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Is This the DC Cinematic Universe's Future?

One site is claiming they have the scoop on DC's upcoming movies. Come see which characters and movies are potentially on the way.

Ever since DC and Warner Bros. announced a Batman vs. Superman movie, we've all wondered how they'd handle constructing this cinematic universe. Marvel Studios has a big lead on them, but that's by no means stopping them from bringing their big two front and center and then following-up with a Justice League movie. But what else do they have planned? According to Nikki Finke, they're going to make some HUGE announcements at Comic-Con. Her sources say "a lot of stuff remains in flux" but this is what DC's future on the big screen apparently looks like.

May 2016 – Batman v Superman

July 2016 – Shazam

Xmas 2016 – Sandman

May 2017 – Justice League

July 2017 – Wonder Woman

Xmas 2017 – Flash and Green Lantern team-up

May 2018 – Man Of Steel 2

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If that turns out to be true, 2017 is going to be pretty exciting! Additionally, her sources say that Metal Men and Suicide Squad had potential for 2016 but those projects didn't stick. As for why Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice was delayed, Finke says it's because they're going to fill the movie with cameos in order to help prepare for Justice League.

“Like Marvel’s The Avengers, there will be cameos of superheroes for future installments. The cameos will include the already known Cyborg and Flash. Green Lantern [not played by Ryan Reynolds, thank god] may be introduced. And Aquaman will be seen in the Justice League movie. Problem is, Warner Bros Pictures was still negotiating with the actors for those cameos and future roles, meaning major contracts for multiple JL/character films to follow. The studio didn’t want to move forward until they had more of this secure so they held off starting production for a few months. Seemingly simple reason, but the implications are pretty darn huge.”

Sure, only time will tell if this pans out, but what do you think of all this, Viners? Is there anything up there that really gets you stoked? Speak your mind below!

Source: Nikki Finke

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2 Marvel movies per year and 3 DC movies per year. That would make me a very happy camper.

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Captain Marvel before Wonder Woman?? Bull Sh!t!!!!!

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Okay...I just don't know why they're focusing on a Captain Marvel movie so soon when they're not planning on it being part of the DCCU. They should be universe building.

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Cool SHAZAM!!!

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If this is true, then I'm going to feel very mixed about this.

It's nice to see a Wonder Woman movie and an actual sequel to Man of Steel but why not do these movies in order:

Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern reboot, Flash, Aquaman, and a Justice League movie.

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@k4tzm4n: I get it but I feel that each of the Big 3 of DC having a solo film tying into the Justice League would be better. I hate to make the comparison but similar to the way they did with Avengers. I don't know I think it'd do mot to hype up the Justice League but that's just me I guess haha.

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@kal_smahboi: Maybe he has a bigger part in the DCCU than we think, maybe he'll be the character WB will use to introduce us to magic. And Dwayne Johnson is probably Black Adam so that will get asses into the seats.

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Nice, Shazam and Wonder Woman get films, but I ask one thing....

WHERE IS THE AQUAMAN MOVIE?!?!

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@ccraft: Maybe, but (rumor alert) I heard Captain Marvel won't be part of the DCCU. It'll be awesome if he is, but that's just not the way it's looking right now. I'm also wondering if the DCCU needs another "flying brick" character with Superman already established. I'm not saying Cap has no merits, I'm just thinking logistically.

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Is Sandman even part of the DCU?

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@kal_smahboi: I don't see why they wouldn't have Shazam about of the DCCU, Sandman makes sense, but not Shazam.

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@ccraft said:

@kal_smahboi: I don't see why they wouldn't have Shazam about of the DCCU, Sandman makes sense, but not Shazam.

It's just what I've heard. ¯\_(o_o)_/¯

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@kal_smahboi: I don't see it, Shazam as a standalone just doesn't make sense to me, I hope it's just a rumor.

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Just make the Justice League movie already, don't care about stand alone films.

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Ugh, no Aquaman :/

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This looks like a really solid road map. I absolutely love the idea of a Flash/Green Lantern team up film. I think they could have some great dialogue between those two bros and really build a camaraderie between them.

Also, Sandman!? That sounds great. I'd love to see an Aquaman film come along, but tbh I think Sandman has so much more potential for greatness, and deserves a film far more.

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Green Lantern Flash team up? That would be...THE GREATEST THING EVER

Has to be Hal and Barry though, no other Flash/GL combo has as much chemistry and history as they do

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@cloakx14 said:

@captain13 said:
The Brave and The Bold?!
The Brave and The Bold?!
Hell yeah!
Hell yeah!
Please, please, please, please--
Please, please, please, please--
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I'm more of a Hal Jordan fan, but I would be totally down with that excellent casting.

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Man why not a GL and Green Arrow movie. Maybe a GL,GA and Flash movie? That would be badass.

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@xwraith said:

Is Sandman even part of the DCU?

Kind of, yeah. The Pre-52 DCU at least.

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Nice, Shazam and Wonder Woman get films, but I ask one thing....

WHERE IS THE AQUAMAN MOVIE?!?!

DC Cinematic Universe is the State Marvel was in when Iron Man was relaesed

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I wish Idris Elba didn't have a contract with Marvel. I kinda like the idea of casting him as John Stewart.

