As we hurry through 2016, the end of this decade doesn’t seem that far away. So when you hear that we’re getting at least 8, maybe 9, possibly even 10 DC Comics superhero movies before 2020, it sounds like an almost impossible task. But apparently, these movies will arrive all interconnected to each other, bouncing off the previous installment. And that will certainly be true with theAquamanandThe Flashmovies, which will be a continuation of the events set up inJustice League.
Justice League Part 1will arrive just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday next year. The next two movies immediately following in 2018 will beThe Flash, which arrives in March of that year, and thenAquaman, which is getting a July release. Both of these solo characters are confirmed to have a presence in this month’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, however fleeting it may be. And while these are just merecameos, writerChris Terrio, who penned bothBatman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeandJustice League Part 1, feels it’s incredibly important to introduce these characters right now. He explains.
“If you bring in a character in a kinetic way, then you accept the reality more easily.”
Following this year’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeandSuicide Squad,Wonder Womanwill be the first DCEU movie released in 2017, and is shooting now.Justice League Part 1then begins shooting this April, giving starGal Gadotno time to breath between franchise sequels. All of these movies plan to introduce their characters in the same way, appearing in someone else’s movie first before setting off on their own adventure. As theJustice League Part 1story will continue on inAquamanandThe Flash,Diana Prince’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicestory will also continue on in her own solo movie, which makes perfect sense.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceis being called a ‘naturally starting point’ forJustice League Part 1. Writing the epic superhero ensemble actually hadChris Terriostudying a number of topics he never would have explored otherwise. He says this.
“Red- and blue shifts in electromagnetic physics to think about the Flash, investigated deep sea biology in the Mariana trench to create the world of Aquaman and read the Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily’s account of the war between Amazon and Atlantis to better understandWonder Woman. If you told me the most rigorous dramaturgical and intellectual product of my life would be superhero movies, I would have said you were crazy.”
It sounds likeJustice League Part 1is the focal point of one giant interconnected story that shoots off in various directions as each individual superhero continues his mission from this vantage point. The DCEU is said to be more closely interlocking than the previous Marvel standalone movies. We’re not sure how this will all play out in the long run, as no plot details for any of the upcoming movies have even been hinted at. What do you think about DC’s movie to have their movies play in more of an episodic arc as opposed to true standalone adventures?
