With today's release of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, after 11 years the DCEU has officially come to an end.

Which now means an 18-month break - taking off all of 2024 - until the first live-action entry in the new, James Gunn/Peter Safran-led DCU, beginning with Superman: Legacy in July 2025. What follows will be a (mostly) fresh start, in a completely new, interconnected universe of DC movies and series (no more CW shows either). Which Gunn has implied will be of higher quality than the DCEU, with an aim to put story/scripts first, and a refusal to churn out a ridiculous amount of movies/series per year or be slave to pre-set release dates. In other words, a movie/series is made only once the script is 100% ready to go (which isn't at all how Marvel, Star Wars, etc do things).

We'll see how that pans out, but for now, below is the current DCU slate, with more titles, release dates, filmmakers, and cast to be announced in 2024, potentially at either Comic-Con this summer, or another FanDome-type event, if not sooner...


MOVIES

Superman: Legacy
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5950044/
Director: James Gunn
July 11, 2025
Official TexAgs Thread

The Authority
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26545524/
Director: TBA
Release Date: TBA

The Brave and the Bold
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26545566/
Director: Andy Muschietti
Release Date: TBA

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8814476/
Director: TBA
Release Date: TBA

Swamp Thing
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26545725/
Director: James Mangold
Release Date: TBA


SERIES

Booster Gold
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5716028/
Release Date: TBA

Creature Commandos (Animation)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26545355/
Release Date: TBA

Lanterns
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26545992/
Release Date: TBA

Paradise Lost
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26546001/
Release Date: TBA

Peacemaker
Season 2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13146488/
Release Date: TBA

Untitled Arkham Series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12687642/
Release Date: TBA

Waller
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19891732/
Release Date: TBA


For more details on the DCU, along with the projects above, see: Wikipedia - DC Universe

Also, DC titles outside of the DCU will now be made under the "Elseworlds" banner, which currently include…


MOVIES

Joker: Folie a Deux
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11315808/
Director: Todd Phillips
October 4, 2024

The Batman Part II
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19850008/
Director: Matt Reeves
October 3, 2025
Official TexAgs Thread


SERIES

The Penguin
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15435876/
2024 TBA
Official TexAgs Thread

'Supergirl': Milly Alcock, Emilia Jones & Meg Donnelly Among Those In The Mix To Screen Test For Role - The Dish https://t.co/i8xILT2oMg

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) January 10, 2024

Excl: The search for SUPERGIRL narrows to two as Milly Alcock (HOUSE OF THE DRAGON), Meg Donnelly (ZOMBIES) screen test for James Gunn in Atlanta. https://t.co/dNmCIWxion

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) January 24, 2024

I've only seen her on House of Dragons, but Milly Alcock is tiny!

Could Gunn's suicide squad and peacemaker be considered the first content of the DCU? Or do they occupy a vague space spanning the DCEU and DCU?

Technically, an ant from Krypton would still be stronger on Earth than any human, so size shouldn't really matter. But yeah, on the surface, aesthetically, she certainly seems like an odd choice.

We still don't have a straight answer, but considering Gunn is almost done writing Peacemaker season two, and says it is, indeed, part of the new DCU, yeah, it sounds like you're right. That said, considering the original, DCEU Justice League shows up in the Peacemaker season one finale, you would think he wouldn't want to cross streams like that.

I have faith that Gunn is going to make great movies in the DCU, but the passing of the torch, and the muddy handling of the "reboot" so far, sure has been a head scratcher.

EXCLUSIVE: @JamesGunn has found his Supergirl in "House of the Dragon" star Milly Alcock. She'll appear in "Superman: Legacy" before leading her own film, "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow." https://t.co/shFWRvaP2h

— TheWrap (@TheWrap) January 29, 2024

SUPERGIRL found: Milly Alcock will be Kara Zor-El in James Gunn's DC Universe and headline her own movie, which could even begin shooting this fall. W/@AaronCouch https://t.co/rqzcPthPKi

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) January 29, 2024

James Gunn on casting Milly Alcock as Supergirl in the DCU

“This is accurate. Milly is a fantastically talented young actor, and I'm incredibly excited about her being a part of the DCU. Yes, I first became aware of her in House of the Dragon but I was blown away by her varied… pic.twitter.com/MIjKPY18Kf

— The Streamr (@The_Streamr) January 29, 2024

Not technically DCU related, at least yet. But sounds like there's a world in which someday it could be. And if so, I think the animated Into the Spider-Verse route could definitely be a cool way to go...