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I can dig it. Don't know if it's true though.

Interesting to have a Flash GL team-up before they have solo movies but i'm okay with that.

And lol Man of Steel 2 in 2018. No plans for Batman solo anytime soon?

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If this is true, then I'm going to feel very mixed about this.

It's nice to see a Wonder Woman movie and an actual sequel to Man of Steel but why not do these movies in order:

Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern reboot, Flash, Aquaman, and a Justice League movie.

My theory is, Dawn of Justice would lead to a Justice League film. However, they won't simply stay a team and never leave to do other things. If anything, the actual order would be Man of Steel, Batman: Under The Red Hood, Wonder Woman: Odyssey, Dawn of Justice, Green Lantern and Flash: Light in The Sky (They're really gonna need to brainstorm on that one,) Justice League (and here we introduce Aquaman.

However, I think there are other ways to do it. The way WB has things going though, I think they'll do alright. You don't always need to do an origin story. I think when people see Aquaman rising from the sea on a giant sea creature, I think they'll get invested.

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@corpsecraft: How is it a long time? If tHe rumors are true tHe BS film will come out in two years. THe year after tHat WW will get Her solo flick and tHat is after coming out on two otHer films. Before WW film comes out she'll already be in two films.

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That's great and all... but who's playing Flash? But I'm glad Aquaman is gonna be in the movie. DC is not known for their live-action films so I'm not sure if these movies are gonna be good. I'm just gonna have to wait and see.

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Green Lantern & Green Arrow would be so much better.

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May 2018 – Man Of Steel 2

lol

I laughed too, I thought Batman V Superman was MOS 2.

But, good to hear that we will be getting 3 films per year. As long as they don't drop in quality, them I'm good with getting 3 films a year.

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As much as I would love to see most of these movies on this list, I'm VERY skeptical this will all happen. :-\

I'm waiting for Comic-Con to hear some official annoucements from WB/DC.......then I'll mark the F out.

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If it's true I don't know if I like it. It seems like DC is trying too hard to compete with Marvel instead of making good movies. It could backfire and instead of having their own cinematic juggernaut they could over saturate the market and hurt both companies. Give us a good Superman movie, a good Batman movie, Justice League and expand from there. Don't just throw eggs at the wall and call it an omelet!

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And I really was excited when I heard about the Metal Men :-(

Anyway this looks pretty solid. But improbable.

Yeah. No way DC gets their sht together and pulls this off.

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Cool.

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Oh man i really hope this rumor proves out to be true. Its about time DC picked up the slack in the movie department. Then maybe the two comic book giants can coexist as two giants of cinema in the same order!

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@bsaa:

what the heck would a cyborg movie be about? His lack of a supporting cast, and the idiocy of removing his Titans history?

Coming Summer of 2019, is Warner Brothers' Cyborg: The Quest for An Ongoing!

Exactly. I've loved the guy for decades, but it really pisses me off that Steel has been pushed to the back burner for the sake of raising Victor's profile.

Especially considering just how far on-screen armoring has come since Shaquille O'Neil stunk up the place in his cringe worthy "performance" of Superman's technical guru and advisor. HE should get the box-office reboot, not a Cyborg film (that probably wouldn't even include the Titans that are so necessary to tell his story correctly)!

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AHAHAHAAHAHAHAAA. HA! if this is true, which i doubt it, dc is really desperate. they are going the sony route announcing a million movies at once. they will all be either green lanterns or jonah hexes or, even worse, mans of steel. god help us all and the bros will have destruction wood non stop for years.

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I understand DC/WB are getting their sh^t together, but immediately like this? With 6 movies in 2 years? Nope, not this soon. They could barely get one movie out every year and now suddenly they have the balls to do 6 MOVIES in 2 years? Like I said, just don't see it. Maybe 2 movies in 2016 and 1 in 2017 would be more realistic.

But lmfao they are seriously messing with Marvel on their May dates. If any of this is true, the only May date Marvel will win over DC is 2018 (Avengers 3 vs MoS 2).

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CBM's will be dead by 2018 if Marvel and DC go at each other with this number of films. That's including Fox and Sony as well.

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That would be extremely cool for the most part, but I think it would be better if GL or Flash got solo movies before they got a team-up movie.

EDIT: I'd also be disappointed if we didn't get a solo Batman film until past 2018...

Green Lantern already got a solo movie though. No matter the quality it's still too soon for (a traditional) reboot.

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@maximizer: marvel movies are considered by the general population very very good. dc is considered broski movies and destruction p0rn. marvel will win every date. as for your prediction, yes, sony and dc are killing the CBM genre with their crappy rushed movies. we've got about 2-3 years tops before they stop making them, due to oversaturation and the fact that most good hero movies wouldve been made by then.

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5 bucks if BvS makes billions at box office, 5 more if it gets 75 percent or more on Rotten Tomatoes, 5 more if it makes more/is better overall than the Avengers.

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Yeah, I dont see dc pulling this schedule off. They are scrambling to catch up to marvel and I think they will delay half of these projects and/or produce really sh!tty movies

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@_atomikill_: if i lived where you do, i would take that bet. and your money. bvs will get close to ONE billion, if they're lucky. 70%, if they're lucky. topping avengers? NEVER.