- What the heck is going on in the DC Extended Universe?
Here's everything you need to know about the DCEU.
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Sometimes it feels like there's a crisis going on
in the DC Extended Universe and I'm not talking
about one that takes place on Infinite Earths.
The shared cinematic universe inhabited by
the likes of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman,
and the rest of the Justice League
has gotten off to a bit of a rocky start.
But it seems like DC is finally hitting it's strive.
But with so many movies being announced, delayed,
shuffled around, it can be difficult to keep track of
what's actually gonna make it's way to the big screen.
So to help you make sense of it all,
today's episode of the Dan Cave is gonna tell you
everything Warner Brothers and DC
have coming down the pipe line.
Aquaman.
Christmas is coming early in the form of Jason Momoa's
whiskey chuggin', denim in the ocean wearing,
my man yellin' Arthur Curry a.k.a. Rock-quaman.
This will likely be based on Aquaman's New 52 reboot
from Geoff Johns and lean pretty heavily
into the Throne of Atlantis storyline.
Much like Wonder Woman, this is probably gonna be a prequel
but fingers crossed we get a post credit scene
featuring this iconic Aquaman moment.
- Yo.
Leave him alone.
We're talking.
- My man.
Shazam!
What if a child who wanted to be an adult
didn't turn into Tom Hanks but rather
Zachary Levi in a muscle suit.
That's the core conceit behind Shazam and no,
I'm not talking about that apocryphal Sinbad genie movie.
This is about a foster child who's imbued with
incredible powers by an ancient wizard and has to stop
the evil Doctor Sivana from destroying the world.
I know it sounds silly but honestly this movie
looks like a total blast and gives off major
Sam Ramey Spiderman vibes in the best way possible.
Even better if they can get someone half as iconic
as "Macho Man" Randy Savage to make a cameo.
- Bonesaw is ready.
- Dansaw's ready too.
Joker.
While the idea of a Joaquin Phoenix staring Joker movie
from the guy who directed The Hangover,
produced by Martin Scorsese sounds like
an elaborate prank, it isn't.
It's a real movie.
It's an elaborate series of adjectives
about a hard-boiled 1980s thriller
that shows how the Joker went from nameless nobody
to the clown prince of crime.
And honestly, the bigger challenge here
is gonna be explaining how Joaquin Phoenix
transforms into Jared Leto because like,
that's gotta be way more than Benjamin Button disease.
Like something went very wrong there.
Like he fell into a melted Hot Topic
and then someone like poured a vape on top and now-
(mock laughing)
Suicide Squad baby.
Birds of Prey.
In a Gotham City without Batman
who can stand up to the nefarious evil of organized crime?
Batgirl, Huntress, Harley Quinn, Black Canary,
and Detective Renee Montoya, that's who.
Based on the comic of the same name,
Birds of Prey follows this band of badass ladies
as they try and stop the murderous crime lord
known as the Black Mask played by Ewan McGregor.
DC continues to dunk on Marvel by hiring
way more female directors than they have
and Kevin Feige's just busy spinning
his wheels talking about Phase 12.
DC has tapped Sundance standout Cathy Yan
to bring this movie to life.
And also, DC now has, technically, 100% more
Ewan McGregor in their cinematic universe
which I think gives them the super heroic high-ground.
Yippee.
Cyborg.
- Booyah.
- He's part man, part computer, all superhero.
He's Cyborg and the only thing I really know about him
in the DCEU is how prominently Dr. Pepper
factored in to his origin story.
Do you remember those shots in
Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice?
There was Dr. Pepper in every single shot
of Cyborg and his dad.
What's the message here?
Dr. Pepper, drink us while your child is on his deathbed.
Yikes.
In all seriousness though, right now,
apart from star Ray Fisher,
the Cyborg movie is a bigger question mark
than those ones on Matthew Lesko's suit.
That's a joke for like two of you.
Remember Matthew Lesko?
The guy on TV who wore like the question mark suit
and was like, "Free money." (buzzing)
Wonder Woman 1984.
The year was 1984 and it was a
watershed moment in human history.
It gave us Cinnamon Toast Crunch,
the NES Zapper gun peripheral,
and everybody's favorite soda Slice.
And now it's giving us a Cold War era
Wonder Woman story with shoulder pads galore,
Kristen Wigg as the feline fatale villain Cheetah,
and Steve Trevor's ghost doin'
his body weight in cocaine, baby.
