Every Upcoming DC Movie In 2024 And Beyond (2024)

There are plenty of upcoming DC movies still to come in 2024 and beyond, with a wide array of films being in various stages of development at the newly-established DC Studios. Fundamentally, 2024 represents a new beginning for DC's on-screen installments, as the stage begins to be properly set for the start of James Gunn's rebirth with 2025's Superman. Alongside that, of course, is the Batman annex Matt Reeves is handling with the upcoming The Batman Part II and Joaquin Phoenix's Joker sequel.

2023's DC movie slate closed out the DCEU movie timeline, and we stand on the . For 2024's live-action DC movie slate, only Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie à Deux is set in stone, but 2025 onwards will see Gunn and Safran fully take the reins, as Superman kick-starts the new DCU alongside several projects already announced to revitalize the subsequent shared universe. Here's every DC movie coming in 2024, and the full list of DCU movies and TV shows set to release in the coming years.

1 Joker: Folie à Deux - October 4, 2024

Joker: Folie a Deux

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Joker: Folie à Deux is the sequel to Todd Phillips' critically acclaimed comic book thriller Joker. Reprising his Academy Award-winning performance as the failed comedian Arthur Fleck, Joaquin Phoenix revisits the iconic DC character alongside Lady Gaga, who makes her debut as Joker's lover Harley Quinn in this standalone continuity of the DC Universe.

Director

Todd Phillips

Release Date

October 4, 2024

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix , Lady Gaga , Brendan Gleeson , Zazie Beetz , Catherine Keener , Jacob Lofland , Harry Lawtey

Writers

Todd Phillips , Scott Silver

2019's Joker was one of DC's biggest success stories, reaching critical acclaim and earning a number of accolades, including two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix. Though initially conceptualized as a standalone feature, a sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, was announced to be in development in May 2021, set to release on October 4, 2024, DC's only release in that year.

Todd Phillips' Joker franchise takes place in DC's Elseworlds category, so isn't affected by the reset of the main DC Universe, meaning a completely fresh and separate story can unfold. Joker: Folie à Deux is also expected to be a movie musical, taking on a completely different genre to its gritty and dark predecessor - though there's no doubt the sequel will still have these qualities in spades.

Joaquin Phoenix is set to reprise his role of Arthur Fleck, a.k.a. Joker, and Zazie Beetz is also set to return from the first film. Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, and Harry Lawtey, Lady Gaga will also be introduced in Joker: Folie à Deux as Harley Quinn, with set photos implying her portrayal could be an incredibly sinister version of the character.

2 Superman - July 11, 2025

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Superman (2025)

Written and directed by James Gunn, Superman is the first movie in Warner Bros.' rebooted DC Universe to center around the titular comic book hero. It introduces a new version of the Man of Steel after Henry Cavill's departure from the role, honoring the character's roots as "the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way."

Director

James Gunn

Release Date

July 11, 2025

Writers

James Gunn

Cast

David Corenswet , Rachel Brosnahan , María Gabriela De Faría , Edi Gathegi , Nicholas Hoult , Frank Grillo , Nathan Fillion , Milly Alco*ck , Sara Sampaio , Pruitt Taylor Vince , Skyler Gisondo , Anthony Carrigan , Wendell Pierce , Beck Bennett , Sean Gunn

After Creature Commandos kick-starts James Gunn and Peter Safran's new DC Universe on the small screen, the upcoming Superman DCU movie is set to be the new franchise's first feature film. Scheduled for release on July 11, 2025, Superman will replace Henry Cavill's DCEU Man of Steel with David Corenswet, introducing a new Superman for the rebooted DCU.

Crucially, Superman will not be a retelling of Superman's origin story. This may go some way to explain why the movie's title was changed from the original Superman: Legacy to simply Superman, as instead, this installment will focus on Clark Kent balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his Kansas upbringing, already working as a reporter for the Daily Planet, and already having met main characters such as Lois Lane. The film is written and directed by Gunn himself.

