DC Studios

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**DC Studios** is an American film production company, and is the film studio division for DC Entertainment. Working through Warner Bros, they produce film, TV, and video game adaptations of characters and stories published by DC Comics for release in theaters and on Max, The CW, Cartoon Network, and Netflix, the vast majority of which will soon begin to take place in the DC Universe.

## History

DC Studios was founded through Warner Bros. under the name DC Films in 2016 by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg to attempt to structure the DC Extended Universe, which had been struggling critically and financially. Their first produced film, *Suicide Squad*, was heavily reshot and edited down in an attempt to make it less grim and more lighthearted, resulting in a film that was almost universally hated by audiences and critics. Eventually, Walter Hamada became president of the studio, and began editing down other films like *Justice League*, and releasing films across the DCEU that were hit and miss with critics. Many complained were inconsistent in style and tone from one another and didn't seem to connect much.

Even after releasing director Zack Snyder's original version of *Justice League* in 2021, DC Films still lacked direction and consistency in their films, even beginning to produce content outside of the main DCEU such as *Joker* and *The Batman*, which proved widely successful, arguably more so than their DCEU projects. They even cancelled the film *Batgirl* to get money from a tax write-off, despite the film being in post-production. Eventually in late 2022, James Gunn and Peter Safran were named co-CEOs of DC Films, now renamed DC Studios, and set about restructuring the DCEU, eventually deciding to simply reboot it into the DC Universe, a new world with some projects from the DCEU integrated into the timeline.

The first wave of projects in this new franchise is entitled "Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters", and will include the upcoming films *Superman: Legacy*, *The Authority*, *The Brave and the Bold*, *Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow*, and *Swamp Thing*, and the upcoming TV series *Creature Commandos*, *Waller*, *Lanterns*, *Paradise Lost*, and *Booster Gold*, as well as more projects that haven't been officially announced yet. Gunn and Safran's plan for this universe will span 8 to 10 years covering as much of DC lore as they can in that time through film and television. Meanwhile, all projects not set in the main DCU will be labelled as "DC Elseworlds", including TV series set in the Arrowverse, projects set in the world of *The Batman*, and animated films set in the Tomorrowverse.

## DC Extended Universe

### Films

* *Man of Steel* (2013)
* *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2016)
* *Suicide Squad* (2016)
* *Wonder Woman* (2017)
* *Aquaman* (2018)
* *Shazam!* (2019)
* *Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)* (2020)
* *Wonder Woman 1984* (2020)
* *Zack Snyder's Justice League* (2021)
* *The Suicide Squad* (2021)
* *Black Adam* (2022)
* *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023)
* *The Flash* (2023)
* *Blue Beetle* (2023)

## DC Elseworlds

### Films

* *Justice League* (2017)
* *Joker* (2019)
* *The Batman* (2022)
* *Legion of Super-Heroes* (2023)
* *Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham* (2023)
* *Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One* (2023)
* *Justice League: Warworld* (2023)
* *Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!* (2023)

### Television series

* *Teen Titans Go!* (2013 - present) (Season 8 onwards)
* *The Flash* (2014 - 2023) (Season 9 only)
* *Titans* (2018 - 2023) (Season 4 only)
* *Doom Patrol* (2019 - present) (Season 4 only)
* *Harley Quinn* (2019 - present) (Season 4 onwards)
* *Superman & Lois* (2021 - present) (Season 3 onwards)
* *Sweet Tooth* (2021 - present)
* *The Sandman* (2022 - present)
* *Batwheels* (2022 - present) (Season 2 onwards)
* *Gotham Knights* (2023)
* *My Adventures with Superman* (2023 - present)

## See Also

* Pages related to DC Studios
* DC Studios Characters

## Notes

* Every TV series produced by DC Studios was only produced by them from 2022 onward.
* A number of films initially announced by DC Studios to be set in the DC Extended Universe were cancelled or reworked into other projects over the years, including *Harley Quinn vs. The Joker*, *The Trench*, *The New Gods*, *Wonder Twins*, *Green Lantern Corps*, and sequels to *Man of Steel* and *Black Adam*.
* Gunn has stated that DC Studios will produce video games that will tie into the DC Universe, but none have been announced.
* Gunn and Safran have assembled several writers to work on DCU projects, including Drew Goddard, Jeremy Slater, Christina Hodson, Tom King, Christal Henry, and Jeremy Carver, all led by Gunn.