Jump below to read the details on each project.
As for which projects are right for TV and which for film Gunn said, Its all story-based.
To us, storytelling is 100% king.
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Or is it something that we need seven, eight or nine hours for?
Were going to promise that everything from our first project forward is going to be unified, said Gunn.
I will say here thatFlashis probably one of the greatest superhero movies ever made, Gunn added.
SUICIDE SQUAD, Viola Davis, 2016. ph: Clay Enos / © Warner Bros. / courtesy Everett Collection
Theres nothing that prohibits that from happening.
Well incorporate characters from the past, but mostly well cast anew, added the producer ofAquamanandSuicide Squad.
Ditto for the creators of these recent projects.
Gunn and Safran would love to reteam withFlashfilmmaker Andy Muschietti.
Currently James Wan is focusing on finishingAquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
As everyone here probably knows, the history of DC is pretty messed up.
There is the Arrowverse.
There wasSuperman and Lois,theres the Reeves-verse.
Theres all these different things, Gunn said at the top of the session.
What of Todd Phillips sequelJoker: Folie a Deuxand Matt ReevesBatmansequel andHBO MaxPenguinseries?
Also still in the works?
J.J. Abrams Ta-Nehisi Coates Black Superman project.
A draft is being waited upon.
The bar is going to be very high for projects outside of the DCU, asserted Safran.
Ive seen it happen again and again, and its a mess.
I think its the primary reason for the deterioration in the quality of films today versus 30 years ago.
Gunn mentioned how onSuicide Squadhe did no reshoots, and onGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3he did a day of picking up and its because of having screenplays prepared before we shoot.
I dont want to get into this massive spending of hundreds of millions of dollars on reshoots.
Animationwill lead into live action and back into animation, said Gunn.
Its a way to tell stories that are gigantic and huge without spending $50M an episode.
Gunn has written this, its done.
Gunn pointed out that Weasel fromhisSuicide Squadwill be on the show.
Were working onWallerin between, Gunn told the room.
Christal Henry (Watchmen) is writing the show along with Jeremy Carver (creator ofDoom Patrol).
While none of the features are rated R, the TV series could lean into being more adult.
This is really the start of the DCU, says Safran.
The project was already announced by the duo with Gunn writing.
No director attached, but Safran was elbowing Gunn yesterday that hed really like him to helm.
The release date isJuly 11, 2025.
Its not an origins story, it focuses on Supermans balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing.
LanternsHBO Max live action series.
This is a very important show for us.
Paradise LostHBO Max live action series.
This drama is really about the political intrigue behind the society of all women.
How did that come about?
The series will take place before the birth of Diana (aka Wonder Woman).
The Brave and the Boldfeature.
This will be Gunn and Safrans version of the DCU Batman outside what Matt Reeves already created.
Added Safran: This is going to feature other members of the extended Bat-Family.
The duo revealed that ReevesBatman IIwill be Oct. 3, 2025.
Imposter syndrome as a superhero, describes Gunn.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrowfeature based on Tom Kings comic book series from 2022.
Shes much more hardcore, shes not exactly the Supergirl were use to seeing.
Swamp Thingfeature will investigate the dark origins of the creature.
Tonally, different from Superman and Batman and Robin.
The belief here from the duo is that darker character will interact with the mainstream DC characters.
There was aSwamp Thingmovie back in 1982 starring Adrienne Barbeau, which also spawned a 1989 sequel.
Then there was a 2019 CW series.
Gun elaborated: Everything doesnt always look the same.
Everything doesnt always have the same expression.
Different artists bring remarkably different looks, feels and tones.
This is not the Gunnverse.
That, he indicated, is a lesson he took from his Marvel experience.
What Ive found through Marvel, what wasnt exciting was when movies were tonally the same.
Thats going to be weird.
No one actor will play two parts.
Hence, Momoa is Aquaman going forward, not Lobo.
What does the thrifty, cost-cutting Warner Discovery CEO David Zaslav think of this plan?
Will he go cheap on DC?
Not so per Safran.
I have zero doubt that they will commit appropriate funds on each one, asserted theConjuringfranchise producer.
Gunn released a video today in which he went over much of this for fans.
Here are just a few of our plans.