5 months ago Patrick Harpin walked into @wbpictures @DCofficial and pitched a 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 Animated Feature.

Before we pitched, they warned us "there is absolutely no way we can do a 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 movie", but they loved our enthusiasm. We pitched the outline for the… pic.twitter.com/1mhFyu6NUp

— Yuhki Demers (@yuhkidemers) February 20, 2024

PEACEMAKER SEASON 2 will begin filming THIS SUMMER pic.twitter.com/wHGhTuuVKs

— DCU Updates (@DCU_Updates) March 9, 2024

So it's not Season 2 but a new show starring Peacemaker in a new universe, but the characters share similar history with the ones from Season 1 that was set in another universe. Kinda like Daredevil: Born Again https://t.co/P7kauPXMUB

— Daniel Richtman (@DanielRPK) March 10, 2024

NEW: James Gunn makes some #Peacemaker announcements:
- Peacemaker S2 will film this summer
- Gunn wrote all episodes but won’t direct all episodes due to #Superman
- #Waller still happening but will now debut after Peacemaker S2
- Peacemaker S2 will be set in the new DCU pic.twitter.com/WHd1XQLF2C

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) March 10, 2024

The DCU Timeline So Far:

1. Creature Commandoes
2. Superman
3. Peacemaker Season 2
4. Waller pic.twitter.com/LH1FIGUqwz

— The Moonlight Warrior 🌙 (@BlackMajikMan90) March 10, 2024

.@JamesGunn clarifies that the new season of PEACEMAKER will be canon to the DCU and takes place after the events of SUPERMAN, while the previous season is NOT canon.

The show will shoot simultaneously with SUPERMAN, so Gunn will only direct some of the episodes, but wrote all. pic.twitter.com/7gnLcixP5z

— Adam Hlaváč (@adamhlavac) March 10, 2024

The general audience understands that J Jonah in the MCU is not the same as Raimi's, so as long as Peacemaker S2 has some clear branding, I think this'll work a lot smoother and less confusing than some may think.

Slightly changed variants with similar histories works for me. pic.twitter.com/EhnB6rWPI4

— John (@goatcorenswet) March 10, 2024

I still think it's weird to force Peacemaker into the DCU, and it's kind of crazy that Gunn took so long to give us this clarification, but at least we finally have an answer and it mostly makes sense.

Search didn't turn up an Aquaman Lost Kingdom thread so I'll post here.

Just watched on Max in 4K. Good lord that movie looked like sheet! Just laughably bad. I checked twice to make sure all the motion smoothing features were off (which they always are) because it just looked way too clear. I don't understand why they make some newer movies and shows have that look. It makes it look like you're watching a stage play and makes all the costumes and set look cheap and fake.

In addition the framing and shot selection were horrific, as was the production design. I mean everything from the big bad guy to the controls in the sub should have been thrown out as a bad first draft. Who thought any of those looked good?

Lastly, Patrick Wilson runs very very oddly!

Just a nail in the coffin to this DCU era. Woof!

I've never heard of this "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" movie you speak of. Are you sure you didn't dream it? It's definitely not listed as part of the DCU.

Reading this thread makes my head hurt what will and won't be a part of dcu va dceu which I don't even know which is which.

This whole new era seems destined to fail in an environment where people are getting more and more tired of mediocre superhero movies. Will be interesting to see if Gunn can pull it off.

I think the only comic book movie I am looking forward to at this point is the sequel to the Batman.

Madmarttigan said:

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I think the only comic book movie I am looking forward to at this point is the sequel to the Batman.

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I am only interested in Lanterns and Swamp Thing.

I can take or leave everything else.

