Upcoming New DC Movies and TV Shows: 2025 Release Dates and Beyond

A batch is changing for DC's lineup of movies and shows successful the years ahead. James Gunn and Peter Safran, co-CEOs of DC Studios, person a strategy for a much cohesive and interconnected lineup of contented moving forward. It each starts with Chapter 1, dubbed "Gods and Monsters."

It tin beryllium precise hard to support way of each the large changes astatine DC these days. And Gunn is ever dropping updates and quality it seems! That's wherefore we've enactment unneurotic this broad database of everything presently successful the works, arsenic good arsenic the large projects that person either been officially canceled oregon gone dormant.

Come articulation america successful the reborn DC Universe. Click connected done the slideshow beneath for a glimpse oregon work connected for adjacent much details...

What Are the Next DC Movies Coming Out? 2025 Release Dates

For those keeping track, here's the afloat lineup of upcoming DC movies and TV shows:

• The Sandman Season 2 (July 3 and 24, 2025)
• Peacemaker Season 2 (August 21, 2025)
• Supergirl (June 26, 2026)
• Clayface (September 11, 2026)
• The Batman Part II (October 1, 2027)
• Dynamic Duo (Animated Robin Origin Movie) (June 30, 2028)
• Lanterns TV Series (Early 2026)
• Mister Miracle Animated Series (In Production)
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold (In Development)
• Creature Commandos Season 2 (In Development)
• The Authority (In Development)
• Swamp Thing (In Development)
• Teen Titans Movie (In Development)
• Bane/Deathstroke Movie (In Development)
• Wonder Woman Movie (In Development)
• Waller TV Series (In Development)
• Booster Gold TV Series (In Development)
• Paradise Lost TV Series (In Development)
• Blue Beetle Animated Series (In Development)
• Harley Quinn and Other Animated Titles (In Development)
• Constantine 2 (In Development)
• Sgt. Rock (Canceled)
• Gotham PD/Arkham TV Series (Possibly Canceled)

Here are immoderate of the astir notable projects that are presently successful the works:

The Sandman Season 2 (July 3 and 24, 2025)

Despite wide captious acclaim and what appears to person been a precise palmy debut connected Netflix, it took respective months for the streamer to denote that The Sandman was renewed. Netflix did yet corroborate that caller episodes are successful the works, though they shied distant from describing it arsenic "Season 2" initially. That whitethorn suggest Netflix plans to merchandise caller episodes successful smaller batches, akin to however Season 1 was followed up by the astonishment merchandise of an eleventh episode.

No substance the case, Season 2 volition beryllium the past for the show. Netflix says that was the program adjacent anterior to maltreatment allegations against creator Neil Gaiman going public.

Peacemaker Season 2 (August 21, 2025)

Not everything is being wholly rebooted for the caller DCU. James Gunn's Peacemaker is getting an Amanda Waller spinoff bid arsenic good arsenic a 2nd season. We don't cognize overmuch astir Season 2 yet, though Gunn did tease a enigma quality connected societal media successful October, 2024. We besides cognize that Frank Grillo's Rick Flag, Sr., antecedently seen successful Creature Commandos, volition beryllium an antagonist connected the show.

Supergirl (June 26, 2026)

The caller DCU volition besides person a caller Supergirl. Supergirl (previously titled Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) is simply a movie based connected Tom King and Bilquis Evely's comic. This Supergirl is 1 who spent overmuch of her aboriginal beingness surviving connected a fragment of Krypton that was dislodged successful the planet's destruction, what Gunn describes arsenic a "horrible concern wherever she watched everybody astir her die." House of the Dragon's Milly Alcock plays Supergirl, and Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya, Cruella) directs the film.

Clayface (September 11, 2026)

A Clayface movie scripted by Mike Flanagan is moving accelerated astatine DC. Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, etc.) antecedently voiced a tendency to marque a Clayface movie arsenic a "horror/thriller/tragedy." However, owed to his assorted TV commitments, helium won't nonstop the film, with Speak No Evil's James Watkins expected to nonstop for a Fall, 2026, release. Tom Rhys Harries stars arsenic the titular villain. Safran and Gunn committedness a assemblage fearfulness representation that is R-rated arsenic well.

Given Deadline's erstwhile study that Clayface is 1 of the large villains debuting successful The Batman Part II, and the information that the Clayface movie is being produced by Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris' 6th & Idaho Productions, it had been assumed that this movie would beryllium acceptable successful The Batman beingness alternatively than the DCU. But Gunn has since said that it is successful information unrelated to The Batman Epic Crime Saga and is decidedly portion of the DCU. Presumably, those earlier reports of the quality being successful The Batman Part II volition upwind up not panning retired astatine this point.

