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When it comes to comic book moving-picture show , the rumor manufacturing plant is always churn , and Warner Bros. ' burgeon DC Extended Universe ( DCEU ) is no exception . Three movies have thus far free in thehotly contestedyethigh - grossingDCEU , and there are enough more on the mode . Not only are hearing get their first hot - action team - up of theJustice Leaguebut solo movies forWonder Woman , Aquaman , The Flash , and more are also on the way . There ’s even aBatmanmovie thatmay or may notbe titledThe Batman . Well , we hope there is , anyway .
But in all these upcoming picture , who ’s playing who ? Who will be the villain ? Where and when does the motion-picture show take place ? Who will be writing and directing ? Is the studio adapting so - and - so comic ? These are questions that fans are n’t just asking themselves but also happen potential answers to in the legion rumors circling the web . Some rumors are credible enough to believe , while the vast majority seem instantly farfetched . Still , we ’re fans just like you guy , and we hope at leastsomeof them come genuine .
Here are15 DC Extended Universe Rumors We Hope Are dependable .
15. The Flash villains will be the Rogues
With the original theatre director , Seth Grahame - Smith , as well as his transposition , Rick Famuyiwa , havingboth departedfromThe Flashmovie , it appears that the film is sputter to find a creative direction that the studio can get behind . And withproduction purportedly slat to beginsometime in theverynear future , it ’s a wonder when Warner Bros. will hire a new managing director for the project . It would appear that , at least for now , the only thing concrete about the film is the independent casting .
After announcing a newfangled film director , the next pace would be to herald the villain(s ) of the film , which rumors are suggesting will center on the Flash’siconic Rogues ' gallery . Consisting of baddie such as Captain Cold , Heat Wave , Weather Wizard , Mirror Master , Pied Piper , The Top , and Captain Boomerang , the varlet are Flash’smost seasoned enemies . Since Jai Courtney is alreadyplaying Captain Boomerangin the DCEU , it would make sense for the studio apartment to piece on a few more villain and finish the Rogues team . It would also help set the film asunder fromThe CW’sFlashseries , which has made speedster baddie like Zoom and the Reverse - Flash its central nidus .
14. Will Smith is getting a Deadshot spinoff
There ’s no traverse that David Ayer’sSuicide Squadwas one of the biggest motion picture of summertime 2016 , having gain a banging $ 745.6 million worldwide ( without releasing in China ! ) . But there ’s also no denying that it was ahotly contest releaseamong fans and critic alike . Blastedfor its " muddled plot of land , thinly written fictitious character , and choppy directing,“Suicide Squadreceived more than its percentage of terrible reviews . However , Will Smith ’s and Margot Robbie ’s portrayals of Deadshot and Harley Quinn , respectively , were almost universally praised .
In the movie , Smith ’s Deadshot was the close-fitting affair Task Force X had to a leader , aside from the bland Colonel Rick Flag . And for many , Deadshot was one of the best characters in the motion picture ( he in spades hadsome of the best scenes , anyway ) . So with the character ’s popularity and Will Smith ’s champion big businessman , aDeadshotspinoff moviedoesn’t strait that far - fetched , which is exactly what Warner Bros. is thinking . THRreported in December that the studio was in early developing on a Deadshot spinoff . The report has n’t been confirm , but it ’s certainly something we ’d like to see happen at some point .
13. Gotham City Sirens casting rumors – well, most of them
What was probably the biggest bit of word in thatTHRreport – the one that claim that Warner Bros. was not only pursuing aSuicide Sequelsequel but also a Deadshot spinoff – was the revelation that David Ayerwas conk to reteamwith Margot Robbie for an all - distaff villain picture , Gotham City Sirens . Since theGotham City Sirensusuallyfollows a trio of supervillains , namely Harley Quinn , Poison Ivy , andCatwoman , the decision to make the spinoff came as a major electrical shock . Most sept had assumed that any distaff - centric DCEU risky venture would center around the longsighted - in - developmentBirds of Preyfilm .
