Don’t know half the characters, don’t like the rest.
Man of Steel 2, or nothing.
xxjinzaxx says
Anytime plans change, there will always be a level of disappointment. Never make promises by concept because the recipients will hold you to them when it’s time to collect. There was this tiny game developer in Irvine, CA called Blizzard. Before it got eaten up by a bigger fish, it learned an important lesson about promising features to its customer base. You see, when these features were advertised, then removed from the final product, their passionate and most-loyal customers revolted. The lesson Blizzard learned was to never make promises to it’s base, even if concepts were a sure thing. Instead, they adopted a phrase that became synonymous to Blizzard: “Soon”. That was the default answer to all customer inquiries concerning features and future products in the pipeline. This made the tiny, and humble Blizzard company grown into a plump flavorful morsel for a very giant big fish to gobble up. The End.
Michael Turner says
WB fucked this up so incredibly badly, the handling of their DC “universe” The leads of Justice League had great chemistry, its what makes that movie entertaining to the extent that it is. It’s a shame the actors won’t get a chance to reprise those characters together in a JL film with a decent story and direction. I’m also disappointed at no MoS2. I feel like they finally got Superman right in Justice League.
Michael Ferro says
Why is Batgirl getting her own film? That one will tank before it ever hits the theaters. Warner Brothers should just stick with the animated DCU. Those films have done a lot better, and have produced better stories, then the live action crap thats come out in recent years. Their biggest problem is that they haven’t been able to measure up to the Marvel standard who have taken years to get it right. Warner Bros and DC waited too long.
Matt_Bruinsfan says
I assume Joss Whedon is *really* keen on showing scenes of Barbara Gordon walking around barefoot. Poor guy, Wonder Woman kept her shoes on all the way through his latest movie!
CorvetteKid1969 says
WB11 can have 4 DC shows that are hits but their movie division can’t get this right, even with Christian Bale’s BATMAN hits.
Vos_L says
The “plan” of the month from WB, lmfao. Quite a disparate group of movies…not sure why they are even bothering with a DCEU any longer….they’d be better off just making standalone DC movies. And who over at WB ever thought that a Cyborg movie was a good idea?
Matt_Bruinsfan says
Y’know, I was skeptical about Cyborg being a founding member of the team, but damn if Ray Fisher didn’t win me over to the idea in this movie. I wouldn’t mind seeing a solo film for the character. (Honestly, I’d prefer it to a solo Aquaman movie.)
Mister Fantastic says
In addition to the bad test audience review, and horrible retakes, Justice League’s Ezra Miller (The Flash) kissing dudes at Comic Con, and his queen antics made this movie a NO for me.
Yeah, I said it…
Rob says
Thank you for your honesty. I agree completely
Mister Fantastic says
You are welcome. Movie executives are afraid to admit this is the case in the present “climate”, but no one wants to see or support those shenanigans.
Matt_Bruinsfan says
Don’t assume you speak for the whole moviegoing public.
Mister Fantastic says
I stated MOVIE EXECUTIVES and myself. Please reread before further snide remarks. Good day.
Matt_Bruinsfan says
Please learn sentence composition before demonstrating your bigotry and ignorance online; your sentence as written does not mean what you apparently thought it did. And while you’re at it, grow a thicker skin—public comment sections are not private conversations where you can expect nothing but agreement from like minded homophobes.
Mister Fantastic says
OK
dominique mackey says
definitely a ship without a captain. they need to pull it together though cause i am a huge fan of alot of the dc characters. and justice league wasnt that bad. i mean i never go to a dc movie expecting the same awe and excitement i get from a marvel movie. just do better man.
Ashley Pitts says
Wonder Woman II-sure,why not
Aquaman-no thanks-prefer Cyborg
Flashpoint-Hell yeah except TV already did it.
Justice League Dark-WHAT. WHY?
Suicide Squad 2-NO THANK YOU.
Shazam-eh….
Batgirl-Is she replacing Batman?
Green Lantern Corps-again, really?
The Batman-Is this Batfleck or a new one? If Batfleck yes if new one no please.
Man of Steel II-PLEASE DEAR GOD!
John Garcia says
I love DC but these movies are being made by retards. I feel like they have no idea what they’re doing. They’ve made so many obvious mistakes that demonstrate that the writers have no experience or knowledge of the DC universe.
The joker is one of the most iconic villians…yet, his first appearance was in a movie that wasn’t even about Batman?
Suicide squad was a joke. WTF was Harley Quinn doing in that squad? Wtf did her baseball bat and short shorts bring to the table when dealing with meta humans? Its all a gimic. And the joker was waaaay to materialistic… all that bling and shit. Thats not the joker at all. So disappointing.