Actually I don't know about that last one
if it's true or not but I have no good explanation
as to why Steve is back from him ill-fated flight.
So I don't know, maybe it's like a
Weekend at Bernie's situation and Woman Woman's like,
"Oh Steve's fine, he's doin' great."
Maybe it's Earth-Two Steve or maybe,
and hear me out, just maybe it's cocaine.
The Flash.
Come closer my boy, and let me tell you
about the legend of Flashpoint.
Some say that on a dark and stormy night just like this,
there will be a live-action Flash movie
about one of the wildest storylines of all time.
It's stars professional cosplayer Ezra Miller,
has between one and thirty directors at any given time,
and has the power to completely
reimagine the DC Extended Universe.
But somehow, much like Gadot,
we have to keep on waiting for it.
And waiting, and waiting.
Seriously, is this ever gonna come out?
Last we heard, WB tapped Spider-man: Homecoming
co-writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
to direct this movie which is supposed adapt
the story arc about Barry Allen going back in time
to save his mom's life only to accidentally create
an alternate timeline where everybody's killing each other
and the world is on the verge of destruction.
But hey, you know what, this movie it could happen.
Crazier things have happened.
I mean mainly the fact that Gorilla Grodd has appeared
on TV multiple times before this movie ever came out.
That's pretty (beep) wild.
He's a gorilla.
The Batman.
Much like there must always be a Stark in Winterfell,
there must always be a Batman movie looming on the horizon
and Bruce almighty does this movie loom.
Originally the movie was supposed to be centered
on a battle between the master assassin Deathstroke
played by Joe Manganiello and Batfleck himself.
But that version has seemingly been scraped
as creative differences brew behind the scenes
between Ben Affleck and director Matthew Reeves
over how they want to proceed.
Now Reeves reportedly wants to pull a Joker move
and cast a younger actor to play Batman
at an earlier time in Bruce's career.
But Ben Affleck keeps kinda flip flopping
on whether or not he's ready to
hang up the cowl once and for all.
Now to put things in perspective for you,
you'll literally see an Alfred prequel TV series
before this movie ever comes out.
That's a real thing, it's gonna happen.
But I don't know, Reeves is a great director
so it should be worth the wait but in the meantime,
(laughing) yikes.
Justice League Part Two.
This time Henry Cavill has a soul patch that
he can't shave and it'll look just as weird.
The real apoca-lips or whatever CG monstrosity
they put on top of his real mouth.
Why open a shot, why open the movie on his mouth?
Why'd you do that?
Look all jokes aside, this movie feels like it's in limbo
until DC gets its cinematic universe in order.
We're definitely gonna get another one at some point
but whether it pits our heroes against Darkseid
remains to be seen.
What ever happens it'll almost undoubtedly
be without Zack Snyder at the helm.
Not a value judgment, just a fact.
Anyway, let's keep going.
Deathstroke.
While it sounds like something they'd call masturbation
in an abstinence only sex ed class,
Deathstroke is in fact a master assassin,
murderer extraordinaire, and nemesis to the Teen Titans,
Arrow, and basically every major
DC hero at one point or another.
So far, all we've seen of Deathstroke is Joe Manganiello
chilling on Lex Luther's yacht at the end of Justice League.
Now Warner Brothers had reportedly entered into talks
with the Raid director Gareth Evans
to bring this antiheroic assassin saga to life
but right now it feels like Deathstroke is sadly
stuck on the island from the beginning of the CW's Arrow
with no Oliver or better beard dye anywhere in sight.
Lobo.
Look I'd say that nobody wants a Lobo movie
but I also didn't expect Venom to shatter
box office records in October so here we are.
Lobo's basically a sentient Monster energy drink.
He's an intergalactic, motorcycle riding bounty hunter
who is intended to be parody of overly grim
and gritty comic book storytelling.
Now Guy Ritchie was attached to direct at one point
but more recently Michael Bay's name was being
bandied about and if done correctly,
this could be DC's answer to Deadpool.
If done incorrectly it could be DC's answer to Ghost Rider.
Either way, guess I'll see it.
Justice League Dark.
They should rename this movie Justice League Dank
because it sounds pretty sick.
Basically this is the version of the Justice League
that combats occult forces, the paranormal,
all matter of magic based mayhem.
That's their purview.
Comprised of characters John Constantine,
Zatanna, Swamp Thing, Deadman, Etrigan the Demon,
and Madame Xanadu, Justice League Dark
fights the forces of evil that are too Stygian and sinister
for the regular old boring Justice League to handle.
