DC Extended Universe

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DC Extended Universe ( DCEU ) is the unofficial name of a film franchise about the fictional universe of DC Comics , which are linked by basic plot elements and locations, the cast and the characters and whose first film was Man of Steel , which was released in 2013 is. The films represent a series of superhero films that have been independently produced by DC Entertainment until 2016, since then by the outsourced company DC Films and based on characters from DC Comics , but are independent of the comic universe.

So far (as of August 2020) eight films from the franchise have been released.

development

The first plans for a joint cinematic DC universe began in 1998 when Kevin Smith and Tim Burton tried to film Superman Lives . Nicolas Cage should have played Superman , who was supposed to be killed by Doomsday in this film . However, the plans were rejected.

Another attempt at the beginning of a common cinematic universe was made with the 2011 film Green Lantern . The authors Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim were already writing the script for a film about The Flash , which should also become part of the film universe. However, because the film received mostly negative reviews and the revenues were below expectations, Warner Bros. canceled the project.

After the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe , Warner Bros. has resumed plans for a cinematic universe and made them a reality with Man of Steel .

Following the release of Batman v Superman , Warner announced an adjustment to his plans: Wonder Woman's launch date was moved forward three weeks from June 23, 2017, and two unknown films were announced for October 5, 2018 and November 1, 2019. In December 2016 it was announced that the unknown film was to be the new release date for Aquaman for 2018 and had therefore been postponed by ten weeks. The start date for Aquaman was later postponed again to December 21, 2018. In November 2017, the original start date of the announced Wonder Woman sequel was moved forward from December 23, 2019 to the November start date.

Producers Jon Berg and Geoff Johns were in charge of the development of the DCEU until the end of 2017, and since then Walter Hamada and Chantal Nong .

In planning

Due to reluctant public relations work and many rumors, there have already been many misunderstandings and assumptions regarding allegedly established releases of films from the franchise universe, such as B. Cyborg, Green Lantern Corps, Gotham City Sirens, Nightwing, Dark Universe or Batgirl .

The so far officially confirmed pending releases are: Wonder Woman 1984 , The Flash , The Suicide Squad , Black Adam , Shazam! Fury of the Gods and Aquaman 2 .

Film series

premiere title Director script
June 10, 2013 Man of Steel Zack Snyder David S. Goyer
March 12 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Chris Terrio , David S. Goyer
0Aug 1, 2016 Suicide Squad David Ayer
15th May 2017 Wonder Woman Patty Jenkins Allan Heinberg
Oct. 26, 2017 Justice League Zack Snyder, Joss Whedon (not performed) Chris Terrio , Joss Whedon
Nov 26, 2018 Aquaman James Wan Will Beall
07th Mar 2019 Shazam! David F. Sandberg Henry Gayden
0Feb 7, 2020 Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn
( Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) )		 Cathy Yan Christina Hodson
Films in production and planned
0Oct 2, 2020 Wonder Woman 1984 Patty Jenkins Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns , Dave Callaham
0Aug 6, 2021 The Suicide Squad James Gunn
22 Dec 2021 Black Adam Jaume Collet-Serra Adam Sztykiel
0Jun 3, 2022 The Flash Andy Muschietti Christina Hodson
0Nov 4, 2022 Shazam! Fury of the Gods David F. Sandberg Henry Gayden
Dec 16, 2022 Aquaman 2 James Wan David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

chronology

Timeline of films from the DC Extended Universe
Year of action → 1914-1918 1974 1980 1981 1985 1992 1997 2007 2013–
Film ↓ '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17
Man of Steel 1 2 3 4th action
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 5 6th action
Suicide Squad action
Wonder Woman action 7th
Justice League action
Aquaman 8th action
Shazam! 9 10 action

Swell:

Legend:

  1. Kal-El alias Clark Kent / Superman is born as the son of Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van on the distant planet Krypton and sent to Earth shortly before his home planet is destroyed.
  2. Jonathan and Martha Kent discover a crashed UFO with a little boy on their farm , whom they adopt and give the name Clark.
  3. Clark shows his powers by rescuing a crashed school bus from the water. Jonathan shows Clark the crashed children's spaceship and shows him that he is an alien.
  4. Jonathan Kent is killed in a tornado.
  5. Diana Prince / Wonder Woman , 1918 in a theater of war in Belgium .
  6. Bruce Wayne / Batman's parents' death anniversary .
  7. Diana Prince receives the 1918 photo from Bruce Wayne.
  8. Lighthouse keeper Thomas Curry saves Atlanna, the princess of Atlantis, during a storm. Her son Arthur emerges from their love.
  9. The young Thaddeus Sivana is tested by the magician Shazam, whether he has a pure soul and is therefore worthy of the magical powers. When he fails the exam, Shazam sends a new search spell out into the world.
  10. Young Billy Batson is left behind at a fair by his mother.
  • The length of the gray bars only approximately reflects the duration of the action period.