Conversely , Birds of Preytypically follows a ternion of distaff superheroes ; Barbara Gordon ( as either Batgirl or Oracle ) , Huntress , and Black Canary are the received heroes on bridge player . WillSirenstake priority overBirds of Prey , or will the two films be combine ? Is DC set to bring 5 of its most prominent female case to the openhanded screen ?
Will Smith hasexpressed interestin appear inGotham City Sirens , but as it put up , no one besides Robbie has been mould in the movie . However , there are rumors that Megan Foxwill play Poison Ivy . Although many people do n’t find themselves on board with Fox as the supervillainess , the actress does have a consecrate fanbase that would support her in the role .
12. A new director will helm Justice League 2
Zack Snyder has a unique style of film thathe adheres tothroughout all of his movies , and not everybody is on board with that . Sure , each film director has his or her own sports fan and detractors , but there ’s no deny that every one of Snyder ’s pic ( specially the comic book ones ) have torn their respective sports fan base into two very passionate camp .
Watchmenreceived mixed reviews upon tone ending , but was afterward view by many to be an exact adaptation of the graphical novel . And then bothMan of SteelandBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justicereceived negative revaluation , with the latter gettingan extended editionthat has been praised as a significant improvement by most people . We ’re starting to sense a practice here …
No matter what your opinion is of Snyder and his moving picture , we can all jibe that the DCEU would benefit from a fresh set of center . His involvement in the DCEU correlates to the same fatigue many fans feel with the quality of theTransformersuniverse , with Michael Bayhaving directedeach installment since the beginning . That ’s why we desire the rumour aboutSnyder not directingJustice League 2is true ; a raw perspective is necessary if the serial publication is drop dead to hit the height it ’s able of arrive at . It would beawesomeif someone like George Miller hop on board for theJustice Leaguesequel .
11. J.J. Abrams and George Miller directing DC movies
As it stomach , there are 15 DC Comics movies in development , of which only six have directors attached : Wonder Woman , Justice League , Aquaman , The Batman , Dark Universe , andGotham City Sirens . The other nine are mature for the pickings by any top managing director in Hollywood . Everyone has their owncandidates in mindfor picture show likeThe Flash , Green Lantern Corps , and more , but there are already a few directors rumored to be in the running .
Having late completedStar warfare : The Force Awakens , J.J. Abrams ' slate is widely open , which mean he’sa prime candidateforMan of Steel 2 - - at least that ’s what some rumors are suggesting . Then there ’s the possibility of George Millerdirecting aNew Godsmovie(possibly link to theJustice Leaguevillain Steppenwolf and his badass nephew , who we ’ll plunk into in a moment ) . Since Miller was once set to helmJustice League : Mortaland was purportedly being consider forMan of Steel 2 , there ’s no better option than him for a DC Comics film .
10. Darkseid will be the villain in Justice League 2
Until late , fans presumed Darkseid would be the villain in the upcomingJustice Leaguefilm . But when press jaw the Seth of DC ’s biggest movie to date in early 2016 , they discovered that the villain would , in fact , be Steppenwolf , who was tantalize in adeleted scenetowards the close of Snyder’sBatman v Superman(one that resurface in the film’sUltimate Edition ) .
While the focus of the film will be on Steppenwolf , who will seem more foreign and diabolical versus his traditional human being - corresponding flavor , it could be considered a missed chance if Snyder and co. did n’t useJustice Leagueas a agency to arrange up Darkseid for the motion-picture show ’s continuation . Of naturally , that would only be necessary if Darkseid is , in fact , the villain inJustice League 2 , which he is rumored to be .
Still , multitude have n’t totally dropped the notion that Darkseid will still come out in Snyder ’s Justice League hail November 2017 . As Kevin Smithputs it , Steppenwolf is just a pawn , and Smith thinks we wo n’t fuck we ’re capture Darkseid in the film until much near to its release , interchangeable to how Doomsday ’s role inBatman v Supermanwasn’t revealed until a few months before that movie ’s release . Either agency , as long as the swayer of Apokolips crop up up in the sequel or inJustice League 3 , we ’re serious .