Now unfortunately this film seems to be hexed
against keeping a creative team in place
'cause Guillermo del Toro wrote a script
for it in 2013 but then he left.
Then Edge of Tomorrow's Doug Lyman joined
to direct in 2016 but he left as well.
And now, much like me, it's trapped in hell.
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Green Lantern Corps.
Look, there's no way this can be any worse
than what Ryan Reynolds subjected us to back in 2011.
It's just impossible.
- I know right.
- With the script being penned by Geoff Johns,
a writer known in particular for his excellent
Green Lantern comics, and a tone rumor
to be basically Lethal Weapon in space
this sounds like a recipe for success for DC.
All you have to do, literally all you have to do,
is avoid making your villain a giant cloud.
Don't do it.
The Mummy did that, you're not gonna do it better.
Also, put Guy Gardner in this movie you cowards.
Put him in there.
Anyway, thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
Suicide Squad Two.
That's right folks, Two-icide Squad is happening
and it might be the most anticipated movie
in DC's current lineup, which is a wild statement,
thanks to Warner Brothers poaching James Gunn
after Marvel kicked him to the curb over some old tweets.
Will Gunn include even more helicopter crashes
than the first one set to the
sweet strains of 1970s yacht rock?
Will someone finally answer Will Smith's question
about what kind of squad we are?
Will Jai Courtney finally win his
Oscar for Captain Boomerang?
The answers to some of these and less probably
won't be coming anytime soon so let's just all resume
trying to guess what obscure villains and b-sides
we'll eventually get to hear and see
when Gunn sticks it to Marvel in the
wildest redemption story imaginable.
Seriously, I can't believe this.
You guys (bleep) up so bad, good going DC.
Booster Gold and Blue Beetle.
It's the story of a disgraced football star
from the future who travels back in time
to be a superhero and a tech genius
who wears a highly advance beetle costume
who have to team-up to save the day,
presumably first and foremost, from themselves.
Oh and did I mention there's a snarky robot named Skeets?
Because there's a snarky robot named Skeets.
Booster Gold and Blue Beetle's being directed
by DC TV mega producer Greg Berlanti
and they're eyeing Zak Penn to write the script.
And honestly, little's known about what it's gonna be
at this point apart from the fact it's gonna be
a comedy-heavy, superhero buddy cop movie.
Now fingers crossed they're gonna keep Skeets
as a secret villain like they did in New 52
because honestly what could be
more terrifying than an evil Alexa?
She won't play what you want on Spotify.
She won't play Despacito.
Gotham City Sirens.
No this isn't the story of a bunch of EMTs
called to clean up after Batman, administering
splints to fractured bad guy bones,
it's the movie adaptation of a comic
staring Catwoman, Poison Ivy,
and Harley Quinn as an antiheroic girl gang.
Suicide Squad director David Ayer
is supposed to helm this movie
and he posted a mysterious picture
of the villain Black Mask to his Twitter feed
and also shared a photo of him with Harley Quinn
creator Paul Dini but given what we know about Birds of Prey
it seems like Harley Quinn's left this girl group
behind making it increasingly unlikely
that this film's ever gonna come to pass.
But hey, at least we'll always
have Bright Two, too damn bright.
Man of Steel Two.
In the immortal words of that old McDonald's commercial,
"hey, it could happen."
But probably not.
At least we'll always have the Witcher
and Henry Cavill's mysterious Instagram posts
about maybe getting a tattoo made out of his dog's blood.
If you don't believe me, look it up because it's weird.
Deadshot.
So that's it, huh?
We're some sort of spinoff-icide squad?
I'm sorry I keep making this joke but I have to
because there's so many goddamn movies.
That's right folks, Will Smith's Deadshot,
the man who's handsome at aiming,
could get his very own movie.
Smith revealed that he's in talks with WB
about this film on Instagram while bungee jumping
in the Grand Canyon to celebrate his 50th birthday
because that folks, is how you celebrate a half
a century of life in the biggest Willy style possible.
That's some big Willy style.
Nightwing.
While Nightwing might be overshadowed recently
by a certain four-letter word from Robin on Titans,
Dick Grayson is still set to get
his very own big screen adventure.
Directed by The Lego Batman Movie director
Chris McKay and written by Bill Dubuque,
Nightwing is said to be a badass action version
of everyone's favorite former circus boy.
