Every Upcoming DC Movie In 2024 And Beyond

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 with James Gunn’s new DCU stretching out in front of us. 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’s vision realized, 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 beyond, as well as all of DC confirmed TV shows.

1 Joker: Folie à Deux – October 4, 2024

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 live-action movie release of the 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. Despire claims to the contrary, Joker: Folie à Deux is also 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 reprises his role of Arthur Fleck, a.k.a. Joker, and Zazie Beetz are also set to return from the first film. Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, and Harry Lawtey (playing this universe’s Harvey Dent), Lady Gaga will also be introduced in Joker: Folie à Deux as Harley “Lee” Quinn, a new take on the candidate who is a fellow Arkham inmate and devotee to the Joker.

2 Superman – July 11, 2025

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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 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 Alcock taking up the role of Kara Zor-El.

The Craig Gillespie-directed, Milly Alcock-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 on 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

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. Reeves has also teased that the storyline will further explore the corruption at the heart of Gotham City:

We’ve shared [the script] as we’ve been going along with DC, and they’re super excited. It’s going to dig into the epic story about deeper corruption and it goes into places [Bruce Wayne] couldn’t even anticipate in the first one.

The seeds of where this goes are all in the first movie & it expands in a way that will show you aspects of the character you never got to see. Batman is constantly battling these forces. But those forces can’t be entirely exorcised. So the next movie delves deeper into that.

DC’s The Penguin spin-off, which debuted on HBO in September 2024 sets up the events of Now that the script is officially finished, The Batman Part II will look to begin filming early in 2025 to hit the targeted October 2026 release date.

5 Batman Azteca: Choque De Imperios (Clash Of Empires) – TBA

Elseworlds Animated Movie

Batman Azteca: Choque De Imperios (AKA Clash Of Empires) 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 occasionally 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 the release of The Batman – Part II in 2025 and The Brave And The Bold.

6 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.

7 The Brave And The Bold – TBA

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The Brave and the Bold is set to reboot the Dark Knight again for the DCU, placing a new actor in the role of Bruce Wayne, separate from Robert Pattinson’s iteration. 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 initial January 2023 announcement. The Flash‘s Andy Muschietti is attached to direct the upcoming Batman reboot, but a timeline is unclear. THR recently noted that “while they are developing a Batman movie called The Brave and the Bold at DC Studios, the duo have not yet committed to their next feature.”

8 Teen Titans – TBA

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The first film that was announced later than the initial reveal of the DCU Chapter 1 slate is a Teen Titans movie that will take place in the main DC universe alongside Superman, and The Brave and the Bold. There is currently no director attached to the project, but Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’s scribe, Ana Nogueira, is set to write the film.

With The Brave and the Bold set to introduce Damien Wayne into live action for the first time, it is reasonable to assume he will also be featured in Teen Titans. Another possible character that could appear is Xolo Maridueña’s Blue Beetle, who was brought over from the previous DCEU. Teen Titans is a strong move for the DCU that could appeal to multiple generations of fans.

9 Bane & Deathstroke

Universe TBC

DC has a storied history of making movies and TV shows about the most infamous comic book villains. The Suicide Squad has two movies, the Joker has two starring Joaquin Phoenix, of course, and both Harley Quinn and The Penguin have their own TV shows. According to reports from THR in late September 2024, the next such project will be Bane & Deathstroke.

Most recently played by Tom Hardy in The Dark Knigth Rises and Joe Mangianello in the DCEU, the villains will headline a DC Studios movie written by Matthew Orton (Captain America: Brave New World). No director is attached to the project yet, and casting has not been confirmed.

10 Swamp Thing – TBA

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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.”

11 Constantine 2

DC Elseworlds Sequel

In a shock few people saw coming, a belated sequel to Keanu Reeves’ Constantine was announced in 2022, with Reeves set to return as John Constantine. The original movie came out in 2005, and though not widely well-received earned cult status. Interest in the character has remained, and as Reeves himself said to Stephen Colbert: “The no’s started to become a maybe which became a kinda yes… and right now waiting on a script.”

More recently, Constantine 2 writer Akiva Goldsman toldColliderthat he hopes to have the movie’s script ready soon. Little is known about the project beyond that, other than the fact that it was once considered to be a TV show.

DC Movies That Have Already Released In 2024

DC’s 2024 movie output is slight, with Joker: Folie à Deux as the only live-action DC film to release in 2024, alongside a handful of animated films. The DCU is looking towards 2025, though, as the cinematic beginning to the new universe begins with Superman. Before then, here are what movies have already been released for DC in 2024.

• Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part One – January 9, 2024. This is the beginning of a Crisis On Infinite Earths trilogy adaptation that is set to conclude the Tomorrowverse. The original comic is one of DC’s most important stories ever, and really set into motion the idea of a DC multiverse.
• Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part Two – April 29, 2024. This middle chapter of Crisis On Infinite Earths continues from where Part One left off and leading right into Part Three.
• Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part Three – July 16, 2024. This was the final part of the Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths adaptation and the end of the animated DC universe called the Tomorrowverse, that began with Superman: Man of Tomorrow in 2020.
• Watchmen: Chapter 1 – August 13, 2024. This is part one of a two-part animated saga that is adapting Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel, Watchmen. The first chapter received strong reviews with a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. Watchmen: Chapter 2 looks to be released in 2025.

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 has 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 has 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:

• The Penguin (Max) – Ongoing
• Superman & Lois Season 4 (The CW) – Oct 17, 2024
• Creature Commandos (Max) – December 2024
• Waller (Max) – TBC
• Untitled Arkham Asylum 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 heavily rumored upcoming DC movies whose productions have significant question marks, but which have either been reported by reputable industry sources or confirmed by associated talent as still being in active development:

• 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.
• Sgt Rock was almost a movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in the late 1980s. It remained in various stages of production until 2010, when reports ran dry. A new DCU Sgt Rock project, following the World War II hero is rumored to be coming to the DCU. Luca Guadagnino has been mooted as a possible directing candidate.
• 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.
• 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.