The DCEU slate, what is it? What should it be?

[Erzengel]

Flash -
Director - No
Actor - Ezra Miller
Screenwriter - Joby Harold, writing a new script

The Batman
Director - Matt Reeves
Actor - Ben Affleck
Screenwriter - Unknown if new script

Green Lantern Corps
Director - No
Actor - No
Screenwriter - David S. Goyer & Justin Rhodes

Cyborg
Director - No
Actor - Ray Fisher
Screenwriter - No

Suicide Squad 2
Director - No, but courting Mel Gibson
Actor(s) - Margot Robbie, Will Smith
Screenwriter - No

Gotham City Sirens
Director - David Ayer
Actors - Just Margot Robbie
Screenwriter - Geneva Robertson-Dworet

Deadshot
Director - No
Actor - Will Smith
Screenwriter - No

Man of Steel
Director - No
Actor - Henry Cavill
Screenwriter - No

Nightwing
Director - Chris McKay
Actor - No
Screenwriter - No

Shazam
Director - No
Actor - No
Screenwriter - No

Black Adam
Director - No
Actor - Dwayne Johnson
Screenwriter - No

Justice League Dark
Director - Doug Lirman
Actor - No
Screenwriter - No

Lobo
Director - No
Actor - No
Screenwriter - Jason Fuchs

Justice League 2
Director - No
Actors - Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck?
Screenwriter - No

Seems the only one that can go first is Sirens and then Batman.

 

[BH/HHH]

Maybe there is a script for Man of Steel 2, after all Amy Adams back in November did say they were working on one. Who knows? I'm pretty sure we're gonna find out more when Comic Con hits.

 

[Erzengel]

Obviously, things can change in a day, week, month or so but as of right now, that's all that's been formally released in terms of names.

 

[Hammer!]

I feel like Superman 2 is furthest on the back burner of all the multitude of announced films.

 

[Greenlite]

CYBORG will depend on how well the character is received. That should have been obvious from Day One.

A Booster Gold film will have a smaller budget, and be an action comedy. It's a safer bet in general, and I expect it will happen sooner or later, this is not the first time they've discussed it, and they were developing a TV show previously (much like TITANS).

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK has an actual director attached. It's been a project the studio has been interested in for almost a decade now.



Why, exactly?

The "old" is just other heroes.

The "new" is just more of Batman's universe, which was half the basis of the "old" anyway.

IMO Cyborg is more likely to be morphed into a Titans movie with Nightwing/Batgirl/Flash, and I'd like to see an Avenger/Defender type of build up since they skipped that for the JL - Nightwing-Batgirl-Flash leading into a young people's event film - Titans. Of course, if Cyborg's the superstar then they might give him a solo, but this is all guesswork, personally I don't see him getting his own sequel, there're no words on anything on Cyborg solo.

Movies like Booster Gold is just too far down the chain, do you see any animation movie coming out with Batman "guest starring" like JLD and Assault on Arkham, or any reports on a director or writer since the new regime took over? They can't do 4 films per year consistently so I don't see this in the short term, like the next 5 years.

JLD director was attached to Channing Tatum's project for a long time then he jumped ship, to a project that did not move forward for a long time, and since his announcement we've heard nothing for a long time. When I say forget about these properties, I mean for the short term, because it's not the new regime's priority, that priority is BCU, and you've only got room so many DC films to release per year.

What I'm saying is, it's unfair to add the old planned films to the new plan, and say hey, WB has 100 movies in development. There's only really 7, with 3 released in the next 20 months. The other 93 are in the backburner until thing stabilize in the next 3-4 years, THEN they might bring back a few of the 93 films from before but that won't be with the same ingredient from 5 years ago, it will be a different setup, vision and personels for these films.

Seems the only one that can go first is Sirens and then Batman.

Thanks for the summary. I'd add a potential director for Shazam (lights out), and scrap Deadshot and Lobo. And this summary shows how many and what selective projects WB is concentrating on for the next few years.

I feel like Superman 2 is furthest on the back burner of all the multitude of announced films.

