Justice League
Summary
Six years later , Warner Bros. ' bold plan for 2017’sJustice Leagueand the large DCEU attend even worse . With arebooted DCU on the horizon , the door has formally closed on the macrocosm that began with Zack Snyder’sMan of Steel . This was mostly in part due to the problematic discharge ofJustice League , the crossover voter that was meant to truly kick off a partake macrocosm of stories and heroes that never obtain its lawful stride in the years that travel along .
commence withMan of Steelin 2013 , Zack Snyder was tasked with creating a shared DC Universe of movies , not unlikeMarvel Studios ' MCUwhich at the time had just relinquish its first crossoverThe Avengersin 2012 . In an apparent bid to catch up , the decision was made to makeMan of Steel’ssequel not only a feature of speech match Superman against Batman , but also a prelude toJustice League . Apart fromMan of Steeland 2017’sWonder cleaning woman , this signify that the DCEU ’s first adult crossover was come before each bomber received their own feature . This concept proved to be quite fatal for the now - dead universe .
The DCEU ’s timeline may be about to be rebooted in the DC Universe , but here ’s how to see the DCEU in release rescript or chronological order .
The DCEU’s Release Schedule Was A Bold Gamble
Crossover Before Solo Movies
There ’s no deny that Warner Bros ' plan was quite bold ( even if it at long last did n’t work out ) . Essentially , the plan was to do the inverse of Marvel by introducing several characters in a team - up movie and subsequently using that as a launch pad for solo picture show that would fall out up on each character ’s individual development . However , the challenging and very knotty product ofJustice Leaguesuch as theswitching of director from Snyder to Joss Whedonhalfway , which in turn led to behind - the - scenes turmoil , resulting in a sub - par box office going with widespread negatively charged reception .
This generated the unfortunate domino outcome in the age that follow where the DCEU would only come to enjoy temperate success here and there after abandoning the nifty imaginativeness from Snyder . Originally , Snyder had 5 DCEU film in mindasJustice Leaguewould have been the first of a trilogy after being fructify up byMan of SteelandBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justice . However , he also had plans in the work for all the Justice League ’s heroes include aFlashtrilogy that would have bring up the DCEU in a " Flashpoint " fashion event once theJustice Leaguetrilogy had concluded .
Snyder was never allowed to full execute his visual sense , henceJustice League’sfailure and why the the rest of his trilogy will never be nail , let alone the rest of the DCEU as it was intended . The divvy up universe clearly fall dupe to Warner Bros. ' conclusion to bank on the success ofJustice Leagueas the solitary motion-picture show to springboard the rest of the franchise . It certainly did n’t help that they lost faith in Snyder ’s visual modality after they themselves created obstacles that could n’t be whelm , at least not until 2021’sZack Snyder ’s Justice Leaguewhich finally gave the director the chance to show his dead on target vision for the firstJustice League .
No Cyborg Movie, Batman Movie, And Flash Took Forever
It ’s worth remark that the original architectural plan was fairly followed through with Aquaman getting his own pic the next year in 2018 and Wonder Woman getting a continuation in 2020 . However , Ben Affleck ’s Batman did not get his solo movie , nor did Cyborg seeing as how actorRay Fisher wanted picayune to do with DC Studiosfollowing the problematic production ofJustice League . WhileThe Flashfinally got his solo movie in 2023 , there were so many rewrite and delay that there was next to no momentum behind it like it might have had with Snyder ’s original DCEU plan .
Now , the next DCU is on the path from new DC Studios heads James Gun and Peter Safran , featuring new write up as well as new histrion for some of the biggest DC Hero of Alexandria . To that ending , Warner Bros. has been struggling to generate fervor for 2023’sAquaman and the Lost Kingdom , the subsequence starring Jason Moma ’s Arthur Curry which will attend to as the DCEU ’s final chapter . It ’s quite patent that Warner Bros. was never able to regain traction in this preceding world ( at least when it come to the Justice League ) .
The DCEU is almost everlasting after 15 movies , but how does Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom compare to the likes of Justice League and The Flash ?
How The New DCU Is Playing It Safer With Its Release Schedule
No Crossovers Have Even Been Announced
While it stay to be seen if the movies in the DCU will in reality be beneficial than in the DCEU , the more proved formula of introducing characters in solo labor before even announce a team - up is definitely safer , at least where the Justice League is consider . It ’ll allow DC Studio to see what rooter and mainstream hearing reply to and what they do n’t before form their big , tentpole crosswalk that will presumably come afterward . As it stands , the upcomingDCU ’s first chapter entitledGods and Monstersdoes not yet have aJustice Leaguemovie in the growth , which does seem like a good planetary house all thing considered .
