Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for DC’s Creature Commandos.David Corenswet’s Superman has already entered the DC Universe a few months before his movie releases in theaters, and the hero’s first appearance could lead to the Justice League. I find James Gunn’s DCU plans exciting, with a healthy mix of major characters and more obscure players making up the first few projects in the franchise. This formula has also been a success for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so I’m interested to see how it pans out as the DCU gets rolling. That said, I am surprised that no Justice League movie has been announced so far.
Inevitably, that is where many DCU heroes must be headed, so it was interesting to see that no Justice League movie was part of the DCU slate of projects revealed by DC Studios in January 2023. However, DC is making up for the team’s absence by including multiple characters in the franchise’s first few movies and series. This is the case with David Corenswet’s Superman movie, which features a handful of other DCU heroes. While we knew about the heroes who would appear in Superman, DC just surprised everyone by including Clark Kent in another DCU project before his movie.
David Corenswet’s Superman Has Already Debuted In The DCU
The Man Of Steel Came First To Animation
Since watching David Corenswet in The Politician back in 2019, I have wanted to see the actor become DC’s next Superman. Due to that, I can’t wait to see how the star performs as both Clark Kent and the Man of Steel when James Gunn’s Superman movie releases next year. Thankfully, we don’t have to wait so long to get our first DCU scene featuring the Man of Steel. I was shocked to see that David Corenswet’s Superman debut came in a Creature Commandos trailer, and the context of the moment is intriguing.
After the DCU’s first project debuted, a trailer for the remaining episodes in Creature Commandos season 1 showed the DCU debuts of David Corenswet’s Superman, Teen Titans’ Starfire, and John Cena’s Peacemaker. The sequence in question is a vision of a possible future shown by Anya Chalotra’s Circe. In it, the characters are dead, with Superman crucified. A new trailer for Creature Commandos‘ episode 4 has since been released, showing a new part of the sequence. In it, Circe shows Amanda Waller the vision, with Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Hawkgirl, Booster Gold, and seemingly Damian Wayne’s Robin also dead.
I’m Convinced That Creature Commandos Is Teasing The DCU Justice League’s First Movie
Circe’s Vision Of A Bleak Future Is Very Interesting
While there might not be an announced Justice League movie so far, there is no way that the team is not coming in the DCU’s future. I understand why Gunn might be giving the team a break, as the DCEU’s Justice League movie — and the franchise overall — was not the best. Still, I believe that Circe’s vision could be of a future that happens if the Justice League is not successful in stopping a certain threat. The move would be similar to Zack Snyder’s Knightmare plans for the DCEU in a way.
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David Corenswet’s Superman has debuted before his DCU movie, and the sequence teases a major death twist that could lead to a major DC hero appearing.
Initially, we only had three characters confirmed for the sequence. Now that the number has grown to include characters like Wonder Woman and Supergirl, I’m convinced that even more heroes will be part of the finished version of Circe’s vision, with at least Batman bound to also make an appearance. Hawkgirl has been part of different versions of the JLA in the comics, as have most of the characters now revealed to appear in the dream sequence. With Wonder Woman and Superman present, it seems like the DCU’s first project is teasing the story of the Justice League’s debut.
I Believe The Justice League Movie Will End The DCU’s Chapter One
There Are More DCU Projects To Be Announced
I was excited to finally get an update on the Justice League’s DCU status recently. James Gunn has confirmed that the team does not yet exist. That makes sense. Gunn is crafting a new universe that feels lived-in, with heroes operating in it for some time, but letting fans get the first look at their major crossovers, such as the Justice League coming together for the first time. After the DCU’s Chapter One projects set up a Justice League — characters like Amanda Waller, Peacemaker, Superman, Rick Flag Sr., and more connect to multiple projects — a team movie could end it.
When he announced the first movies and series in the DCU, Gunn revealed that they made up less than half of the total projects in the DCU’s Chapter One.
It would be poetic if the final movie of the DCU’s Chapter One paid off the vision of the franchise’s first release. Something Gunn said when announcing the first projects in the new DC Universe also adds up to the reasons I believe the Justice League will be coming during the franchise’s first chapter. When he announced the first movies and series in the DCU, Gunn revealed that they made up less than half of the total projects in the DCU’s Chapter One. So, based on all the teases we now have, I think the Justice League ends that chapter.
Justice League
Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by the Man of Steel’s selfless act in Batman V Superman, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Evil forces have set their sights on our world, tasking the malevolent Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons with bringing Earth under the control of Darkseid, ruler of the planet Apokolips. In response, Batman and Wonder Woman unite a team of metahuman heroes including The Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman to protect humanity as the Justice League. The Justice League first appeared in March 1960 in issue #28 of The Brave and the Bold. In the fifty years since the heroes first united, the team has welcomed various members of DC comic book canon: Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Shazam, among others. Recently rebooted as part of DC Rebirth, the current comic iteration of the team includes Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, two Green Lanterns (Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz), Aquaman, Barry Allen, as well as Cyborg.Â
- Release Date
- November 17, 2017
- Runtime
- 242 minutes
- Cast
- Jeremy Irons , Gal Gadot , Amy Adams , Jesse Eisenberg , Ciarán Hinds , Ben Affleck , Henry Cavill , Ezra Miller , J. K. Simmons , Jason Momoa , Ray Fisher
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