Alongside David Corenswet's new Man of Steel, the Superman DCU movie cast will be headed by Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane (after her breakout performance in The Marvelous Ms. Maisel). James Gunn promised that his new Superman would arrive in a world already populated by superheroes, and delivered immediately with the news that Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion playing Guy Gardner), Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi), and Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan) are all confirmed for Superman.

3 Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow - June 26, 2026

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Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

Not Yet Rated

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is one of many DC movies being released by Warner Bros. under the supervision of DC co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran.Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow was officially confirmed in January 2023 alongside other DC titles, including Superman: Legacy, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and Swamp Thing.

Cast

Milly Alco*ck

Franchise(s)

DC Universe

Director

Craig Gillespie

Release Date

June 26, 2026

Writers

Tom King

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow was also announced by James Gunn in January 2023, with the release date of July 26, 2026 later confirmed alongside director Craig Gillespie. In stark contrast to Superman, Supergirl was raised on Krypton and witnessed horrific events for fourteen years before making her way to Earth.

Gunn has promised a very different take on Supergirl, making her a much more formidable force than previous iterations of the character. Supergirl's DCU casting was confirmed in January 2024, with House of The Dragon's Milly Alco*ck taking up the role of Kara Zor-El.

The Craig Gillespie directed, Milly Alco*ck starring adaptation of Tom King’s 2022 comic book series Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which Bilquis Evely illustrated, is the second feature title under the new DC Studios run by James Gunn and Peter Safran after the former’s Superman movie which hits theaters in July 11, 2025. Ana Nogueira adapted the comic book for the big screen.

Gunn's rundown of the movie went like this:

“We see the difference between Superman who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he was an infant, versus Supergirl who was raised on a rock, a chip off Krypton, and watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life, and then came to Earth when she was a young girl. She’s much more hardcore; she’s not exactly the Supergirl we’re used to seeing.”

4 The Batman Part II - October 2, 2026

DC Elseworlds Project

The Batman Part II

Not Yet Rated

The Batman Part II is the sequel to Matt Reeve's The Batman, released in 2022, and will continue where the original film left off. The film shares a universe with the HBO Max original Penguin series and sees the return of the Riddler and a different incarnation of the Joker.

Director

Matt Reeves

Release Date

October 2, 2026

Cast

Robert Pattinson

Franchise(s)

Batman

Matt Reeves' The Batman was intended to kick-start a new trilogy of standalone DC projects focused on the Caped Crusader, so the confirmation of a sequel was inevitable. The Batman - Part II is set for release on October 2, 2026, having been moved back a year from its prior October 3, 2025 release date. The movie will be a DC Elseworlds project, continuing the story of the 2022 original and the upcoming Penguin series.

Robert Pattinson will reprise his role of Bruce Wayne, a.k.a. Batman, though not much else is known about the film. Current speculation suggests The Batman - Part II could adapt DC Comics' No Man's Land storyline, which sees Gotham City become a battlefield in the wake of a catastrophic earthquake.

Andy Serkis - Matt Reeves' Alfred Pennyworth - confirmed that he's been told to expect The Batman - Part II to begin production in early 2025.

5 Watchmen: Chapter 1 - 2024

Animated Movie

Despite two adaptations already existing, Warner Bros are once more adapting Alan Moore's seminal comic book event, with an animated Watchmen movie coming in 2024. The movie will adapt the original twelve issues between September 1986 and October 1987, and follows Zack Snyder's 2009 movie take and HBO's short-lived 2019 TV adaptation. Watchmen will release direct to streaming in 2024.

The movie has been split into two parts, with the first reportedly coming in 2024 and the second to follow in 2025. So far, no casting details have been revealed, but a first look teaser has been released.

6 Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part 3 - July 16, 2024

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Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part 3

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Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths is an animated action-adventure series directed by Jeff Wamester. The Monitor gathers the greatest heroes across the furthest reaches of the DC Multiverse to stop a dark foe from laying waste to everything across time and space - but the challenge they face may be the greatest any of the DC heroes have ever rallied against. Part 3 concludes the epic story.

