Line #49 Creator/DCStudios


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3	In the early [[TheNewTens 2010s]], Creator/WarnerBros set out to make a SharedUniverse of movies, with ''Film/ManOfSteel'' ultimately serving as the first project in that initiative. Initially, WB decided to do everything in-house instead of creating a dedicated silo of creators just focused on DC, akin to their competitors at Creator/MarvelStudios. That changed following the release of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', and a new motion picture studio, DC Films, was created in mid-2016 to oversee the production and creative control of theatrical films set in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse (DCEU), the cinematic SharedUniverse adapting Creator/DCComics characters, with veteran comics writer Creator/GeoffJohns and veteran studio executive Jon Berg appointed as its chairmen.
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5	''Film/{{Suicide Squad\|2016}}'', ''Film/{{Wonder Woman\|2017}}'' and ''Film/{{Justice League\|2017}}'' were the first batch of films to be released under the new DC Films banner, although production on them had started earlier. Berg left the studio in December 2017 after the underwhelming results of a heavily reworked ''Justice League'', and Walter Hamada (Creator/NewLineCinema producer who worked on the ''[[Film/TheConjuringUniverse Conjuring Universe]]'' films most notably) was made chairman of DC Films in his stead in January 2018, with Johns stepping down from producing and remaining as consultant and co-writer. Hamada was assisted by fellow New Line producer Peter Safran, who had a more hands-on management of the films. The studio also branched out to produce other DC Comics-inspired films that have no connection to the DCEU whatsoever, the first of them being ''Film/{{Joker\|2019}}'', followed by ''Film/{{The Batman\|2022}}''.
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7	A massive new studio overhaul happened following the creation of Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery, which started with the cancellation of Creator/HBOMax original projects such as the ''Wonder Twins'' and ''Batgirl'' films[[note]]The latter film had completed principal photography prior to junking.[[/note]], followed by the departure of Hamada after the release of ''Film/{{Black Adam\|2022}}''. On October 25, 2022, it was announced that Creator/JamesGunn and Peter Safran would be appointed as co-chairmen and co-[=CEOs=], with the studio to be renamed "DC Studios" (emulating [[Creator/MarvelStudios its direct competitor]] from which Gunn came) while the DCEU would be potentially rebranded as "The DC Universe". Speculation of an outright ContinuityReboot of a shared DC Universe on film has surfaced since their arrival, with Gunn's ''Superman'' film project involving a new take on the material without Creator/HenryCavill suggesting that this may be the case. Film franchises that were already set in alternate continuities from the DCEU will continue at DC Studios, as ''Joker: Folie à Deux'' and ''The Batman – Part II'' remain on the schedule. On the television front, Gunn's ''Series/{{Peacemaker\|2022}}'' will be retrofitted in to the new DC Universe, which will also incorporate upcoming series ''Waller'' and the animated ''Creature Commandos''. ''Series/{{The Sandman\|2022}}'' and a planned ''ComicBook/DeadBoyDetectives'' spin-off will remain in their own continuity, as will scheduled ''The Batman'' spinoff ''The Penguin''. DC Studios also has gained DC Entertainment's oversight over Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation's slate of DC-derived TV series and films that do not figure in the DC Universe.
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9	On January 31, 2023, Gunn and Safran [[https://deadline.com/2023/01/dc-movie-tv-plan-james-gunn-peter-safran-batman-swamp-thing-green-lantern-1235244926/ unveiled a portion their slate]] for future DC Studios projects. The projects will make up a new phase for the DCU titled "Chapter One: Gods and Monsters".
