Release Date: July 11, 2025
Per Safran, “Superman: Legacy” will mark the start of the DCU. It focuses on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks of kindness as old-fashioned.”
(The Superman movie produced by J.J. Abrams through Bad Robot, and written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, remains in development and would be an Elseworlds Story.)
“Superman: Legacy” will lead directly into “The Authority,” an ensemble movie about superhumans where the ends-justify-the-means. Gunn and Safrain hope that these Wildstorm characters will diversify the storytelling within the DCU.
According to Gunn, “It isn’t just a story of heroes and villains, and not every movie and TV show is going to be about good guy versus bad guy. There are people that are very questionable, like the Authority, who basically believe that you can’t fix the world in an easy manner, and they take things into their own hands.”
Added Safran, “They’re kind of like Jack Nicholson in ‘A Few Good Men.’ They know that you want them on the wall, or at least they believe that.”
Based on the comics authored by Grant Morrison, “The Brave and the Bold” will introduce the Bat family, beginning with Robin, who is returning to live-action movies since the 1997’s ill-fated feature “Batman and Robin.”
This version of Robin is Damian Wayne, who is Gunn’s favorite Robin.
“Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow”
Based on Tom King’s comics run, “Woman of Tomorrow” features Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El.
According to Gunn, “We see the difference between Superman, who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he’s an infant, versus Supergirl, who was raised on a rock chip off of Krypton, and watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life.”
This version of Supergirl is much more hardcore per Gunn.
“Swamp Thing” will investigate the dark origins of Swamp Thing,” Safran said, through the prism of horror.
“This is a much more horrific film, but we’ll still have Swamp Thing interact with the other characters,” Gunn added.
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