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The DCU is a soft reboot of a previous franchise, the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), retaining select cast members and narrative elements but disregarding others. In contrast with the previous state of DC Comics adaptations, the DCU features a united continuity and story across
[1] [2] [3] Keith Staskiewicz, writing for Entertainment Weekly, jokingly coined the term "DC Extended Universe" (DCEU) in an article about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on July 1, 2015. [4] [5] This term and the abbreviation DCEU quickly spread among the press and fans who took it as the official name of the franchise over the following ...
Thomas (portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Martha Wayne (portrayed by Lauren Cohan) are Bruce Wayne's deceased parents, slain by an armed mugger in front of a 12-year-old Bruce as the family leaves a theater during a flashback in the film. Their deaths, especially Thomas's last words, "Martha", continue to haunt Bruce in the present day, as ...
1.3 Introduced in Suicide Squad. ... Julian Richings [12] Faora-Ul 2 U: Antje Traue [13] Carrie Farris Christina Wren [14] Emil Hamilton: Richard Schiff [15] Nathan Hardy
Titles also received new trade dress, with those "that tie in clearly to our larger DC Universe" having a "DCU logo on them" in addition to corner boxes with icons of the characters to help identify the family of titles; titles outside the DCU, such as Injustice: Gods Among Us and DC Bombshells would simply have the DC logo on them.
In October 2018, James Gunn was hired to direct a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad, [157] later titled The Suicide Squad (2021). [158] This came after Gunn's dismissal from his role as director of the MCU film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), amid the resurfacing of offensive remarks made by him on Twitter years prior. [159]
A week after starting their new roles, the pair had begun developing an eight-to-ten-year plan for a new franchise called the DC Universe (DCU) that would be a "soft reboot" of the DCEU. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] By mid-November, Safran had been "fixing" The Lost Kingdom , [ 114 ] while Gunn had provided notes on it by the following month. [ 115 ]
DC Studios is an American film and television production company that is a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). It is responsible for the production of live-action and animated films and television series, as well as video games, based on characters from the American comic book publisher DC Comics, primarily as part of its flagship media ...