{"id":870321,"date":"2025-09-03T23:15:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/checking-in-on-the-dcus-10-year-plan\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T23:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:15:04","slug":"checking-in-on-the-dcus-10-year-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/checking-in-on-the-dcus-10-year-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking in on the DCU\u2019s 10-Year Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2022<\/a>, James Gunn and Peter Safran were named co\u2013biggest boys of DC Studios. Shortly thereafter, the pair announced that they had an \u201ceight- to ten-year\u201d<\/a> plan for how the DCU would be connected<\/a> across movies, TV, and video games. In that initial press conference, the duo unveiled the first part of their universe, Chapter One: Gods and Monsters<\/a>, the big keystone of which was Superman. <\/em>Or, as it was known then, Superman: Legacy. <\/em>Other pieces set to follow included an Amanda Waller cartoon, some live-action Green Lantern shenanigans, and the film debut of Damian Wayne. So how has Gunn and Safran\u2019s ten- (or eight-)year plan been going?<\/p>\n

Before Gunn and Safran could get their vision underway, they had to finish out the projects already chugging along the Warner Bros. Discovery assembly line. Okay, not all of them. A third Wonder Woman film was axed in December 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was always unclear how much of the old DCEU would be making it into the Gunniverse. Viola Davis has played Amanda Waller across the Suicide Squad <\/em>movies, but after the underperformance of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, <\/em>Jason Momoa transitioned from Ocean Man to Space Bounty Hunter. He\u2019s playing Lobo in the upcoming Supergirl film. Then there\u2019s The Flash. <\/em>In his initial rollout video, Gunn said the film \u201cresets the entire DC Universe.\u201d But that reset ended with George Clooney as Batman<\/a>, so how central to the continuity can it be?<\/p>\n

The first official release from the ten-\/eight-year plan was the animated Creature Commandos<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>It was Gunn\u2019s trial run in having the same actors play characters across animation and live-action. Frank Grillo plays Rick Flag Sr. on the show and in Superman<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>The show introduced animated Amanda Waller, voiced by Viola Davis, cementing her place in the n\u00fcDCU. It also means G.I. Robot can fight Nazis in live-action, should the need arise<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But obviously, the most important release for this ten-year plan was Superman. <\/em>And now that it\u2019s breaking box-office records, Gunn & Co. can unclench a little. The film sets up the Green Lantern Corps. and Supergirl, and even brings Hawkgirl from Peacemaker <\/em>into moviedom.<\/p>\n

Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion) sets up the Green Lantern Corps. for HBO\u2019s Lanterns. <\/em>The show will be a double-hander between Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart, \u201cvery much in the vein of\u00a0True Detective<\/em>,\u201d per Safran and Gunn. The show is expected to come out in early 2026. Kyle Chandler will play Jordan, opposite Aaron Pierre as Stewart, per Deadline<\/a>. Created by Damon Lindelof and Tom King, the show will follow noob Lantern Stewart and veteran Jordan as they solve a murder in flyover America. And those boys can fly.<\/em><\/p>\n

The ending of Superman <\/em>sets up Milly Alcock as Supergirl<\/a>, <\/em>a hot mess Kryptonian party girl. Turns out Krypto is her dog<\/a>, and Clark was pet-sitting while she got shit-faced off-world. Gunn has already said the film will closely follow the Woman of Tomorrow <\/em>arc, with outer-space high jinks with her protege Ruthye (Eve Ridley) and the dark \u2019n\u2019 gritty Lobo (Jason Momoa). Supergirl <\/em>lands in theaters June 26, 2026.<\/p>\n

David Zaslav indicated that the Clayface movie<\/a> is imminent in his statement celebrating Superman<\/em>\u2019s box-office success obtained by THR<\/em><\/a>. \u201cOver the next year alone, DC Studios will introduce the films\u00a0Supergirl<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Clayface<\/em>\u00a0in theaters and the series\u00a0Lanterns<\/em>\u00a0on HBO Max, all part of a bold ten-year plan,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe DC vision is clear, the momentum is real, and I couldn\u2019t be more excited for what\u2019s ahead.\u201d Clayface <\/em>is reportedly shooting<\/a> in Liverpool right now, with a tentative release date some time in 2026.<\/p>\n

While the world waits for Supergirl<\/em>, her cousin\u2019s next adventure is already being worked on. James Gunn told Collider<\/a> that he\u2019s \u201ctotally done with the treatment\u201d for the Superman<\/em> sequel. \u201cWe\u2019re scheduling it now,\u201d he explained. \u201cMy treatments are incredibly intense. They\u2019re not regular treatments. They\u2019re 60-page treatments with dialogue and everything. And so, now I\u2019m just turning that into a script. We\u2019re planning out when we\u2019re going to shoot that. It\u2019s going to be much sooner rather than later.\u201d On September 3, Gunn announced<\/a> that the upcoming Supes sequel will be titled Man of Tomorrow <\/em>and come out July 9, 2027. Start your Doomsday<\/a> clocks now.<\/p>\n

Gunn has been sharing some details about The Brave and the Bold, <\/em>the DCU\u2019s introduction to the entire Batfam. It\u2019s going to be a father-son flick about Bruce and his son, Damian Wayne. All we really know about this movie\u2019s casting, however, is that Robert Pattinson won\u2019t be BatDad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t heard much about the planned Waller <\/em>animated show since November 2024, when Gunn bleeted<\/a> that the show was still in development. But on August 30, Gunn told People<\/em><\/a> <\/em>the show was still on his To-Do list. \u201cWe\u2019re working on it, so we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d he said. \u201cSome things have moved faster than others. Waller\u2019s not been the fastest.\u201d In a since-deleted tweet, Gunn had previously attributed the delay on Waller <\/em>to script issues. \u201cUnlike most studios, we\u2019ll never start production on a process if the script isn\u2019t finished. Quality is the utmost priority,\u201d he wrote in a very obvious dig at Disney\u2019s MCU.<\/p>\n

James Gunn confirmed<\/a> that Supergirl<\/em> and Teen Titans <\/em>writer Ana Nogueira is working on the script for the upcoming Wonder Woman <\/em>movie. Gunn also denied the rumor that the movie\u2019s being fast-tracked by the studio: \u201cIt\u2019s a priority, but I wouldn\u2019t call that fast-tracked. Nothing is going to be shot unless we\u2019re as sure as we can be that the script is good.\u201d Sorry, Gal Gadot, DC Studios is eyeing a new Diana Prince for the next generation of supes.\u00a0So we\u2019re probably still a few years away from revisiting Themyscira.<\/p>\n

Some shows and movies seem to have moved to the back burner, if they\u2019re happening at all. There\u2019s been very little info about The Authority <\/em>(a \u201cby any means necessary\u201d alternative to the Justice League), Paradise Lost <\/em>(a Game of Thrones<\/em>\u2013look-alike set on Wonder Woman\u2019s homeland), the Booster Gold HBO Max series, or whatever Gunn and Safran are\/were planning to do with Swamp Thing. But, hey, there are still five to seven years to go!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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