Summary

• 2023 marked the end of the DCEU era, with Zack Snyder's DC franchise concluding and James Gunn's reboot starting up with Superman in 2025.
• Other upcoming DC movies include Joker: Folie à Deux in 2024 and The Batman Part II in 2025.
• Projects like The Authority and Swamp Thing are also currently in development.

There are plenty upcoming DC movies 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.

With Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Flash, Blue Beetle, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom all now released, 2023's DC movie slate is complete, as is the DCEU movie timeline. For 2024, only Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie à Deux is set in stone, but 2025 onwards will see Gunn and Safran fully take the reins, 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 the full list of DCU movies set to release in the coming years.

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 release in that 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.

Joaquin Phoenix is set to reprise his role of Arthur Fleck, a.k.a. Joker, and Zazie Beetz is also set to return from the first film. Alongside Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, and Harry Lawtey, Lady Gaga will also be introduced in Joker: Folie à Deux as Harley Quinn, with set photos implying her portrayal could be an incredibly sinister version of the character. Joker: Folie à Deux is also expected to be a movie 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.

2 Superman - July 11, 2025

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After Waller and Creature Commandos kick-start 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 The Batman Part II - October 2, 2026

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