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Untitled Justice League film
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The untitled Justice League film is an upcoming American superhero film based on the eponymous team from DC Comics. It will be part of the DC Universe (DCU). The film is produced by James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios.

DC Studios was revealed in July 2025 to be planning an eventual new Justice League film.

The film will be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States.

Production

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Background

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Warner Bros. Pictures was planning in 2012 for the film Man of Steel (2013), based on the DC Comics character Superman, to start a shared universe,[1] which became known as the "DC Extended Universe" (DCEU).[2][3] The follow-up film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) sees Henry Cavill's Superman from Man of Steel face off against Ben Affleck as Batman. It co-stars Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and introduces Ezra Miller as the Flash, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, and Ray Fisher as Cyborg.[4] In October 2014, Warner Bros. announced release dates for a full slate of DC films, including Justice League Part One on November 17, 2017, and Justice League Part Two on June 14, 2019. Man of Steel and Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder was set to direct both Justice League films, with Affleck, Cavill, Gadot, Miller, Momoa, and Fisher all set to return.[5][6] According to filmmaker Kevin Smith, Snyder planned to make a Justice League trilogy.[7] After the first film took inspiration from Jack Kirby's 1970–1973 Fourth World comics, borrowing the villain Steppenwolf and his Mother Box technology,[8] the second film would have featured the Justice League traveling to the planet Apokolips and being defeated by Darkseid. The third film would then take place in the post-apocalyptic world teased in Batman v Superman.[7]

Batman v Superman did not meet Warner Bros.' box office expectations and received negative responses from fans and critics.[9] Warner Bros. executives changed the next film to be standalone and simply titled Justice League (2017).[10][11] Snyder confirmed in June 2016 that the second Justice League film would no longer be the second of a two-part story,[12] and it was indefinitely delayed by Warner Bros. in December.[13] Snyder left Justice League after the death of his daughter in March 2017,[14] and Joss Whedon completed the film with significant changes.[14][15] Snyder's planned post-credits scene was changed to set up a potential sequel featuring the Injustice League.[16] Justice League was another critical and commercial disappointment for Warner Bros., and the studio was rethinking its approach to DC in late 2017. Warner Bros. did not intend for Snyder to direct any more DC films.[17] Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara said in February 2019 that the studio was now focusing on standalone DC films, but the universe could become more connected again in the future.[18] Patty Jenkins, director of the DCEU films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), said in May 2020 that she had turned down an offer to direct a new Justice League film due to the number of characters it would feature.[19]

Snyder eventually returned to complete his version of Justice League, which was released on the streaming service HBO Max as Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).[15][20] It was described as a "one and done" that would complete Snyder's story, with his planned sequels not expected to be made.[21] In April 2022, Discovery, Inc. and Warner Bros.' parent company WarnerMedia merged to become Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), led by president and CEO David Zaslav. The new company was expected to restructure DC Entertainment and Zaslav began searching for an equivalent to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to lead the new subsidiary.[22] Writer/director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran were announced as the co-chairs and co-CEOs of the newly formed DC Studios at the end of October.[23] Warner Bros. film chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy considered "one more go-around" with the DCEU cast, possibly a new Justice League film, before Gunn and Safran took over.[24] A week after starting their new roles, the pair had begun working with a group of writers to develop an eight-to-ten-year plan for a new DC Universe (DCU) that would be a "soft reboot" of the DCEU.[25][26][27] Variety reported in October 2023 that no actors from Snyder's DCEU films would reprise their roles in the DCU.[28]

Development

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In November 2024, Gunn said most of the first season of his DC series Peacemaker (2022) would be part of the DCU canon, except for specific moments such as the appearance of the DCEU's Justice League in its season finale.[29] In February 2025, Gunn said DC Studios had an approximate six-year plan for the DCU that included a crossover project similar to the Avengers films in Marvel Studios's Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).[30] Following the release of the first DCU film, Superman, in July, The Wall Street Journal reported that Gunn and Safran eventually planned to make a new Justice League film that would bring together DC's biggest characters, including Batman and Wonder Woman.[31] Gunn confirmed that the Justice League were related to his overall plans for the DCU, and Superman star David Corenswet was positive about eventually leading such a film as Clark Kent / Superman. However, Gunn said the Justice League did not yet exist in the DCU, with Superman instead introducing a precursor group called the "Justice Gang". That team is backed by billionaire Maxwell Lord (Sean Gunn) and features the heroes Guy Gardner / Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), Michael Holt / Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi), Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), and Rex Mason / Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan).[32][33]

Release

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The film will be released theatrically by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States.

References

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