Warner's new DC bosses announce 10-project schedule, with new Superman, Batman
Dimitrios Kambouris

The new bosses at Warner Bros. Discovery's (NASDAQ:WBD) superhero arm have announced their new direction with a 10-project slate, including their next passes at the iconic Batman and Superman characters.
Director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran were tapped by WBD in October to lead a new division, DC Studios, to take over for the company's DC Films (combining film and TV schedules) and revitalize the company's answer to Disney's (DIS) Marvel universe.
They had promised something to show by the beginning of February, and they're calling it "Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters."
That will include Superman: Legacy, a new film featuring one of DC's best-known characters, being written by Gunn and tentatively set for July 11, 2025.
That October will also bring The Batman Part II, with Robert Pattinson returning to the Caped Crusader role. And DC's hero stable will get another film treatment in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
A new, non-Pattinson Batman will make a debut in the film The Brave and the Bold - "the introduction of the DCU Batman," Gunn said.
The slate also includes TV series including the animated Creature Commandos, the Peacemaker spin-off Waller, a new Green Lantern take called Lanterns, and an HBO Max series (Paradise Lost) set in Wonder Woman's birthplace.
âOne of our strategies is to take our diamond characters, which is Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and we use them to prop up other characters that people donât know,â Gunn said.
Meanwhile, Gunn and Safran are pleased with the four projects already in the pipe for 2023: Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Flash, Blue Beetle and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
They're focused on building a crown jewel for Warner Bros. Discovery: "The history of DC is pretty messed up," Gunn said.