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Topic: DC Superheroes in Cinema and Streaming (2025 and Onward)

With the impending launch of James Gunn's DC Universe in theatrical films, streaming shows and animated productions, it's become necessary to start a new thread specifically for the James Gunn era: DC Superheroes in Cinema and Streaming (2025 and Onward).

The James Gunn era technically pre-dates 2025 with his film THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021) and and his series PEACEMAKER (2022), in addition to CREATURE COMMANDOS which debuts in December 2024 and runs to January 2025 on MAX. The second season of PEACEMAKER will stream in 2025 and Gunn's DC cinematic era will launch in theatres with SUPERMAN on July 11, 2025.

THE BATMAN (2022) by Matt Reeves, while pre-dating James Gunn, will see a sequel during the James Gunn era and should be included here as well.

Since we can't say for sure how long Gunn will lead the DC film division (may it be a long and prosperous reign), it seems better to call this era the 2025 and Onward era while grandfathering in THE BATMAN, THE SUICIDE SQUAD and PEACEMAKER.

Meanwhile, we can continue to discuss the Arrowverse and all pre-Gunn DC TV shows in the DC Superheroes on TV & Streaming (1966 - 2024) thread: https://sliders.tv/bboard/viewtopic.php?id=67

And we can keep talking about the DCEU, the Christopher Nolan Batman films, and all other pre-Gunn DC movies in the DC Superheroes in Film (1943 - 2024) thread: https://sliders.tv/bboard/viewtopic.php?id=60

There is also a separate thread for SMALLVILLE: https://sliders.tv/bboard/viewtopic.php?id=167

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Re: DC Superheroes in Cinema and Streaming (2025 and Onward)

This is good.

For perpetuity, I'm very excited about James Gunn's universe.  I like that there's going to be consistency across all media, and I like that there's a singular plan.

My only issue is that we're, again, going to have a younger Superman with an older Batman (presumably).  But I also think it would be a cool idea to have Batman show up in Superman (2025) as a newbie, have a bunch of movies where Batman isn't around (but maybe is referenced) and the next time he shows up, he's already created the Bat-family.

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Re: DC Superheroes in Cinema and Streaming (2025 and Onward)

My concern about a Batman movie featuring Batman and his homicidal 10 year old son Damian (as he is in the comics) -- movies are shot and go through post production over at least a year, and then pre-production has to set up the next film. If they hire a 10 year old actor to play Damian, he'll be at least 12 in the second film, 14 by the third, and so forth. How are they going handle this? Will Damian age with the actor, or will they hire a performer with a genetic predisposition to staying short and skinny?

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Re: DC Superheroes in Cinema and Streaming (2025 and Onward)

I wonder if they try to find someone like Tom Holland who looks like a teenager even though he's *ALMOST 30* and then age up Damian to 16?

Otherwise, I assume they allow him to age normally.  But even then I think he's gotta be older than 10 or we're in a Walt from LOST situation.  A reference I assume you don't get big_smile