Despite projects shifting around the slate – and the critical backlash against Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League – the original 2014 master plan has been executed for the most part, with only 2018 missing a second DC-derived film and Cyborg disappearing entirely. Things did not go according to plan, with Justice League compressing its story into one film and projects like The Flash feature film experiencing constant delays. The original schedule included a two-part Justice League project and at least two films a year through 2020. Pictures and DC Entertainment announced a series of movies based on DC Comics characters.

Pictures’ plans for its extended universe… So before we take a look at the latest changes to its film schedule, let’s go back to the beginning of Warner Bros. The creation of DC Studios and the Chapter One plan are the latest shockwaves in the often incredible story of Warner Bros.’ attempts to bring the DC Comics characters to the screen.

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Oh, and then there are the three remaining unreleased films the previous regime produced to consider. The plan is ambitious with an equal amount of Batman, Superman, and lesser known characters getting the film spotlight. Dubbed “Chapter One,” it will focus on the “gods and monsters” of the DC Cinematic Universe - which will seemingly be referred to as the DCU.

The first part of their plan was revealed on January 31, 2023. Call it a “Shadow Crisis” - one that continued to escalate as DC film projects and TV shows hit the scrap heap across the later half of 2022 and Gunn kept assuring fans he and Safran would soon announce a plan for DC Studios. Discovery corporation: ditch the Multiverse and plan a coherent, consistent DC live-action universe. Their first directive from the merged Warner Bros. and the DC production company was reorganized into DC Studios with The Suicide Squad director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran as its co-CEOs. But before the plan could really get underway, DC Films’ parent company was sold to Discovery, Inc.

Television’s suite of ongoing shows like The Flash and Pennyworth. Many years later, the publishing house would bring back its Multiverse and inspire DC Films to use the concept as an overarching narrative structure for its slate of films and Warner Bros. In 1985, DC Comics merged its fictional Multiverse into one, seemingly coherent world.

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