By Ben Fritz
The Warner Bros.-DC Comics movie plan has finally arrived,
including 10 confirmed films planned for five years starting in
2016.
Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Flash, and the Justice League are all
coming to movie theaters over the next several years, as expected,
but now we have a clearer picture of when to expect them.
Laying out the slate of DC movies for the first time, Warner
Bros. Chief Executive Kevin Tsujihara detailed the two movies per
year that the studio will release between 2016 and 2020:
2016
"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" -- As previously reported,
it will star Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal
Gadot as Wonder Woman and will feature cameos by other superheroes.
Zack Snyder is directing.
"Suicide Squad" -- Directed by David Ayer ("Fury," "End of
Watch"), and the cast is yet to be announced. The comic book
features a team of semi-reformed super villains working for the
government. The team previously appeared in CW's "Arrow" series,
which is based on the Green Arrow character.
2017
"Wonder Woman" -- Starring Gadot in the first ever major
superhero film focused on a female character.
"Justice League" -- DC Comics' own super team and a rival to
Marvel and Disney's wildly lucrative "Avengers." Also directed by
Snyder, it will star Cavill, Affleck, Gadot and others. Initially,
it was reported that we might not see this movie before 2018.
2018
"The Flash" -- Starring Ezra Miller ("The Perks of Being a
Wallflower," "We Need to Talk About Kevin") as the super-speedster.
This is a different version of the character on the new CW TV show
starring Grant Gustin in the title role.
"Aquaman" -- Starring Jason Momoa ("Conan," "Game of Thrones")
as the king of the high seas who can breathe underwater and
communicate telepathically with sea creatures.
2019
"Justice League 2" -- No further details, other than that Snyder
will return to direct this installment.
"Shazam" -- Dwayne Johnson will play villain Black Adam in this
story of a boy transformed by a wizard into a super-man.
2020
"Cyborg" -- starring Ray Fisher as the superhero who's half man,
half robot.
"Green Lantern" -- A reboot about the man who can transform his
will into reality with a ring created by aliens. A 2011 movie
starring Ryan Reynolds was a flop.
There will also be new standalone films about Superman and
Batman, the studio said.
Warner Bros. also announced it will release three new Lego
movies: "Lego Ninjago" in 2016, "Lego Batman" in 2017, and "The
Lego Movie 2" in 2018
In addition, the studio said it will release its three "Harry
Potter" spin-off movies in the "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
Them" series, also written by J.K Rowling, in 2016, 2018 and
2020
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