9. All the Armie Hammer casting rumors
For a foresightful meter now , Armie Hammer has beenrumored to be playingvirtually everyone in the DCEU , but the biggest molding rumor is the most late one : that he ’ll be playingGreen Lantern . Whether that ’s happening or not is yet to be determined , though it ’s for certain something fanswould get it on to see .
However , sincehe ’s been meetingwith Joe Manganiello ( who ’s been cast as Deathstroke in the DCEU ) , there are rumor circulate that Hammer may , in fact , be playing a villain in Ben Affleck ’s soloBatmanmovie instead . But who ? There are rumors that the villain Black Maskwill appearin the picture alongside Jared Leto ’s Joker ; perhaps Hammer could be play him ?
The fact of the thing is that Hammer may not even seem in a DC Comics moving picture . But consider his longstanding history with DC Comics , stemming back to when hewas cast as Batmanin George Miller ’s doomedJustice League : Mortalfilm , Hammer is a ideal candidate to join the DCEU , in any case of role .
8. Green Lantern will appear in Justice League
Ever since Zack Snyder and Warner Bros. unveiledAquaman ’s posterforBatman v Supermanwith the phrase " Unite the Seven " stick on across it , people have assumed that the tagline refer to seven member of the Justice League team up . After all , is n’t that whatBatman v acid : Dawn of Justicewas lead up to ? The phrase itself could have two meanings , of course of action : one , join seven Justice League members , or two , unite the proverbial Seven Seas under the rule of Atlantis .
With six of the seven heart and soul Justice League members having been confirmed for Snyder’sJustice Leaguefilm , theonly character we ’re missingis Green Lantern , a charter extremity of the superhero team . ( Sorry , Martian Manhunter . ) Since theGreen Lantern Corpsmovie does n’t release until 2020 , perhaps we wo n’t get to see Green Lantern untilJustice League 2 in 2019 . Still , that has n’t stopped rumors from spreading thathe’ll appear inthis class ’s movie . He is inthe official teaser card , right ? RIGHT ? !
7. Supergirl appearing in Man of Steel 2
Early in 2016 , rumors began to swirl that Warner Bros. was entering development onMan of Steel 2 , something Amy Adamsconfirmedwhile doing crush forArrival . But what will the film be about and who will be in it ? After introducing Doomsday inBatman v Superman , it would make common sense for the studio to remain to expandSuperman ’s mythos .
One way to do that is to introduce Superman ’s cousin , Supergirl , who isrumored to appearin the continuation . Now that The CW’sSupergirlhas beenintegrated into the Arrowverse(well , Arrow ’s multiverse ) , it would n’t be all that dotty for Warner Bros. to cover capitalizing on the character ’s popularity . If the serial can gettheir own versionof Superman , why ca n’t the DC Extended Universe get their own variant of Supergirl ?
The thing is , reckon on your theory , Supergirl may already be part of the DCEU . InMan of Steel , Clark Kent ( Kal - El ) visited an ancient Kryptonian scout ship that contained four cryogenic pods . While three of them were varnish ( and hold skeletons ) , one of them was open . Some trust that pod belong to Kara Zor - El , aka Supergirl , and that ’s something screenwriter David S. Goyerwon’t refute .
6. Brainiac will be the villain in Man of Steel 2
It would certainly be great to get another Kryptonian superhero inMan of Steel 2 , but the fact is , every superhero movie need a supervillain . And with Henry Cavill ’s Superman having already taken on General Zod , Doomsday , and Steppenwolf by the time his next solo adventure amount to fruition , the stakes need to be upped for theMan of Steelsequel . The logical choice would then beto introduce Brainiac .
With a name like Brainiac , it only makes sense that he would have 12th floor intelligence activity ( the highest level in the DC Universe ) . What ’s more , he can not only emit energy blasts but also mimic the abilities of Kryptonians . He ’s more than a suitable antagonist for Superman . Zack Snyderhas saidthat both Brainiac and Metallo are villains that will seem sometime down the line . It would be interesting to see Superman take on a baddie in the DCEU that requires more than brute strength to defeat .