The Batman Part II (October 1, 2027)

Of people The Batman Part II is successful the works with Matt Reeves returning to constitute and nonstop and Robert Pattinson putting connected the cape, cowl, and eyeliner (!) again arsenic the Dark Knight Detective. The movie is confirmed to person survived the caller turmoil astatine Warner Bros. Discovery, and Reeves has adjacent signed a multi-year first-look woody with the studio. There's nary connection yet connected what it volition beryllium about, truthful statesman your Joker speculation now. The merchandise day of the movie has been pushed a mates of times now, archetypal from October 2025 to October 2026, and past to October 2027.

James Gunn has besides confirmed that Pattinson volition not beryllium the DCU's mentation of Batman.

Dynamic Duo (Animated Robin Origin Movie) (June 30, 2028)

According to James Gunn, Dynamic Duo volition archer the root communicative of not 1 but 2 Robins -- Dick Grayson and Jason Todd. The movie volition beryllium directed by Arthur Mintz, who's making the representation with his caller animation workplace Swaybox utilizing a premix of animation, puppetry, CGI, and live-action performance. Huh.

Lanterns TV Series (Early 2026)

We're yet getting that oft-promised Green Lantern show. Lanterns is simply a high-concept detective play successful the vein of True Detective that revolves astir Hal Jordan and John Stewart. Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) has been formed arsenic Hal and Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad) has been formed arsenic John.

Mister Miracle Animated Series (In Production)

Mister Miracle is the 2nd animated bid to beryllium produced nether the DC Studios banner, pursuing 2024's Creature Commandos. The bid volition beryllium helmed by showrunner and shaper Tom King, who antecedently penned 2017's Mister Miracle comic. The animated bid looks to beryllium straight based connected that comic, which deals with Scott Free's attempts to marque consciousness of his world during a destructive warfare betwixt Apokolips and New Genesis.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold (In Development)

DC has confirmed that we'll person 2 cinematic versions of Batman going forward, arsenic the DCU volition get its ain Dark Knight alongside the standalone movies of Matt Reeves' The Batman series. The Brave and the Bold looks to woody with the afloat Bat-family, centering specifically connected Bruce Wayne's 10-year-old lad Damian. The movie volition gully heavy from Grant Morrison's Batman comics. It is unclear however the movie volition link to the events of The Flash movie, if astatine each (probably not?), but that film's director, Andy Muschietti, was astatine 1 constituent confirmed to beryllium directing The Brave and the Bold.

More recently, it seems that Gunn and Safran person enactment immoderate region betwixt the task and Muschietti, with Gunn taking constituent connected it. “Everybody knows I emotion Batman and it’s important to maine truthful I’m moving precise intimately with the writer connected Brave and the Bold,” helium told a radical of reporters successful February, 2025. Once the publication is completed (it is not presently known who the writer is), Gunn and Safran said they volition instrumentality it to Muschietti "and spot if it's a acceptable for him."

Creature Commandos Season 2 (In Development)

James Gunn's latest set of misfit superheroes, the Creature Commandos, kicked disconnected the caller DCU with the archetypal play of their animated bid connected Max, and a Season 2 is already successful the readying stages. What the caller mentation of the squad volition look similar remains to beryllium seen, though the Creature Commandos Season 1 finale did springiness america immoderate hints...

The Authority (In Development)

DC's anti-Justice League were a large portion of the archetypal announcement line-up that Gunn and Safran made backmost successful 2023, but it seems similar the task has been a tougher publication to ace than they expected. The Authority is simply a radical of almighty heroes who instrumentality a acold much proactive attack to meting retired justice, but Gunn said successful February, 2025, that it's been “the 1 that's been the hardest, some due to the fact that of the shifting wide communicative and due to the fact that of getting it close successful a satellite with The Boys and a satellite with each the things that The Authority influenced that came retired aft it.” The task is present connected the “back burner,” helium says.

Swamp Thing (In Development)

Swamp Thing whitethorn not person recovered overmuch occurrence connected the short-lived DC Universe app, but DC was betting large connected this lumbering monster for their caller cinematic beingness erstwhile they announced their plans for the caller movie slate successful 2023. The Swamp Thing movie was to research the acheronian origins of Alec Holland's monstrous change ego, with Logan and Indiana Jones 5 manager James Mangold penning the publication for the film.

However, much precocious Gunn and Safran person said that Swamp Thing hasn't had overmuch question arsenic Mangold was moving connected his Bob Dylan movie, A Complete Unknown. "We anticipation that he'll travel backmost to Swamp Thing erstwhile he's ready, due to the fact that again, that was 1 of those ones that we emotion him arsenic a filmmaker, truthful we're blessed to hold for him," said Safran. Gunn added that the main crushed they pursued the task was due to the fact that "James came to america with it, frankly."

Teen Titans (In Development)

The Teen Titans are returning to live-action pursuing the decision of Max's Titans series. As reported by THR, a caller Teen Titans movie is successful the works, with the screenplay being penned by Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow writer Ana Nogueira. It's chartless whether the movie is meant to beryllium portion of the DCU oregon a standalone project.

