The Trinity of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are the world’s best superheroes — and a precedence for DC Studios. The large three of DC Comics have been all current within the slate introduced by DC Studios co-chairmen and CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran in 2023, which included the previously-titled Superman: Legacy written and directed by Gunn, The Courageous and the Daring introducing the Batman and Robin of the DC Universe, and the HBO Max collection Paradise Misplaced, set on Wonder Woman’s hidden homeland, the paradise island of Themyscira.
DC Studios has since introduced growth on a brand new Wonder Woman film, becoming a member of a movie slate that features 2026’s Supergirl, Clayface, and the Matt Reeves-directed sequel to The Batman that’s separate from the DCU and dated for 2027. Meaning the Man of Metal, the Darkish Knight, and the Amazon Princess all have movies deliberate for the primary time since 2014, when Warner Bros. introduced an bold 10-movie slate that included standalone Superman and Batman films in addition to 2017’s Wonder Woman and Justice League Components One and Two.
Whereas a few of these DC movies — just like the Ben Affleck-fronted Batman and Henry Cavill’s Man of Metal sequel — by no means materialized, Gunn and Safran are prioritizing the Trinity as they kick off their very own slate with Gunn’s Superman film on July 11.
“Batman’s my greatest problem in all of DC proper now, personally,” Gunn informed Rolling Stone in a profile revealed Monday. “And it’s not — I’m not writing Batman, however I’m working with the author of Batman and making an attempt to get it proper, as a result of he’s extremely vital to DC, as is Wonder Woman. So outdoors of the stuff that I’m doing within the initiatives which can be actively going, our two priorities are ending our Wonder Woman and our Batman scripts.”
Energetic initiatives which were introduced embody the recently-wrapped Supergirl film (previously titled Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and the Mike Flanagan-scripted Clayface, which is predicted to shoot later this yr with Converse No Evil director James Watkins. On the TV aspect of the DCU, second seasons of Creature Commandos and Peacemaker are on the best way, and the live-action Inexperienced Lantern collection Lanterns is slated to air on HBO in 2026, adopted by the Sport of Thrones-esque Paradise Misplaced at a date that’s TBA.
Gunn has began scripting a quasi-Superman sequel that’s “not essentially” a straight-up sequel, and an as-yet-unnamed author is cracking the Courageous and the Daring script that has The Flash filmmaker Andy Muschietti connected to direct. In 2023, Gunn and Safran introduced that the DCU Batman film can be primarily based on the 2006 “Batman & Son” storyline from Grant Morrison’s acclaimed Batman comics run that launched Damian Wayne, the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul who’s raised inside the shadowy League of Assassins.
“This can be a story of Damian Wayne, who’s Batman’s precise son that he didn’t know existed for the primary eight to 10 years of his life. He was raised as somewhat assassin and murderer,” Gunn mentioned in 2023. “He’s my favourite Robin. It’s primarily based on the Grant Morrison comedian run, which is considered one of my favourite Batman runs. We’re placing all of it collectively proper now.”
The dynamic duo additionally confirmed that the film would “characteristic different members of the prolonged Bat-Household,” which has included the likes of Dick Grayson’s Robin/Nightwing, Barbara Gordon’s Batgirl, and Jason Todd’s Robin/Purple Hood. “We really feel like they’ve been ignored of the Batman tales within the theater for much too lengthy,” Safran mentioned on the time.
As for the Wonder Woman reboot, Gunn didn’t disclose a author when he informed EW that the brand new film is “being written proper now.”
DC Studios’ Superman soars into theaters July 11. Supergirl is ready for June 26, 2026, with Clayface to comply with on Sept. 11, 2026, and The Batman Half II on Oct. 1, 2027.