DC Extended Universe

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The DC Comics film franchise, popularly referred to as the DC Extended Universe^[1]^[2] (DCEU) and the DC Cinematic Universe (DCCU), is a collection of films based on characters that appear in publications by DC. The universe largely spans films, though a number of tie-in media have been produced.

Films

Film	US release date	Director(s)	Written by	Status
Man of Steel	June 14, 2013	Zack Snyder	David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan	Released
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	March 25, 2016	Zack Snyder	David S. Goyer and Chris Terrio
Suicide Squad	August 5, 2016	David Ayer
Wonder Woman	June 2, 2017	Patty Jenkins	Geoff Johns and Allan Heinberg
Justice League	November 17, 2017	Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon	Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon
Aquaman	December 21, 2018	James Wan	Will Beall (screenplay) James Wan and Geoff Johns (story)
Shazam!	April 5, 2019	David F. Sandberg	Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)	February 7, 2020^[3]	Cathy Yan^[4]	Christina Hodson^[4]	Post Production
Wonder Woman 1984	June 5, 2020^[5]	Patty Jenkins^[6]	Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns^[7] and Dave Callaham^[8]	Post Production
The Batman	June 25, 2021^[9]	Matt Reeves^[10]^[11]		Pre-Production
The Suicide Squad	August 6, 2021^[9]	James Gunn^[9]
Aquaman 2	December 16, 2022	TBA	David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
The Flash	TBA		Christina Hodson	In Development
Green Lantern Corps	TBA		Geoff Johns
Man of Steel 2	TBA
Justice League Dark	TBA		Michael Gillo, Jon Spaihts, Guillermo del Toro, and Gerard Johnstone^[12]
Black Adam	TBA	Jaume Collet-Serra	Adam Sztykiel
The New Gods	TBA	Ava DuVernay^[13]	Kario Salem,^[14] Tom King, and Ava DuVernay
Untitled Supergirl film	TBA		Oren Uziel^[15]
Blue Beetle	TBA		Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer^[16]
Deathstroke	TBA
Plastic Man	TBA		Amanda Idoko^[17]
Cyborg	TBA
Shazam! 2	TBA
The Trench	TBA		Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald^[18]

Short Films

Etta’s Mission (2017)

Comics

Man of Steel Prequel (2013)

Books

Novels

Man of Steel: The Official Movie Novelization (2013)
Man of Steel: The Early Years: Junior Novel (2013)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Cross Fire (2016)
Suicide Squad: The Official Movie Novelization (2016)
Wonder Woman: The Official Movie Novelization (2017)
Aquaman: Undertow (2018)
Aquaman: The Junior Novel (2018)
Shazam!: The Junior Novel (2019)

Companion Books

Man of Steel: Friends and Foes (2013)
Man of Steel: Inside the Legendary World of Superman (2013)
Man of Steel: Reusable Sticker Book (2013)
Man of Steel: Superman Saves Smallville (2013)
Man of Steel: Superman's Superpowers (2013)
Man of Steel: The Fate of Krypton (2013)
Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: The Art of the Film (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Tech Manual (2016)
Suicide Squad: Behind the Scenes with the Worst Heroes Ever (2016)
Wonder Woman: The Art and Making of the Film (2017)
Justice League: The Art of the Film (2017)
Justice League: The Official Collector's Edition (2017)
Aquaman: Arthur's Guide to Atlantis (2018)
The Art and Making of Aquaman (2018)
Shazam!: Freddy's Guide to Super Hero-ing (2019)
Shazam!: A Shazam Showdown (2019)
Shazam!: Becoming Shazam (2019)

Soundtracks

Videogames

References

Start a Discussion Discussions about DC Extended Universe

DCEU got an official name now!

15 messages
- Cerbinwydd
  
  DC Extended Universe hasn't been forgotten, as the name was used in the articles that state the supposed change. Along the lines ... 2018-07-24T23:35:42Z
- SeanWheeler
  
  Mathias Corvinus wrote: DC Extended Universe hasn't been forgotten, as the name was used in the articles that state the supposed chan... 2018-07-25T00:25:53Z
Roundtable: Spoilers

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- Tomfull.i
  
  Sure. (Why did no one comment on this for a year?) 2018-07-23T02:56:45Z
- Cerbinwydd
  
  People revert to that comment section on character pages from what I can tell 2018-07-23T07:02:35Z

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[0] "This Week's Cover: First look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice's ultimate superhero showdown" - Entertainment Weekly

[1] "Warner Bros: “DC Extended Universe” isn’t official; term was made up by Entertainment Weekly" - Batman-News

[2] "Margot Robbie's 'Birds of Prey' Gets 2020 Release Date" - The Hollywood Reporter

[BoP-3] 4.0 ^4.1 "Cathy Yan to Direct Harley Quinn Spinoff Starring Margot Robbie" - Variety

[4] "'Wonder Woman 1984' Moves Back 7 Months to Summer 2020" - The Hollywood Reporter

[5] "Patty Jenkins Confirms She’s Directing Wonder Woman 2 [Updated]" - Screenrant

[6] "Patty Jenkins Developing ‘Wonder Woman’ Sequel (EXCLUSIVE)" - Variety

[7] "'The Expendables' Writer Joins Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns to Write 'Wonder Woman 2' (Exclusive)" - The Hollywood Reporter

[2021_films-8] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 'The Batman,' 'The Suicide Squad' Set 2021 Release Dates – Hollywood Reporter

[9] "‘The Batman’ Officially Signs Matt Reeves as Director" - Variety

[10] ‘The Batman’ To Fly In Summer 2021; Ben Affleck Passes The Torch To Next Generation Of Bruce Wayne – Deadline

[11] "Doug Liman to Direct ‘Dark Universe’ for DC, Warner Bros. (EXCLUSIVE)" - Variety

[12] "Ava DuVernay to Direct DC’s Superhero Epic ‘New Gods’" - Variety

[13] "Ava DuVernay To Direct Jack Kirby Comic Creation ‘The New Gods’ For Warner Bros, DC" - Deadline Hollywood

[14] "'Supergirl' Movie in the Works With '22 Jump Street' Writer" - The Hollywood Reporter

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