DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has confirmed that Superman and Lanterns are among the many few DCU tasks really in manufacturing.
Replying to a fan on Threads who requested if the Wonder Woman-adjacent collection Paradise Lost continues to be in manufacturing, Gunn confirmed it is not however did give an inventory of tasks which are. “Nothing is ‘in manufacturing’ until it has been greenlit,” he clarified.
Superman and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow are the one two movies from the DC Universe at present in manufacturing, the previous of which is the one DCU undertaking with a launch date in any respect: July 11, 2025.
Also in manufacturing is Peacemaker Season 2 (which is able to choose up proper the place Season 1 left off), Lanterns, and “a handful of animated tasks” together with Creature Commandos, which is able to kick off the DCU when it premieres in December 2024.
Finally, Penguin is the final undertaking in growth, however this is not a part of the DCU and as a substitute the BatVerse, led by Robert Pattinson’s 2022 movie The Batman.
Gunn clarified this doesn’t suggest the opposite tasks are shelved or forgotten about. “Paradise Lost, like many different titles recognized and unknown, continues to be in very energetic growth,” he stated. “It can be in manufacturing as soon as we now have a script or scripts we expect are nice and able to shoot, by no means earlier than. As an apart, we aren’t formally forged on something that isn’t greenlit.”
Plenty of the DCU Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters is due to this fact nonetheless being labored on behind the scenes, together with movies The Authority, The Brave and the Bold, and Swamp Thing. On the TV present entrance, DC Studios has Waller, Booster Gold, and the aforementioned Paradise Lost awaiting the inexperienced gentle.
The movies and reveals in manufacturing will almost definitely come first, however Waller is probably the almost definitely candidate to get the inexperienced gentle subsequent. Gunn replied to a different fan to say it is doing “great” and in “very energetic growth.”
Despite Creature Commandos coming first, the DCU’s headlining undertaking is of course Superman. It stars David Corenswet because the Man of Steel and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane alongside a ton of different superheroes: Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho, María Gabriela as The Engineer, and extra. Gunn has confirmed these actors will play the roles in different DCU tasks too.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.