That's a hard one because they might want to see if media/public receives the reborn Superman well, if not then it just makes things harder.

 

[The Guard]

Flash -
Director - No
Actor - Ezra Miller
Screenwriter - Joby Harold, writing a new script

The Batman
Director - Matt Reeves
Actor - Ben Affleck
Screenwriter - Unknown if new script

Green Lantern Corps
Director - No
Actor - No
Screenwriter - David S. Goyer & Justin Rhodes

Cyborg
Director - No
Actor - Ray Fisher
Screenwriter - No

Suicide Squad 2
Director - No, but courting Mel Gibson
Actor(s) - Margot Robbie, Will Smith
Screenwriter - No

Gotham City Sirens
Director - David Ayer
Actors - Just Margot Robbie
Screenwriter - Geneva Robertson-Dworet

Deadshot
Director - No
Actor - Will Smith
Screenwriter - No

Man of Steel
Director - No
Actor - Henry Cavill
Screenwriter - No

Nightwing
Director - Chris McKay
Actor - No
Screenwriter - No

Shazam
Director - No
Actor - No
Screenwriter - No

Black Adam
Director - No
Actor - Dwayne Johnson
Screenwriter - No

Justice League Dark
Director - No
Actor - No
Screenwriter - No

Lobo
Director - No
Actor - No
Screenwriter - No

Justice League 2
Director - No
Actors - Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck?
Screenwriter - No

Seems the only one that can go first is Sirens and then Batman.

So because you don't know who is working on these projects...you assume no one is?

People seem to assume that because a writer is announced in trades, etc, that that writer wasn't already working on the project and WB didn't already receive a script that they liked from that writer.

Or did people think Chris Terrio jumped onto THE BATMAN and banged out a good script in a matter of a week?

 

[Erzengel]

So because you don't know who is working on these projects...you assume no one is?

People seem to assume that because a writer is announced in trades, etc, that that writer wasn't already working on the project and WB didn't already receive a script that they liked from that writer.

Or did people think Chris Terrio jumped onto THE BATMAN and banged out a good script in a matter of a week?

There could be scripts concreted, directors who may be on the verge of being connected to and/or actors already cast. But if someone asks right now, what's the status on it, should we say, well someone COULD be working on it?

 

[Greenlite]

James Cameron's attached to do the Avatar sequel since 2009

 

[BH/HHH]

James Cameron's attached to do the Avatar sequel since 2009

Aye I really don't think it will happen

 

[The Guard]

There could be scripts concreted, directors who may be on the verge of being connected to and/or actors already cast. But if someone asks right now, what's the status on it, should we say, well someone COULD be working on it?

No, you simply admit you don't know. There's no shame in that, and there's no shame in WB not revealing every detail about all their projects, especially before pre-production. No studio does.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Aye I really don't think it will happen

Here's hoping....

 

[Grommers]

Bruce Timm who was/is king of the animated super hero universe has stated multiple times the Flash is the hardest character to do.

You can only trip on so many bananas.

I imagine they are having the same issue with a big screen movie. The TV show is in its 3rd season, and they are still having to explain things about his powers, while build up the characters, sure there is a lot of pointless romanticism in the show, but I bet you could easily fill up 2 plus hours explaining flashes powers...

let alone other supporting characters etc.

It'll have to be quite the director who takes him on, and I really hope they get someone who can do it well with a really good vision, personally I'd like to see Joss Whedon, despite his ties to the MCU, I feel his movies have had a good feel to them that fits the flash persona, he also seems like the kind of guy who can explain something simply enough but keep the story moving and balance characters.

I'm a DC fan, and I respect the Marvel heroes for what they are - but I really do hope DC brings diversity between there universe and doesn't cave to doing it the marvel way. I like the idea we had a Batman vs Superman where it was dark - I imagine justice league will be a little lighter, "The Batman" being more darker "nightwing" some what light hearted, flash light hearted, gotham city sirens fun, suicide squad fun, aquaman i hope they go something like gladiator.

 

[Erzengel]

No, you simply admit you don't know. There's no shame in that, and there's no shame in WB not revealing every detail about all their projects, especially before pre-production. No studio does.