I watched this not DCU movie over the weekend.

It was, in fact, a movie. That's about the best thing I can say about it.

The only consisten thing to enjoy from DC are the animated movies on Max

I had to force myself to finish Lost Kingdom on Max, and I liked the first one.

The last hour or so was just a slog to get through. And having just seen Dune 2 the night before, it was remarkable how bad the cinematography was in comparison. Everything on land looked like a soap opera.

Madmarttigan said:

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Reading this thread makes my head hurt what will and won't be a part of dcu va dceu which I don't even know which is which.

This whole new era seems destined to fail in an environment where people are getting more and more tired of mediocre superhero movies. Will be interesting to see if Gunn can pull it off.

I think the only comic book movie I am looking forward to at this point is the sequel to the Batman.

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They could have and should have been WAY more clear in not just their communication of what's what, but in their decision making process in general. That said, the final answer is actually pretty simple...

Season two of Peacemaker and the Waller series are the ONLY upcoming installments that will have any kind of "connection" to the DCEU, and even then they're basically only using the same actors for the same characters, with relatively similar histories, but that's it.

Everything else - every other actor - is playing a new iteration of every other character. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Lanterns, etc - they're all completely new iterations with completely different backgrounds from their DCEU counterparts.

Clearly, Gunn couldn't let go of the Peacemaker world that he created, and that his wife just so happens to star in. Admittedly, Peacemaker was a huge success, one that I and many others loved, but he should have had the balls to "kill his darlings," so to speak and move on. He couldn't, though, and now here we are.

Still, I think the overall quality of the DCU is going to be so much better than the DCEU, the question is, in a world of superhero fatigue, will the audience even care, or understand what the hell is going on...

In a world where Captain Marvel and Aquaman (which both made a billion) are followed up with flops, I can't imagine getting much mileage out of, or kicking things off with, Creature Commandos and the Authority. But we'll see! Bold strategy cotton.

Don't forget Blue Beetle.

https://www.superherohype.com/movies/544573-james-gunn-blue-beetle-confirmed-dcu-future

If Gunn had just left out the final scene there would be no issue with Peacemaker and TSS connecting to the DCU, making a whole new universe. Even though that would rob us of Captain Boomerang being in the Rogues and fighting Flash in a more worthwhile movie.

rhutton125 said:

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In a world where Captain Marvel and Aquaman (which both made a billion) are followed up with flops, I can't imagine getting much mileage out of, or kicking things off with, Creature Commandos and the Authority. But we'll see! Bold strategy cotton.

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Creature Commandos is an animated Max series and The Authority will have already been introduced in the new Superman movie.

Jim01 said:

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Search didn't turn up an Aquaman Lost Kingdom thread so I'll post here.

Just watched on Max in 4K. Good lord that movie looked like sheet! Just laughably bad. I checked twice to make sure all the motion smoothing features were off (which they always are) because it just looked way too clear. I don't understand why they make some newer movies and shows have that look. It makes it look like you're watching a stage play and makes all the costumes and set look cheap and fake.

In addition the framing and shot selection were horrific, as was the production design. I mean everything from the big bad guy to the controls in the sub should have been thrown out as a bad first draft. Who thought any of those looked good?

Lastly, Patrick Wilson runs very very oddly!

Just a nail in the coffin to this DCU era. Woof!

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So how was the story?

Don't answer - I watched that POS last week. It was unwatchable almost as bad as WW1984, Batman & Robin, and Superman IV

I still need to finish Peacemaker S1. Kind of forgot about it.

And if I forgot about that; I can't imagine how hard I will forget about Waller even existing.

A live-action ‘TEEN TITANS’ movie is in the works.

Ana Nogueira is writing the script

(Source: https://t.co/nnhpxJAlTe) pic.twitter.com/szj7cMYfYY

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 15, 2024

Why is Cringer from He-Man in that picture?

Beast Boy

This reminds me. I watched all of the Titans seasons on MAX except for the series finale. I let our MAX sub run out forgetting I had literally one episode left to finish the whole thing. Dammit.

I keep forgetting to finish Titans and Doom Patrol