James Gunn had large plans for the way forward for the DC Universe (DCU), and he arrange some storylines throughout his 4 years with Warner Bros. Nevertheless, Skydance selected to maneuver on from Gunn and introduced in Jeremy Latcham to function the brand new President and CCO of the DC tasks for the studio. Whereas the official statements make it sound like Latcham will transfer ahead with what Gunn has began constructing, don’t anticipate Skydance to observe via on that. It appears the studio needs to launch safer superhero motion pictures and observe the trail that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) used to construct its universe. That is regardless of Marvel’s motion pictures falling off on the field workplace lately, aside from Spider-Man, Deadpool, and the massive crossovers just like the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
The change in management additionally signifies that a few of the future plans that Gunn arrange for the DCU gained’t occur in any respect. This features a scene from Peacemaker’s sequence finale, hints delivered within the HBO Lanterns sequence, and the way forward for DC’s first main horror character.
3) Peacemaker on Salvation
There’s virtually no probability that the Peacemaker storyline will proceed with James Gunn gone from the DCU. Jeremy Latcham has mentioned in previous interviews that he needs to make motion pictures that even his grandmother might get pleasure from, and with Peacemaker being a transparent TV-MA sequence, it isn’t possible one thing that Latcham will wish to proceed. That’s disappointing as a result of the second season ended with Rick Flag Sr. capturing Peacemaker after which stranding him on a jail planet referred to as Salvation.
Gunn had promised this might come into play later, and with Checkmate forming on the finish of Peacemaker Season 2 as effectively, it appeared that this might most likely play into the massive cosmic storylines that had been coming to the DCU after Brainiac’s look in Man of Tomorrow subsequent yr. Don’t anticipate this to occur now, and don’t actually anticipate to see John Cena again as Peacemaker once more. If he does return, anticipate it to be one thing way more neutered and watered down.
2) Sinestro’s Future Plans
Lanterns was a giant gamble for the DCU, and it is among the gambles that paid off. As one of many most-watched streaming sequence when it aired, it launched the DCU to John Stewart as the brand new Inexperienced Lantern, and it introduced in Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro. Whereas he principally handled Hal Jordan within the sequence, it was clear that Sinestro had large plans of his personal, and people will not be more likely to get to play off now both. The massive thought in lots of followers’ minds was the eventual “Black Lanterns” storyline enjoying out within the DCU.
The top of Lanterns noticed Sinestro left stranded on a desolate, poisonous alien planet after he tried to govern John Stewart within the sequence. Sinestro had revealed he harnessed fear-inducing fuel to forge a yellow energy lantern and ring for Noah, who was a Manhunter. This was possible resulting in Sinestro starting the Sinestro Corps, which might have led to some nice storylines involving the Inexperienced Lantern Corps. Don’t anticipate the brand new DCU to observe via with this both.
1) Clayface’s Future within the DCU
Whereas Clayface didn’t make so much on the field workplace, James Gunn proved that he might nonetheless make a revenue with lower-budget motion pictures. Clayface was an R-rated horror film that was made on a small funds, and it ended up as a really profitable physique horror film on the field workplace. It even ended with hints that Clayface might present up later within the DCU, probably as considered one of Batman’s important villains.
Nevertheless, the subsequent chapter for this model of Clayface isn’t more likely to occur in Latcham’s DCU as a result of R-rated motion pictures don’t seem to be one thing he could be concerned about, primarily based on previous feedback he made. In actuality, Gunn by no means received the prospect to carry his model of Batman to the massive display on account of Matt Reeves’ Batman motion pictures going through fixed delays, and with the DCU seeming to maneuver in a extra family-friendly course beneath the brand new management, Clayface could be the one horror film from DC for the foreseeable future.
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