DC Extended Universe

The DC Extended Universe is a shared universe created by DC Comics. From 2013, all live-action films made by DC Comics and Warner Brothers Entertainment have been classified as part of the cohesive universe.

Films Edit

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 and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (screenplay) James Wan and Geoff Johns (story)
Shazam!	April 5, 2019	David F. Sandberg	Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke
Birds of Prey	February 7, 2020	Cathy Yan	Christina Hodson
Wonder Woman 1984	August 14, 2020 ^[1]	Patty Jenkins^[2]	Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns^[3] and Dave Callaham^[4]	Post Production
The Suicide Squad	August 6, 2021^[5]	James Gunn		Post-production ^[5]
The Batman	October 1, 2021^[5]	Matt Reeves ^[6]^[7]	Matt Reeves and Mattson Tomlin^[8]	Filming^[9]
Black Adam	December 22, 2021^[10]	Jaume Collet-Serra	Adam Sztykiel	In development
The Flash	June 3, 2022^[11]	Andy Muschietti	Christina Hodson
Shazam! 2	November 4, 2022^[12]	David F. Sandberg	Henry Gayden
Aquaman 2	December 16, 2022	James Wan	David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Jason Momoa
Untitled Amazonians film	TBA^[13]
Batgirl	TBA		Christina Hodson ^[14]
Blackhawk	TBA	Steven Spielberg ^[15]	David Koepp ^[15]
Blue Beetle	TBA		Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer ^[16]
Booster Gold	TBA	Greg Berlanti ^[17]	Zack Stentz ^[17]
Cyborg	TBA
Deadshot	TBA
Deathstroke	TBA
Gotham City Sirens	TBA	David Ayer^[18]	Geneva Robertson-Dworet ^[18]
Green Lantern Corps	TBA		Geoff Johns
Harley Quinn vs The Joker	TBA	Glenn Ficarra and John Requa^[19]	Glenn Ficarra and John Requa^[19]
Joker	TBA
Untitled Justice League sequel	TBA
Justice League Dark	TBA		Michael Gillo, Jon Spaihts, Guillermo del Toro, and Gerard Johnstone^[20]
Lobo	TBA		Jason Fuchs ^[21]
Untitled Man of Steel sequel	TBA
The New Gods	TBA	Ava DuVernay ^[22]	Kario Salem,^[23] Tom King, and Ava DuVernay
Nightwing	TBA	Chris McKay ^[24]	Bill Dubuque ^[25]
Plastic Man	TBA		Amanda Idoko ^[26]
Untitled Supergirl film	TBA		Oren Uziel ^[27]
The Trench	TBA		Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald^[28]
Untitled Wonder Woman 1984 sequel	TBA^[29]

Short filmsEdit

Etta's Mission (2017)

ComicsEdit

Man of Steel Prequel (2013)
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
General Mills Presents Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
- Playground Heroes
- Field Trip
- Picture Proof
- Lights Out
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Upstairs/Downstairs (2016)
Suicide Blonde (2016)
Mercedes-Benz Presents: Justice League (2017)
- Joyride
- Guiding Lights
- Fast Food
- Shifting Gears
- Pit Stop
- Winner Drives
Superhero Hooky (2019)

BooksEdit

NovelsEdit

Man of Steel: The Early Years: Junior Novel (2013)
Man of Steel: The Official Movie Novelization (2013)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Cross Fire (2016)
Suicide Squad: The Official Movie Novelization (2016)
Wonder Woman: The Junior Novel (2017)
Wonder Woman: The Official Movie Novelization (2017)
Aquaman: The Junior Novel (2018)
Aquaman: Undertow (2018)
Shazam!: The Junior Novel (2019)
Wonder Woman 1984: The Junior Novel (2020)

Companion BooksEdit

Man of Steel: Friends and Foes (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)
Man of Steel: Inside the Legendary World of Superman (2013)
Guide to the Caped Crusader/Guide to the Man of Steel (2016)
Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Tech Manual (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: The Art of the Film (2016)
Suicide Squad: Behind the Scenes with the Worst Heroes Ever (2016)
Wonder Woman: I Am an Amazon Warrior (2017)
Wonder Woman: Meet the Heroes (2017)
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!: A Shazam Showdown (2019)
Shazam!: Becoming Shazam (2019)
Shazam!: Freddy's Guide to Super Hero-ing (2019)
Wonder Woman 1984: Destined for Greatness (2020)
Wonder Woman 1984: Meet Wonder Woman (2020)
Wonder Woman 1984: Truth, Love, and Wonder (2020)

SoundtracksEdit

Man of Steel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2013)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2016)
Suicide Squad: The Album (2016)
Suicide Squad (Original Motion Picture Score) (2016)
Wonder Woman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
Justice League (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
Aquaman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018)
Shazam! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019)
Birds of Prey: The Album (2020)
Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (Original Motion Picture Score) (2020)

Video GamesEdit

Man of Steel (2013)
Man of Steel: Hero's Flight (2013)
Batman v Superman: Who Will Win (2016)
Suicide Squad: Special Ops (2016)
Justice League VR: The Complete Experience (2017)

Theme Park AttractionsEdit

Suicide Squad: Six Flags Fright Fest Experience (2016, 2017)

TriviaEdit

While DC Extended Universe films is not impacted by The CW's Arrowverse, Ezra Miller's version of Barry Allen did make a brief appearance during the fourth part of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event.
Originally Green Lantern was to serve as the start of the DC Extended Universe, however due to the poor box office and critical reception the film was scrapped from canon.

ReferencesEdit

[0] "'Wonder Woman 1984’ Release Pushed Until August, ‘In the Heights’ Postponed Due to Coronavirus Pandemic" - Variety

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

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

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

[2021_films-4] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 'The Batman' Moves Back Amid Warner Bros. Date Shuffle – Hollywood Reporter

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

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

[7] Mattson Tomlin Is Co-Writing ‘The Batman’ Script With Matt Reeves

[8] [1]

[9] Black Adam release date

[10] [hhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-moves-back-warner-bros-date-shuffle-1290919 'The Batman' Moves Back Amid Warner Bros. Date Shuffle]

[11] 'The Batman' Moves Back Amid Warner Bros. Date Shuffle

[12] "Jenkins Developing Wonder Woman Spin-Off for the Amazons" - Newsarama

[13] "'Batgirl' Movie Back On, Now With 'Bumblebee' Writer (Exclusive)" - The Hollywood Reporter

[Blackhawk-14] 15.0 ^15.1 "Steven Spielberg to Direct Film Adaptation of DC’s ‘Blackhawk’" - Variety

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[BoosterGold-16] 17.0 ^17.1 "TV Producer of the Year Greg Berlanti: ’I Still Fight About Everything’" - The Hollywood Reporter

[GCS-17] 18.0 ^18.1 David Ayer, Margot Robbie Reteam for All-Female DC Villains Movie 'Gotham City Sirens' (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter

[JokervHarley-18] 19.0 ^19.1 Joker and Harley Quinn Movie Coming from 'Crazy Stupid Love' Filmmakers (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter

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

[20] ttps://www.thewrap.com/wbs-lobo-lands-wonder-woman-writer-jason-fuchs-exclusive/

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

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

[23] ttp://collider.com/nightwing-movie-director-chris-mckay

[24] Warner Bros. Plotting 'Nightwing' Movie With 'Lego Batman Movie' Director (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter

[25] [3]

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

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[28] "Director Patty Jenkins: ‘Wonder Woman 3‘ Will Be a ‘Contemporary Story‘" - The Hollywood Reporter

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