The shared universe, much like the original DC Universe in comic books, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. The movies have been in production since 2011 and in that time Warner Bros. has distributed four movies with more than ten in various stages of production. The series has grossed over $3 billion at the global box office, currently making it the seventeenth highest-grossing movie franchise.
The movies are written and directed by a variety of screenwriters and feature large, often ensemble, casts. Several actors, including Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, and Ray Fisher, are set to appear in numerous movies.
In May 2016, DC's chief creative officer Geoff Johns and Warner Bros. executive vice president Jon Berg were appointed to co-run the DC Films division and oversee creative decisions, production and story-arcs in order to create a cohesive overarching plot within the movies.
The first movie in the DCEU was "Man of Steel" (2013), which was followed by "" (2016), "Suicide Squad" (2016), "Wonder Woman" (2017), "Justice League" (2017), "Aquaman" (2018) and "Shazam!" (2019) "Birds of Prey" (2020), "Wonder Woman 1984" (2020), and "Zack Snyder's Justice League" (2021). Future movies include "The Suicide Squad" (2021), "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" (2022), "Black Adam" (2022), and "The Flash" (2022).
Other projects are also in many stages of development, including "Justice League Dark", a third Wonder Woman movie, and untitled solo movies for Blue Beetle, Batgirl, Supergirl, and other characters. Television shows that are being made for HBO Max include "Peacemaker" and "Green Lantern Corps".
Aquaman (movie)
Aquaman is a 2018 American superhero movie based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the sixth movie in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The movie was directed by James Wan, from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall and stars Jason Momoa as Aquaman, with Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Nicole Kidman in supporting roles. In the movie, Aquaman sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, replacing his half-brother, King Orm, who seeks to unite the seven underwater kingdoms against the surface world.
Graham McTavish has been cast in the movie, though his role is currently unknown.
Principal photography began in May 2017 on the Gold Coast, Australia.
A sequel is in development. Amber Heard was fired and the character of Mera will be recasted while Mamoa will reprise his role.
Mera (comics)
Mera () is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was developed by Jack Miller and Nick Cardy. The character first appeared in "Aquaman" #11 (September 1963) as a queen of the sea. Mera was ranked 81st in "Comics Buyer's Guide's" "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.
American actress Amber Heard will portray Mera in the upcoming live-action movie "Justice League", directed by Zack Snyder,and will return in "Aquaman", directed by James Wan.
Geoff Johns
Geoff Johns (born January 25, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American comic book and television writer, movie producer, and television producer. He is the president and Chief Creative Officer at DC Comics since 2010.
His most notable work in different media has used the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, The Flash, and Superman. He is known for his work on The WB/The CW's "Smallville", "Arrow" and "The Flash".
Johns is also a comic book retailer who co-owns Earth-2 Comics in Northridge, California with Carr D'Angelo and Jud Meyers.
In 2016, Johns was made the co-runner of the DC Extended Universe, and co-chairman of DC Films in order to create a unified vision and overarching story for the franchise.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (born 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for his role Cadillac in the television series "The Get Down". He also starred in "Baywatch" (2017). He also appeared in "The Greatest Showman" and DC's "Aquaman" as Black Manta.
Abdul-Mateen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before acting, Abdul-Mateen was an architect.
Sinestro
Thaal Sinestro () is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Sinestro is a former Green Lantern Corps member who was dishonorably discharged for abusing his power. He is the archenemy of Green Lantern and founder of the Sinestro Corps, though he occasionally has acted in anti-heroic roles as well.
The character was created by John Broome and Gil Kane, and first appeared in "Green Lantern" (vol. 2) # 7 (August 1961).
In 2009, IGN ranked Sinestro as the 15th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Mark Strong portrays Sinestro in the live-action movie "Green Lantern".
The Wizard (movie)
The Wizard is a 1989 American adventure comedy-drama family movie. It was directed by Todd Holland. It was written by David Chisholm. It stars Fred Savage, Christian Slater, , Beau Bridges, and Luke Edwards.
The movie is about three children travelling to California. The youngest of the three is a genius in video games. "The Wizard" is famous for its extensive product placement of video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The MOVIE was also famous for being North America's introduction to one of the best-selling video games of all time, "Super Mario Bros. 3".
After his little brother, Jimmy (Luke Edwards), a boy who is always with his lunchbox, is put into a mental institution, Corey (Fred Savage) breaks him out and the pair run off together to California. On their way, Corey meets a girl named Haley (Jenny Lewis) and discovers that Jimmy is a genius at playing video games. With talents like this, he could easily win the top prize of $50,000 at Video Armageddon. While the three travellers are going (hitch-hiking) to the competition, the boys' parents hire a bounty hunter to track them down.
Recording took place between June 5 and July 25, 1989. Lee Hartney from The Smith Street Band was nearly cast in the lead role, but due to location conflicts (problems) was never officially offered the part. In a 2008 reunion and 2014 interview, Todd Holland, the director of the movie, revealed that the original cut of the movie was 2.5 hours long and included an extended backstory (background) for Corey and Jimmy.
Mark Esper
Mark Thomas Esper (born April 26, 1964) is an American lobbyist and former government administrator for the United States Department of Defense. Esper is the 27th and current United States Secretary of Defense since July 2019. He was the 23rd United States Secretary of the Army from November 2017 until July 2019. He served as Vice President of government relations at Raytheon.
Esper studied at United States Military Academy, Harvard University and at George Washington University.
On July 19, 2017, it was announced that President Donald Trump had the intention of nominating Esper to become U.S. Secretary of the Army. He is Trump's third nominee for the position, following the withdrawals of Vincent Viola and Mark E. Green. He was confirmed by the Senate on November 15, 2017. He resigned on June 24, 2019 to become acting Defense Secretary.
President Donald Trump announced on June 18, 2019, that Esper would become acting Secretary of Defense. Three days later, Trump nominated Esper to serve the job full time. On July 23, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 90–8.
On November 5, 2020, shortly after the 2020 presidential election, it was reported that Esper had prepared a letter of resignation from his position as Secretary of Defense. He was fired by President Trump four days later on November 9.
Joe Morton