At one hand where Marvel is bringing The blade and Fantastic four movies in 2025, James Cameron is bringing the third part for the Avatar film series.... DC's got some movies coming up based on their World's finest heroes- Batman and Superman. The movie of Superman titled 'Superman: legacy' will be directed by the legendary director of Guardians of the galaxy trilogy, James Gunn. And the movie of Batman titled 'The batman : Part II' will be directed by the famous director of 'dawn for the planet of the apes'(2014) and 'war for the planet of the apes'(2017) Matt Reeves. While we know that Batman shares his position as the most famous superhero, while on the other hand, the second rank is of Superman. Although 'Superman: legacy' belongs to the DCU continuity while 'The Batman part II' belongs to the DC else world continuity. Short origin recap for those who do not know these iconic heroes. An alien who crash lands on earth after his planet was destroyed, he discovers his alien powers while living in a human society of metropolis and decides to use it for good.... Becoming Superman. On the other hand, A billionaire becomes orphan at a young age. As he grows up, he utilizes his wealth to become a masked vigilante and protect Gotham city - The caped crusader Batman!
Superman : legacy
Planned for 11 July 2025 at present by the studio, the movie is going to be the second film of the DCU continuity. The first movie is going to be Blue beetle (2023) but it is not canon, therefore Superman legacy is technically the first DCU movie which belongs to the phase one of DCU titled 'chapter one : gods and monsters'. This might be confusing, but before Superman : legacy we are seeing 3 projects of the DCU franchise which are namely Blue Beetle (2023), Creature Commandos (2024) and Waller tv series (2024), still Superman : legacy is the first film of the franchise as per Gunn and Safran. James Gunn has till now shared that the script has been completed of Superman: legacy and also that it will feature a younger version of Superman along with some other pre established DC superheroes. Peter Safran has also confirmed the part that this Superman might be young but he is not in his year one, "it's not an origin story" as Safran says. Gunn has also shared a casting update from the film, David Corenswet is officially Kal-el/Clark Kent/Superman in this film. David Corenswet is known for his performances in the horror film 'Pearl'(2022) and Netflix's hit comedy series 'The Politician'(2019-2020). Rachel Brosnahan will play the role of Lois Lane (female lead of this movie), Nathan Fillion will play the role of Guy Gardner/Green lantern, Edi Gathegi will play the role of Mr terrific, Isabela Merced will play the role of Hawkgirl and Anthony Carrigan will play the role of Metamorpho. We will be seeing these multiple superheroes in the film as a team called 'the terrifics'. Before hand, fans were theorising that this movie might feature a pre established justice league with Batman as it's leader as this universe has a much more experienced batman as said by James Gunn. The terrifics is a superhero team from DC comics and in this film, we will be seeing a pre established team which will be joined by superman to save the world. The involvement of the terrifics in this movie hints that they are facing a dark multiversal threat as happened before in the comics. The terrifics were already been teased by James Gunn that we will soon be seeing the full exact team from the comics including plastic man in the future. James Gunn is also planning to make a movie on plastic man that will be the part of DCU timeline. James Gunn has also hinted that the greatest enemies of Superman namely Lex Luthor and Braniac might appear in this movie. Till date, James Gunn has stated that the shooting for Superman : legacy movie will start from January 2024.
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The Batman : Part II
Matt Reeves's second installment of The Batman is coming in 2025 with Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader once again on the big screen. While Matt Reeves is working on the 2nd project of his version of the DC universe, the project namely being 'The penguin' HBO Max series. The penguin is the spin-off sequel of The Batman (2022) and a possible prequel to The Batman: Part II. Till now we have got some updates on 'The Batman: part II'! The movie will mark the return of Jeffrey Wright as Lieutenant James Gordon and Andy Serkis as the caped Crusader's butler Alfred Pennyworth. There are rumours that Zoe Kravitz might return as Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Catwoman has left Gotham and has gone to Bludhaven) and Paul Dano might return aswell in the role of the Riddler in an Arkham asylum scene along with Barry Keoghan as the Joker. Matt Reeves's has shown an interest in featuring court of owls as the main villian in this film. Court of owls is a secret organisation of Gotham that runs everything in Gotham (more like an underworld). Theories say that the death of the underground criminal Carmine Falcone in 'the batman'(2022) will cause all the trouble in Gotham in 'The Batman : part II'. Court of owls appeared in the story arc of batman new 52 series written and created by Scott Snyder, by far the story of court of owls is marked as one of the best Batman stories of all time. Reeves also hints that maybe this movie will introduce Dick Grayson/Robin in the reevesverse. It is reported that Reeves is planning for a spin off show on some other batman villains like Scarecrow, professor pig and clayface... So it is highly possible that these batman arch enemies might appear in this movie.
Harvey Dent/two face has a lot of chances to appear in this movie aswell, with an unconfirmed casting of actor Joel Edgerton or maybe Josh Harnett. Although the first part of the batman showed us a fresh batman and a serious minded Bruce Wayne, but it won't remain the same in the second part. The next movie will feature Batman being more experienced in his work and Bruce Wayne stops being serious, instead becomes a playboy as like in the comics. The Batman : part II is officially scheduled on 3 October 2025. The production of the film begins in 2024, while the script is in process as stated by director Matt Reeves.
(Written by Talha Amin )