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| DC Elseworlds | |
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| DC Studios logo modeled after the "DC Bullet" design introduced in 1977 DC Studios logo, used since 2024 | |
| Based on | Characters from DC |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | See below |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | |
Release date | 2023–present |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
DC Elseworlds is an American line of films, and television series, produced by DC Studios that do not fit into the continuity of the DC Universe (DCU).
Background
[edit | edit source]In April 2022, Discovery, Inc. and Warner Bros. Pictures' parent company WarnerMedia merged to become Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), led by president and CEO David Zaslav. The new company was expected to restructure DC Entertainment so the film, television, and video game divisions of the company could be aligned.Even before the merger was complete, Zaslav began meeting with candidates to take over DC Films—including film executive Emma Watts—with the hope of finding an equivalent to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. Despite some recent successes with DC films and series, Zaslav and WBD felt DC lacked a "coherent creative and brand strategy" and were underusing key characters such as Superman.[1] DC Films president Walter Hamada was still contracted until 2023, and his supporters felt Zaslav was not giving him enough credit for his DC plans and successes.[2] In June, Zaslav announced that DC Films would be separated from Warner Bros. within the WBD structure but would be overseen by Warner Bros. film chairs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy until a new DC head was appointed.[3]
Development
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Writer/director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran were announced as the co-chairs and co-CEOs of the newly formed DC Studios at the end of October 2022 and were set to take over from Walter Hamada on November 1. It was considered a shocking and unprecedented decision to have a high-profile director like Gunn move into a top executive position at a film studio. Gunn was expected to focus on the creative side of the company while Safran focused on the business and production side, and their deal was reportedly for four years. In addition to their new roles, Gunn and Safran were expected to continue directing and producing projects, respectively, though these would be exclusively for Warner Bros. Discovery. They would report directly to David Zaslav and work closely with Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy.[4] A week after starting their new roles, the pair said they had begun working with a group of writers to develop an eight-to-ten-year plan for the new DC Universe (DCU).[5][6]
In January 2023, the DCU was reported to be a "broad but not blanket reset" of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).[7] On January 31, Gunn and Safran unveiled the first projects from the DCU slate.[8] Whle announcing the first projects for the DCU; Gunn said any project that did not fit into the DCU's shared universe would be labeled as "DC Elseworlds" moving forward. This is the same as how DC Comics uses the Elseworlds imprint to mark comic books that are separate from its main continuity.[9] Safran said there was a high bar that non-DCU projects would have to meet to be greenlit.[8] Gunn briefly considered integrating Matt Reeves' The Batman franchise into the DCU, but preferred being able to freely tell Elseworlds stories.[10]
Films
[edit | edit source]Live-action
[edit | edit source]| Film | U.S. release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Status |
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| Joker films[11] | |||||
| Joker: Folie à Deux | October 4, 2024 | Todd Phillips | Scott Silver & Todd Phillips | Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff & Joseph Garner | Released |
| Batman Epic Crime Saga[12] | |||||
| Untitled The Batman sequel | October 1, 2027[13] | Matt Reeves | Matt Reeves & Mattson Tomlin[14] | TBA | Pre-production |
| Third The Batman film[15] | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | In development |
| Other films | |||||
| Untitled Black-led Superman film[16] | TBA | TBA | Ta-Nehisi Coates[17] | J. J. Abrams[18] | In development |
| Untitled Constantine sequel[19] | TBA | Francis Lawrence[20] | TBA | TBA | |
Animated
[edit | edit source]| Film | U.S. release date | Continuity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC Universe Animated Original Movies (DCUAOM)[21] | |||||
| Legion of Super-Heroes | February 7, 2023 | Tomorrowverse | |||
| Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham | March 28, 2023 | Standalone | |||
| Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part I | April 25, 2023 | RWBY | |||
| Justice League: Warworld | July 25, 2023 | Tomorrowverse | |||
| Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part II | October 17, 2023 | RWBY | |||
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One | January 9, 2024 | Tomorrowverse | |||
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two | April 23, 2024 | Tomorrowverse | |||
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three | July 16, 2024 | Tomorrowverse | |||
| Watchmen Chapter I | August 13, 2024 | Standalone | |||
| Watchmen Chapter II | November 26, 2024 | Standalone | |||
Television series
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