Director

Jeff Wamester

Writers

James Krieg , George Perez , Marv Wolfman

Cast

Alexandra Daddario , Matt Bomer , Jensen Ackles , Stana Katic , Jimmi Simpson , Harry Shum Jr. , Zachary Quinto , Aldis Hodge , Meg Donnelly , Nolan North , Liam McIntyre , Lou Diamond Phillips

Where To Stream

Prime Video

7 Batman Azteca: Choque De Imperios - TBA

Animated Movie

Batman Azteca: Choque De Imperios provides a fresh take on the Dark Knight's lore based in the Aztec Empire, following the story of Yohualli Coatl as he takes on the Spanish Conquistadors after they murder his parents. While the first official image for the animated Batman movie has been revealed, its release date is currently unknown.

Batman has seen many wonderful reimaginings, with iterations being steampunk geniuses, trapped in Lovecraftian versions of Gotham, and occaisonally becoming a cyborg - so Batman Azteca: Choque De Imperios is set to follow in one of DC's most iconic traditions even as it fleshes out exciting new lore. The movie is set to release on Max, allowing audiences to experience more adventures of the Caped Crusader outside of the release The Batman - Part II in 2025 and The Brave And The Bold.

8 The Authority - TBA

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The Authority was announced by James Gunn on January 31, 2023, and while it doesn't yet have an attached release date, the film will be part of the DCU's Chapter 1, titled Gods and Monsters. The Authority is a very different type of superhero team for DC, as they often go to extreme methods to get the job done, so The Authority is expected to take inspiration from Amazon Prime Video's The Boys.

Though no writer or director has yet been attached, Gunn did confirm that the team would have connections to the DCU's new Superman, who's set to debut in 2025's Superman. Maria De Faria's Engineer will debut in Superman, setting up her wider role in the DCU and presumably a key part in The Authority.

9 The Brave And The Bold - TBA

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The Brave and the Bold

Action

Adventure

The Brave and the Bold is the first Batman movie in James Gunn and Peter Safran's DC Universe, which reboots the Dark Knight after Ben Affleck's take on the character. It introduces Bruce Wayne's son, the Robin Damian Wayne, and draws inspiration from Grant Morrison's work on the comic book character.

Director

Andy Muschietti

Writers

Grant Morrison

Franchise(s)

DC Universe

The Brave and the Bold is set to reboot the character again, placing a new actor in the role of Bruce Wayne, separate from Ben Affleck and Robert Pattinson's iterations. While there's no current release date set, The Brave and the Bold will introduce Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne's estranged son, to the DCU as a version of Robin.

The film will be based on Grant Morrison's 2006-2013 run of Batman in DC Comics, but there hasn't been much more news about the development of the project since Gunn's January 2023 announcement.

10 Swamp Thing - TBA

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Swamp Thing (DCU)

Action

Adventure

DC's first real horror movie, Swamp Thing is part of the Gods and Monsters chapter of the new DC franchise. It will be directed by James Magold who has promised a Gothic-inspired stand-alone.

Director

James Mangold

Studio(s)

DC Entertainment , Warner Bros. Discovery , Warner Bros.

Writers

James Mangold

Swamp Thing is expected to be an honest-to-goodness horror film for the DCU, exploring the dark origins of the mysterious Swamp Thing, based on Alan Moore's 1984 The Saga of the Swamp Thing storyline from DC Comics. James Mangold, who had previously expressed interest in working with Gunn and Safran in the DCU, was quickly attached to the project as writer and director.

Despite being darker, Swamp Thing will still be connected to the rest of the DCU, proving that Gunn and Safran aren't afraid to play with genre in the development of their new franchise. Mangold has offered a little of what DC fans can expect from the new movie:

"While I’m sure DC views ‘Swamp Thing’ as a franchise, I would be viewing it as a very simple, clean, Gothic horror movie about this man/monster... Just doing my own thing with this, just a standalone."

