A few weeks ago James Gunn He had promised to give us news about the future of the new DC universe that he is putting together with Peter Safran before the end of January, and today, which is the last day of the month, he finally fulfilled it. The first thing James Gunn confirmed is that Flashwhich hits theaters in June 2023, Is going to completely reboot the DC Extended Universe.
The DC Cinematic Universe is known as the DCEU or DC Extended Universe, and spans from Man of Steel to Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash, arriving later this year. After this start a new chapter for the DC universe titled “Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters”, with highly anticipated movies like Superman and Batman & Robin.
A few minutes ago James Gunn posted a video on his Twitter account in which he announced some of the projects that make up Chapter 1 of the new DC universe, but before that he spoke quickly about the movies that will hit theaters this year. . For starters, James Gunn acknowledges that DC’s movies and TV series have been somewhat out of touch in recent years, but that’s about to change, starting with Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash.
James Gunn confirmed that Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which hits theaters in mid-March, will take us directly to The Flash, a movie he considers fantastic despite being made before he joined DC Studios as co-CEO. However, The Flash will be the last DCEU movie, as it will completely restart the universe to make way for a new chapter.
James Gunn says his and Peter Safran’s job is to make sure the DC universe is interconnected across movies, TV, video games, and animation, so we could start seeing games within the canon of his new universe in the next few years. However, the first film in this new universe would arrive until mid-2025.
James Gunn also confirmed that there will be productions in other continuities such as Matt Reeves’ The Batman, Todd Phillips’ Joker or Teen Titans GO, but they will make it clear that these are DC Elseworlds stories, the label that was used for these stories in the comics many years ago. years.