Grossing results

The total box office income of the DC Extended Universe amounts to over 5.48 billion US dollars (as of April 2020), which makes it the 8th most successful film series in cinema history . The top grossing film at the box office is Aquaman, with grossing nearly $ 1.15 billion. Two films in the series had sales of over $ 800 million, three films grossed over $ 600 million each, and two films grossed less than $ 375 million each.

Movie Publication
(Germany) 		Box office earnings
in US dollars
USA / Canada DA-CH -space Worldwide
Man of Steel June 20, 2013 291.05 million 11.12 million 0.668.05 million
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 24 Mar 2016 330.36 million 24.27 million 0.873.26 million
Suicide Squad 18 Aug 2016 325.10 million 21.60 million 0.745.60 million
Wonder Woman 15th June 2017 412.56 million 11.50 million 0.821.85 million
Justice League Nov 16, 2017 229.02 million 09.30 million 0.657.92 million
Aquaman December 20, 2018 335.06 million 29.30 million 1,148.06 million
Shazam! 4th Apr 2019 140.37 million 05.10 million 0.365.97 million
Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn Feb 7, 2020 084.16 million 05.56 million 0.201.86 million
Total (as of April 21, 2020) 2,147.69 million00 117.37 million00 5,482.57 million0

Crossover

In addition to the DC Extended Universe film franchise, DC Comics' TV series franchise, the Arrowverse , has existed since 2012 . Both DC adaptations initially have no influence on each other. Kevin Smith stated in January 2016 that there are, however, plans for potential crossovers between the Arrowverse and the DC Extended Universe . In the five-part Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019-2020), which aired on The CW , Ezra Miller's version of The Flash from the DC Extended Universe finally appeared .

Trivia

The name "DC Extended Universe" has never been officially announced by DC Entertainment as the name for the film universe and, according to other media, spread through a journalist who is said to have come up with the name "DCEU" as a joke. It is still in circulation today because Warner Bros. Entertainment has not yet offered a name of its own for its cinema universe with superhero films.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kevin Spacey and Courtney Cox in "Superman Lives"? . In: SupermanHomepage.com . March 4, 1998. Accessed November 9, 2014. (English)
  2. ↑ Jason Motes: Leaked Script For 'The Flash' Movie Reveals A Surprise Cameo . In: ScienceFiction.com . January 1, 2014. Accessed November 9, 2014. (English)
  3. ↑ Jamie Lovett: Wonder Woman Movie Gets Moved Up, Two Untitled DC Films Get Release Dates. April 6, 2016, accessed April 6, 2016 .
  4. ^ 'Aquaman' Release Date Set by Warner Bros. December 2, 2016, accessed December 3, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Wonder Woman 2 Gets November 2019 Release. In: screenrant.com, accessed January 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ Brent Lang: Warner Bros. Taps Walter Hamada to Oversee DC Films Production (EXCLUSIVE). Variety , January 4, 2018, accessed February 24, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Borys Kit: DC Films Taps Chantal Nong for Key Production Role (Exclusive). Hollywood Reporter, February 20, 2018, accessed February 24, 2020 .
  8. ↑ David Ayer, Margot Robbie Reteam for All-Female DC Villains Movie 'Gotham City Sirens'. December 13, 2016, accessed April 23, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Dark Universe: Doug Liman directs the "Justice League Dark" film adaptation . In: PC GAMES . ( pcgames.de [accessed on May 16, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Batgirl: who is she, & where will she fit in the DCEU? April 5, 2017, accessed April 23, 2017 .
  11. ↑ MovieJones - "The Flash" has a free run: Shooting apparently started in February 2019 , accessed on August 29, 2018.
  12. ↑ Suicide Squad 2 Get A New Title And A Release Date. January 30, 2019, accessed February 2, 2019 .
  13. ↑ "Aquaman 2" is to come! But director James Wan has a condition for his return. January 26, 2019, accessed January 26, 2019 .
  14. ↑ David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick to Write 'Aquaman' Sequel (Exclusive). February 11, 2019, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
  15. ↑ DCEU Complete Movie Timeline (From Man of Steel To Aquaman). December 20, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  16. ^ The Confusing Timeline of the DC Extended Universe, Explained. December 17, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  17. ^ How to watch all the DCEU / Worlds of DC movies in chronological order. December 17, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  18. ^ Man of Steel - International Box Office Results . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved June 26, 2017. (English)
  19. ↑ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - International Box Office Results . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved June 26, 2017. (English)
  20. ^ Suicide Squad - International Box Office Results . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved June 26, 2017. (English)
  21. ^ Wonder Woman - International Box Office Results . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Accessed December 20, 2017. (English)
  22. ^ Justice League - International Box Office Results . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Accessed January 20, 2019. (English)
  23. ^ Aquaman - International Box Office Results . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  24. ^ Shazam - International Box Office Results . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  25. ↑ Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn - International Box Office Results . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  26. ↑ Kevin Smith Teases An Eventual Crossover Between The DC Films And TV Properties , accessed February 11, 2016.
  27. ↑ Kino.de - Warner should finally draw conclusions from the DC chaos .