Bane/Deathstroke Movie (In Development)

The Hollywood Reporter broke the quality that DC Studios is processing a villain-centric team-up movie featuring Bane and Deathstroke. The movie is being written by Matthew Orton (Captain America: Brave New World). It's unclear whether the task is acceptable successful James Gunn's DCU, the satellite of Matt Reeves' The Batman, oregon an wholly standalone beingness a la Joker.

Wonder Woman Movie (In Development)

Gunn precocious confirmed to EW that a caller Wonder Woman movie is successful the works arsenic portion of the DCU, saying, "Wonder Woman's being written close now." The movie is simply a abstracted task from the antecedently announced Paradise Lost series. Presumably, Wonder Woman volition reboot the franchise with a caller pb histrion alternatively than bring backmost Gal Gadot's Diana.

Waller TV Series (In Development)

This Peacemaker spin-off is intended to diagnostic Viola Davis reprising the Amanda Waller role, with respective different Peacemaker alums besides returning. However, the bid “has had a mates of setbacks" according to Gunn. Safran added that "Waller has been a bumpy road," truthful it remains unclear wherever the bid stands astatine the moment.

Booster Gold TV Series (In Development)

The lovably goofy Booster Gold is getting his ain bid arsenic portion of the caller DCU. Booster Gold volition research the character's impostor syndrome arsenic helium travels backmost successful clip and uses the exertion of the aboriginal to marque himself a present-day superhero.

Paradise Lost TV Series (In Development)

While a caller Wonder Woman movie isn't connected the contiguous horizon, DC is moving guardant with a TV bid acceptable connected the land of Themyscira. Paradise Lost volition research the origins and governmental intrigue of Diana's home. The bid is billed arsenic the DC equivalent of Game of Thrones.

Blue Beetle Animated Series (In Development)

A Blue Beetle animated TV amusement is reportedly successful development. Xolo Maridueña, who played the rubric leader successful the live-action movie, says he'll beryllium backmost to dependable Jaime Reyes for the series.

Harley Quinn and Other Animated Titles (In Development)

Warner Bros. has a assortment of animated properties successful assorted stages of improvement arsenic streaming bid (in summation to their never-ending DTV animated movie releases). That includes a 5th play of Harley Quinn which debuted successful January, 2025, connected Max, a imaginable ninth play of Teen Titans Go!, a 3rd play of Adult Swim/Max's My Adventures With Superman, Season 2 of Amazon Prime's Batman: Caped Crusader (from Bruce Timm, J. J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves), and upcoming bid specified arsenic Blue Beetle, My Adventures With Green Lantern (featuring the Jessica Cruz Lantern), DC Super Powers, Starfire, and Mister Miracle.

Sgt. Rock (In Development)

After decades successful improvement hellhole done assorted workplace regimes and stars attached to it, it seemed similar Sgt. Rock was yet coming to the large screen. DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran acknowledged the task was successful improvement with Luca Guadagnino directing. Guadagnino (Queer, Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria, Challengers) isn't precisely the archetypal sanction you'd expect to perceive for a Sgt. Rock movie truthful it made it an adjacent much breathtaking prospect.

After rumors of Daniel Craig playing the rubric relation successful the WWII movie were changeable down by Gunn, it was reported that Colin Farrell was formed instead. The task was to sprout successful Summer 2025 for a Fall 2026 merchandise but arsenic soon arsenic Sgt. Rock yet came together, the task fell apart. Still, Gunn has said that the movie is inactive successful development, though it remains to beryllium seen who would prima oregon nonstop if it happens.

Constantine 2 (Status Unknown)

Keanu Reeves was reportedly going to reprise his iconic DC relation astatine 1 point. A sequel to 2005's Constantine was successful the quality successful 2022, with Reeves acceptable to prima and Francis Lawrence returning arsenic director. The screenplay was being written by Akiva Goldsman, and Goldsman was besides producing the movie alongside Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella. Lawrence gave IGN an update connected the task erstwhile we spoke to him successful May 2025 for The Long Walk:

"Constantine 2 is simply a existent thing. It is thing that we person been moving connected and trying to ace and fig things retired implicit the years. And with each the assorted authorities changes and things astatine Warner Brothers and who has rights to DC characters/Vertigo characters and DC Dark and each that, the quality of Constantine has benignant of changed hands implicit the years, which became roadblocks for us. We present are past those roadblocks, and truthful Keanu and Akiva ... who I did Constantine and I Am Legend with, person an idea, and Akiva is really penning a script. And I'm truly excited astir the idea, and Keanu is truly excited astir the idea, but we've each collaborated connected it and helium is disconnected writing, and truthful fingers crossed we tin truly get that going. I deliberation we're each ace excited and this is decidedly the closest we've been successful the 20 years since the movie came out."

DC Movies and TV Shows That Were Released successful 2024

• The Penguin (September 19, 2024)
• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (September 21, 2024)
• Superman & Lois, Season 4 (October 7, 2024)
• Creature Commandos (December 5, 2024)

Note: This communicative was updated connected 7/14/2025 with the latest DC movie news. It was primitively posted connected 7/29/2021.