Actually, you know what, we should just call him
a snack-robat because Nightwing is thick as hell.
But I digress.
Chris McKay's also working on a Dungeons and Dragons movie
too so, it mostly just feels like he's read through
my Google search history and is now
turning that into movies and I gotta say,
good luck buddy, it's about to get real weird.
Batgirl.
For years fans have asked DC comics to give them
what they truly wanted,
a Batgirl solo film on the big screen.
And then in 2017, DC said okay,
sure but, Joss Whedon's gonna make it.
And then a great darkness spread over the land
for about a year or so until Joss realized
he didn't have a story to tell so he left the project.
And then there was much rejoicing.
A new scribe, Bumblebee's Christina Hodson
was brought onboard to record the tale
of Barbara Gordon for one and all.
When we'll actually see it is the subject
of much mystery but hey, good things take time.
And please, take your time with this.
Don't mess it up.
Black Adam.
No the movie isn't just Shazam but thick.
Black Adam stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
as the corrupted predecessor to Shazam, Teth-Adam.
We don't know whether or not we'll see Black Adam
as an out and out villain or as more of an antihero
but something tells me this will at least
be as good as The Rock's last trip
to Egyptian infused mysticism, The Scorpion King.
Now production's tentatively set to start in 2019
but considering we've been waiting since 1945
to see this character on the big screen,
I think we can wait a little longer if need be.
No one's like, "Oh (bleep), it's been almost 70 years,
"where's my Black Adam movie?"
No one.
Supergirl.
Now we haven't had a Supergirl movie since 1984
but this time it looks like we're goin back in time
even further with an origin story
rumored to take place in the 1970s
in a script from the Cloverfield Paradox's Oren Uziel.
I hope I pronounced your name right.
Honestly, I'm on board for this movie
especially if they bring back Popeyes
in very prominent marketing shots.
Look up the 1984 movie, it's just Supergirl
standing in front of a chicken restaurant.
Why?
The Joker.
Because much like Pringles, with Joker movies,
once you pop you cannot stop.
It's is a cursed object.
And Warner Brothers clearly cannot stop making
Joker movies based on this episode.
Hopefully this movie's just gonna be comprised
of all that unused footage of Jared Leto from Suicide Squad
including a 16 minute one-take scene of him
meticulously laying all those guns and knives
on the floor before making weird snow angels
in the middle of them and going--
(mock laughing)
Why is that your laugh?
Or maybe it won't happen at all.
Leto is supposed to be playing Morbius,
the Living Vampire in Sony's Marvel universe.
A role that will hopefully require him to be
far less in character all the time always.
So, silver lining.
Maybe it won't happen.
New Gods.
Jack Kirby was a deeply talented and deeply weird man.
And one of the weirdest things he ever created
was the Fourth World for DC.
It was this story about the New Gods.
An epic story about the god-like inhabitants
of two far flung planets, the paradisiacal New Genesis
and the nightmarish Apocalypse.
Now we've seen inklings of the Fourth World
in the DCEU so far through Justice League's
Steppenwolf and its many, many parademons
which are basically, sorta like the
military forces of Apocalypse.
But now director Ava Duvernay is looking to tell us
the story about the New Gods on their home turf.
And hopefully that means we're gonna get to
see Mr. Miracle, Orion, and Big Barda
finally on the big screen.
And also, it hopefully means we won't get
a post-credit scene of that time that
Superman and Big Barda accidentally shot a porno
beause that was very real and very uncomfortable.
What a huge low point in comics.
Harley Quinn versus The Joker.
Oh what's that?
You thought I was done talking about movies
with Harley Quinn and the Joker?
(laughing)
Oh goodness that's rich like Jeff Bezos
showering in truffle oil or I don't know,
Bitcoin in a top hat or something.
No, no my sweet summer child.
This episode will never end because there's always
gonna be between one and 17 more movies
about Gotham City's worst couple.
The film, written and directed by Bad Santa
writers Glenn Ficarra and John Requa,
is said to explore the toxic relationship
between these two characters which actually
sounds like code for a big screen version
of Paul Dini and Bruce Timm's Mad Love comic.
And honestly, I don't hate the sound of that,
I'd just rather rewatch
The New Batman Adventures episode instead.
Stop makin' these.
And those are all the DC comics movies
currently in development that we know about.
But tell me, which of these do you most want to see?
What would you add to this list?
Let me know in the comments below
and give me an extended thumbs up while you're there.
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