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13	!! Noteworthy people who have worked for DC Films/DC Studios:
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15	[[folder:DC Extended Universe:]]
16	* MediaNotes/DCExtendedUniverseActors
17	* Creator/BenAffleck (executive producer)
18	* Creator/DavidAyer (director, writer)
19	* Music/LorneBalfe (composer)
20	* Jaume Collet-Serra (director)
21	* Music/DannyElfman (composer)
22	* Creator/JamesGunn (director, writer)
23	* Walter Hamada (former chairman, producer)
24	* Christina Hodson (writer)
25	* [[Music/JunkieXL Tom Holkenborg]] (composer)
26	* Creator/PattyJenkins (director, writer)
27	* Creator/GeoffJohns (writer, consultant, former co-chairman)
28	* Music/ClintMansell (composer)
29	* Creator/AndresMuschietti (director)
30	* Creator/JayOliva (storyboard artist)
31	* Creator/MargotRobbie (co-producer)
32	* Peter Safran (producer)
33	* Creator/DavidFSandberg (director)
34	* Creator/ZackSnyder (director, executive producer)
35	* Creator/PatrickTatopoulos (production designer)
36	* Creator/ChrisTerrio (writer)
37	* Creator/JamesWan (director)
38	* Creator/JossWhedon (writer, uncredited director[[note]]He only had writer credits on ''Justice League'', despite heavily altering the film with reshoots he directed[[/note]])
39	* Music/HansZimmer (composer)
40	[[/folder]]
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42	[[folder:DCU:]]
43	* Creator/JamesGunn (director, writer, current co-chairman)
44	* Christina Hodson (writer)
45	* Creator/AndresMuschietti (director)
46	* Peter Safran (producer, current co-chairman)
47	[[/folder]]
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49	[[folder:Other Films:]]
50	* MediaNotes/DCComicsFilmsActors [[note]]''Joker'', ''Joker: Folie à Deux'', ''The Batman'', ''Superman Legacy''[[/note]]
51	* Creator/MichaelGiacchino (composer)
52	* Music/HildurGudnadottir (composer)
53	* Creator/ToddPhillips (director, writer)
54	* Creator/MattReeves (director, writer)
55	[[/folder]]
56
57	!!Works produced under the banner with pages on TV Tropes:
58	[[index]]
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60	[[AC:As DC Films:]]
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62	* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
63	** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' (2013)[[note]]Retroactively; Warner's main movie division handled this film before the studio's creation.[[/note]]
64	** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' (2016)[[note]]Retroactively; Warner's main movie division handled this film before the studio's creation.[[/note]]
65	** ''Film/{{Suicide Squad\|2016}}'' (2016)
66	** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman\|2017}}'' (2017)
67	** ''Film/{{Justice League\|2017}}'' (2017)
68	*** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (2021)
69	** ''Film/{{Aquaman\|2018}}'' (2018)
70	** ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'' (2019)
71	** ''Film/{{Birds of Prey\|2020}}'' (2020)
72	** ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' (2020)
73	** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' (2021)
74	** ''Series/{{Peacemaker\|2022}}'' (2022)
75	** ''Film/{{Black Adam\|2022}}'' (2022)
76	* DC Elseworlds[[note]]Retroactive instances, as the Elseworlds film brand wasn't conceived until after the release of these two films.[[/note]]:
77	** ''Film/{{Joker\|2019}}'' (2019)
78	** ''Film/{{The Batman\|2022}}'' (2022)
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80	[[AC:As DC Studios:]]
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82	* DC Extended Universe (Continued):
83	** ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'' (2023)
84	** ''Film/{{The Flash\|2023}}'' (2023)
85	** ''Film/{{Blue Beetle\|2023}}'' (2023)
86	** ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom'' (2023)
87	* DC Universe Relaunch:
88	** Chapter One: "Gods and Monsters"
89	*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Creature Commandos\|2024}}'' (2024)
90	*** ''Series/{{Waller}}'' (TBA)
91	*** ''Film/{{Superman\|2025}}'' (2025)
92	*** ''Series/{{Lanterns}}'' (TBA)
93	*** ''Film/TheAuthority'' (TBA)
94	*** ''Series/ParadiseLost'' (TBA)
95	*** ''Film/TheBraveAndTheBold'' (TBA)
96	*** ''Series/BoosterGold'' (TBA)
97	*** ''Film/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'' (TBA)
98	*** ''Swamp Thing'' (TBA)
99	* DC Elseworlds:
100	** ''Film/JokerFolieADeux'' (2024)
101	** ''Film/TheBatmanPartII'' (2025)
102	* Others:
103	** ''Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story'' (2024, documentary)[[note]]First release not to be inherited from the previous studio iteration[[/note]]
104	[[/index]]

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