I didn't post that as to shame anyone.

It's just a list based on an article about all the discussed DCEU announced by WB and the people that are currently attached to same.

I could have easily said, "No name officially announced yet." I thought "No." would have been sufficient.

 

[Superchan]

I feel like Superman 2 is furthest on the back burner of all the multitude of announced films.

On the contrary IMO, if the wrap's report about the movie being in "active development" (this was 6 months ago!) and Mark Hughes's report about WB talking to 3 directors about the film are true then MOS2 might be one of the furthest along....but then again this is WB so who the hell knows.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Unless something has changed Doug Liman is directing Justice League Dark and David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) is, potentially, on Shazam.

 

[Jekecy]

It's only bad if you insist on viewing it as bad, and insist on believing that the directors who left were the absolute best choice or good choices for the project.

I am not talking about the typical studio pitches that I'm sure they get dozens of for any given project. Of course there are hundreds of rejections which take place at this stage.

No, I'm referring to creatives who have had multiple meetings with the executives to discuss the core elements of the film they will both be working on. And it has reached a point where a contract was signed.

How are people "insisting" it's bad when those partnerships fall through? It's a fundamental flaw in their process. These major disputes are taken care of before the dotted lines are signed. At best it makes them look indecisive for not being able to compromise with the director they ultimately chose.

What "fallout" are you referring to, exactly?

Wonder Woman - Michelle MacLaren
The Flash - Seth Grahame-Smith & Rick Famuyiwa
The Batman - Ben Affleck

 

[BlueLanternKal]

How do you know if Ben ever signed a contract to direct? He had a 3 picture deal... as an actor.

 

[Erzengel]

Unless something has changed Doug Liman is directing Justice League Dark and David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) is, potentially, on Shazam.

I missed that in the article. Thanks. Also Fuchs for Lobo as a writer.

 

[Jekecy]

How do you know if Ben ever signed a contract to direct? He had a 3 picture deal... as an actor.

When WBs CEO introduced him as "the next Batman director", he's specifically brought out at the DCEU director's panel in Comic Con, and has spoken for months confirming his directorial position, it's just putting two and two together.

But even if we're to assume he didn't have a contract, that doesn't make WB look any better. Makes it a lot worse actually, to not clamp down on the guy you're hedging your bets on to lead your most valuable property.

 

[BlueLanternKal]

Eh... they thought he'd want to do it. They let him take a shot at something bigger with LBN and it didn't pan out. Both sides took a step back to reassess and decided it was best to bring someone else in. LBN was Ben's largest flick to date. Between working that JL, and The Batman it was too much on his plate. Doesn't sound bad to me. Sounds like everyone played it safe for the sake of Batman which is smart business.

 

[Jekecy]

Don't get me wrong, while the process of getting there was completely messy, I'm much more satisfied with Reeves than I ever was with Affleck. But Batman seems to always revive itself, it's the other IPs I'm worried about.

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

Reeves is an upgrade from Affleck if you ask me.

Especially post Live by Night Affleck who's imaginably going through hell in his personal life.

 

[batfreakforever]

Any step forward is great. We might have some bad movies or good movies. Who knows but they will continue either way. You might get what you want now or you might have to wait a while. Just look at fans of Harley and even Nightwing. We got one for Harley (regardless of what you think of SS) and now another film with Harley.and now a freaking Nightwing movie. It will all happen eventually somewhere down the line. Just be patient. Relax and enjoy or try to, what you have and if you dont have much then treasure what you do. Its all good.

 

[Greenlite]

Any step forward is great. We might have some bad movies or good movies. Who knows but they will continue either way. You might get what you want now or you might have to wait a while. Just look at fans of Harley and even Nightwing. We got one for Harley (regardless of what you think of SS) and now another film with Harley.and now a freaking Nightwing movie. It will all happen eventually somewhere down the line. Just be patient. Relax and enjoy or try to, what you have and if you dont have much then treasure what you do. Its all good.

+1

 

[Drseuss]

Guillermo del Toro has already finished the script of JLD I assume.