DC Universe (franchise)

The **DC Universe** (**DCU**) is an American media franchise and shared universe based on characters from DC Comics publications. It was created by James Gunn and Peter Safran, co-chairmen and co-CEOs of DC Studios.

The franchise is a soft reboot of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The DCU will keep some of the cast members of the DCEU while replacing others. For example, cast members such as Viola Davis (Amanda Waller) and John Cena (Peacemaker) will return, with their characters to be put into the new storyline. Others, such as Henry Cavill (Superman), Ben Affleck (Batman), and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) will see new actors take on new versions of their characters.

The story of the DCU is divided into chapters, starting with "Gods and Monsters" which will begin in 2024 with the animated series _Creature Commandos_. Gunn and Safran said the chapter's first movie, _Superman_ (2025), will be the real beginning of the DCU.

In June 2023, it was confirmed that a new Batman would appear in the universe in the movie _The Brave and the Bold_ and would be directed by _The Flash_ director Andy Muschietti. This first chapter will include movies about Superman, Batman, Supergirl, _The Authority_ and Swamp Thing.
James Gunn also confirmed that there will be projects that will not be part of the DCU, which will be called "DC Elseworlds" projects.

## Movies

|scope="col"|Film|scope="col"|U.S. release date|scope="col"|Director|scope="col"|Screenwriter|scope="col"|Producers|scope="col"|Status|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||colspan="2"|James Gunn|rowspan="2"|Peter Safran and James Gunn|Released|||||||
|_Supergirl_|June 26, 2026|Craig Gillespie|Ana Nogueira|Post-production||||||||
|_Clayface_|September 11, 2026|James Watkins|Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini|Peter Safran, James Gunn, Matt Reeves, and Lynn Harris|Pre-production|||||||
|||||rowspan="4"|In development|||||||
||Andy Muschietti||James Gunn, Peter Safran, and Barbara Muschietti|||||||||
||colspan="2"|James Mangold||||||||||
|Untitled Wonder Woman movie|||Ana Nogueira|||||||||
|||Ana Nogueira||In development||||||||
|February 18, 2005|Francis Lawrence|Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello|Gilbert Adler, Michael Aguilar, and Lorenzo di Bonaventura|rowspan="2"|Released|||||||
|March 4, 2022|Matt Reeves|Matt Reeves and Peter Craig|Matt Reeves and Dylan Clark|||||||||
|October 1, 2027|Matt Reeves|Matt Reeves and Mattson Tomlin|Dylan Clark|rowspan="2"|In development|||||||
|TBA|Francis Lawrence|TBA|TBA|||||||||

## Television series

|scope="col"|Series|scope="col"|Seasons|scope="col"|Episodes|scope="col"|Original release|scope="col"|Showrunners(s)|scope="col"|Status|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|7|Late|James Gunn|Released||||||||
|2|8||James Gunn|Released||||||||
|1|||Christal Henry & Jeremy Carver|rowspan="4"|In development|||||||
|1||||||||||||
|1||||||||||||
|1||||||||||||
|1|||Antonio Campos|rowspan="2"|In development|||||||
|1|||Miguel Puga|||||||||
|1-10|217|October 16, 2001|Alfred Gough and Miles Millar|Released||||||||
|1|8|September 19, 2024|Lauren LeFranc|Released||||||||
|1|TBA|TBA|TBA|rowspan="6"|In development|||||||
|1|TBA|TBA|TBA|||||||||
|1|TBA|TBA|TBA|||||||||
|1|TBA|TBA|James Gunn|||||||||
|1|TBA|TBA|Alfred Gough and Miles Millar|||||||||

## Video Games

|Video Games|Release Date|Developer|Publisher|Status|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Untitled Flash Game|TBA|Rocksteady Games|Warner Bros Games|In Development|
|Batman: Arkham Beyond|TBA|Rocksteady Games|Warner Bros Games|In Development|

#### List indicators

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in multiple DCU projects.

- An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film or television series, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- <sup>R</sup> indicates a recurring role in the film or television series.
- <sup>U</sup> indicates an uncredited appearance.
- <sup>V</sup> indicates a voice-only role.
|Character|Movies|Animated television series|Live-action television series|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Steve Agee<sup>VR</sup>|Steve Agee|||
|David Corenswet||||
|Cameo<sup>U</sup>||||
|Frank Grillo|Frank Grillo<sup>V</sup>|Frank Grillo||
|Nathan Fillion||||
|Nathan Fillion||||
|Edi Gathegi||||
|Cameo<sup>U</sup>||||
|Sean Gunn||||
|Sean Gunn||||
|Nicholas Hoult||||
|Nicholas Hoult||||
|Isabela Merced||||
|Isabela Merced||||
|John Cena<sup>U</sup>||||
|John Cena||||
|Terence Rosemore||||
|Terence Rosemore||||
|Stephen Blackehart||||
|Stephen Blackehart||||
|James Hiroyuki Liao||||
|James Hiroyuki Liao||||
|Michael Ian Black||||
|Michael Ian Black||||
|Viola Davis<sup>VR</sup>|Viola Davis|||
|Milly Alcock<sup>U</sup>||Cameo<sup>U</sup>||

## Infobox (media franchise)

- **italic title**: no
- **image**: DC Studios logo.svg
- **image size**: 150px
- **caption**: DC Studios logo, used since 2024
- **owner**: Warner Bros. Discovery