They need to just purge all the writers and start fresh.
Charlie says
Justice League was AWESOME!. Saw it 3 times in theaters and will buy the DVD. They are making a huge mistakes not putting in Superman. After all he is the driving force for all the DCEU no matter what anyone else says.
Matt_Bruinsfan says
I’ve been disappointed for years that we didn’t get a Man of Steel sequel, but at this point I really think Wonder Woman has taken over as the driving force of the DCEU. She (and the Amazons in general) seem to be immune to the bad choices that get made regarding every other DC character.
MarleySantana says
Someone please get this into WB and DC’s hands. I’m not even going to talk about the quality of the film—just the timing. It is clearly obvious that you have failed to recognize what you are actually competing against. For years now you should have recognized that there has been a small window in which a Justice League movie could be released. Your competition is Star Wars and 1 specific Marvel movie—Infinity War. You are not competing against the first Avengers movie. While it is true that, similar to DC, Marvel put out 5 movies in 4 years leading up to an ensemble movie, your window of opportunity in competing with that has passed. The reality is, SW and Infinity War are your competition now. JL failed because you did not recognize this. SW has 40 years of history behind it and still remains the expected movie to beat each year. Like all smart studios, you did good to avoid that release date. The other big release, Infinity War, arrives with 10 years and 18 movies worth of buildup. That is your competition, and you should not be trying at this point to beat that. Your goal should be to get a piece of the pie. We, the ticket buyers, are all in for comic book movies, if done and timed correctly. Think on that. Your JL movie should have come out during the fall of 2016. The reason for this is, Dr. Strange, although a popular character, was not as well known in the cinematic universe as Thor (released in 2017). Disney took a chance, by releasing a movie last year that was outside of the Skywalker story by releasing Rogue One. There would have been more of a chance for JL to grab some attention had the movie come out in the midst of all of this, sometime in November last year. Releasing it this year, next to Thor, which along with Black Panther, serve as collective lead-ins to Infinity War, should have been looked on as a poorly thought out move. Slow down. Take the time to build your characters and then an ensemble movie will work. If JL wasn’t to be released last year, your best move would have been to wait until after Spider-man 2. It is at that time when the fever of Avengers 4 should have died down, with no Infinity War sized film on the immediate horizon. (again, remain aware of SW and at that time possible Avatar release dates). Your best move now is to stick with your individual characters, such as Wonder Woman and Aquaman. Nightwing would be an excellent move for you at this point. Build those, find a way to inject some life into Superman and then consider (not make…just consider) a future Justice League movie. Yes, I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Dominic says
TL;DR
John Wilcox says
Well then let me condense it for you. Due to the mistakes by DC and WB the Justice League and their tie-in movies have flopped as a whole, mainly Justice League. As a result they are rethinking their plans for future movies. Question is, did the biggest flop in superhero cinematic history put a final nail in the coffin for the DCEU? If the future DCEU films flop it will be a sign that they totally missed the boat and the DCEU will completely die and if DC isn’t careful DC Comics may go down with the ship.
TL says
Keep Zack away and the bastard out officially. The reason the general public is turned off on DC films is cause of the stain Zack left in this universe.
Notice justice League marketing material did not mention the director. That’s how ashamed WB was of him. They realize he ruined there properties but it was too late to change it.
Diego Betancourt says
I hate that they’re scrapping Justice league 2. It would have been an incredible opportunity to pin the Justice league against Dark Side!! Morons!! I also hate that they’re scrapping man of steel 2! If your current so called producers and directors suck then hire the great ones that are performing for Marvel or elsewhere. Don’t take away the super hero flicks away because your last person fu$ked up . Warner brothers has their head up there ass!
keepITreal says
Deep
[the heads up their asses part, that is]
John Wilcox says
To be fair this isn’t their first big time flop in recent history. One huge example was Superman Returns and it did better than Justice League. Not surprising they cancelled the sequel for JL. Perhaps it is time for DC to part ways with WB, that is if they can. If they can’t then they are history.
AirDave says
I have not seen Justice League. I want to. I love these characters! But Marvel’s blueprint is proven. It works. Wonder Woman proved that. Somebody should have edited Green Lantern down to a single story from the two or three that were there. Wonder Woman should have been followed by a Flash film; then Green Lantern; then Aquaman, then the team film. Once Justice League is established then broaden the DC film universe. Why Suicide Squad before a League film or League solo films? I’m no rocket-brain surgeon, just a fan that loves these characters. I would love to see a live action version of the CN League “Secret Origins” or an adaptation of JLA: Liberty and Justice.
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Dominic says
Nope.