Every Upcoming DC TV Show In Development & Ongoing

As well as all of the many upcoming DC movies in development and with announced release dates, Warner Bros have a raft of ongoing and new DC TV shows. The CW still has a couple of ongoing DC properties, Cartoon Network has several aimed squarely at kids, Netflix has properties based on non-DC superhero properties, and Max have both ongoing shows and the DC TV shows announced as part of James Gunn's DCU reboot. Here's a list of everything that's on the way:

• My Adventures with Superman Season 2 (Adult Swim & Max) - Ongoing
• Suicide Squad ISEKAI - June 27, 2024
• Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (Max) - Harley Quinn spin-off - July 18, 2024
• Batman: Caped Crusader (Amazon Prime) - August 1, 2024
• The Penguin (Max) - September, 2024
• Superman & Lois Season 4 (The CW) - Oct 17, 2024
• Creature Commandos (Max) - December 2024
• Waller (Max) - TBC
• Untitled Arkham Asylum spinoff (Max) - TBC
• Untitled Gotham City Police Department spinoff (Max) - TBC
• Peacemaker Season 2 (Max) - TBC
• Lanterns (HBO) - TBC
• Blue Beetle (Max) - animated spin-off - TBC
• Paradise Lost (Max) - TBC
• Booster Gold (Max) - TBC
• Bat-Family (Amazon Prime) - TBC
• Untitled Val-Zod Series (Max) - TBC
• DC Super Hero High (Max) - TBC
• The Night Begins to Shine (Cartoon Network) - Teen Titans Go! Spin-Off - TBC

Every Other DC Movie In Development

Prior to the creation of DC Studios in November 2022, several other projects had been in development. While some of these might never come to fruition, others could easily be folded into James Gunn's new DC Universe or be produced as DC Elseworlds projects akin to The Batman and Joker franchises. Potential DC projects seem to come and go, some only forming as rumors and others being canceled only a few months before their supposed release, such as Batgirl. Here are all the rumored upcoming DC movies:

• Black Canary was announced to be in development in August 2021 after the release of Birds of Prey. The Max-exclusive film would see Jurnee Smollett reprise her role of Dinah Lance, a.k.a. Black Canary. In June 2022, Smollett revealed the film was still in development.
• Constantine 2, a sequel to the 2005 cult classic, was announced in 2022, with Keanu Reeves set to return as the titular character. However, following the creation of DC Studios, it's unclear whether production on this project will still go ahead.
• Deadshot, a spinoff of 2016's Suicide Squad, had been in development since the latter's release, and Will Smith was expected to return as Floyd Lawton, a.k.a. Deadshot. However, he left the project in 2019, and production was delayed even further after Smith's Oscars controversy.
• Gotham City Sirens would have seen the return of Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn teaming up with Catwoman and Poison Ivy. This project seems to have stalled following the financial failure of the similar team-up project Birds of Prey.
• Hourman was reported to be in development in March 2021, written by Gavin James and Neil Widener, but not much else has been heard of this project since its announcement.
• Lobo has been in development since 2009, though has never come to fruition, and has passed through a variety of directors including Guy Ritchie, Brad Peyton, and Michael Bay. Aquaman actor Jason Momoa expressed interest in portraying the character, though Gunn and Safran confirmed he wouldn't play two different characters in the DCU's future.
• The Metal Men, much like Lobo, has been in development at DC for a long time, first being announced in 2007 with Barry Sonnenfeld attached as director. In 2022, Gunn and Safran confirmed they had plans for the team in the DCU's future, despite its remarkably long development.
• Nightwing was originally in development though it now appears to be in production limbo. The project is set to be directed by The LEGO Batman Movie's Chris McKay, based on a script from Ozark's Bill Dubuque.
• Plastic Man, a female-centered comedy-action adventure film was announced in December 2018, with Cat Vasko hired to rewrite an initial script penned by Amanda Idoko, though it's unclear what stage of production this film is currently at.
• Static Shock was originally announced in 2020, with Michael B. Jordan attached as a producer. Randy McKinnon was brought on to rewrite the script, but the current status of Virgil Hawkins' big-screen debut is unclear.
• Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Superman was announced in 2021, putting a Black version of the Man of Steel front-and-center with Coates as writer and J.J. Abrams attached as a producer. Should this DC movie still be produced for DC Studios, it will be an Elseworlds project rather than part of the main DCU continuity.