Last week, The Hollywood Reporter ran a story on the upcoming DC Comics movie adaptations that are coming to theaters, as well as television shows and other media projects in development. Though Warner Brothers and DC lay claim to the highly successful Batman series, the company appears to be floundering with a lot of its properties while rival Marvel has established a very strong lineup (you can view upcoming Marvel comic book movie release dates here) and their own studio.
Here are the upcoming DC Comics movie adaptations scheduled to make it to the big screen. Many of the release dates are quite vague at this point:
- The Losers – April 16, 2010 (based on a Vertigo series)
- Jonah Hex – June 18, 2010 (Josh Brolin, Megan Fox)
- The Green Lantern – June 17, 2011 (Ryan Reynolds)
- Batman sequel – 2011? (Gary Oldman suggests filming will begin in 2010)
- No release dates but in the pipeline:
- Red – TBA (Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman)
- Aquaman
- Bizarro Superman
- Constantine 2
- The Flash
- Green Arrow
- Super Max (another Green Arrow movie set in a prison)
- Shazam
- In limbo:
- Wonder Woman
- Superman
- Justice League
As you can see, DC Comics has a lot of movie potential, but they have yet to cement many of the projects. Please comment with any updates as they come in!
August 18th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
I think it’s great to see so many films planned. I don’t want to see any of them if they become rushed though. In recent years I have been very pleased with the films DC has made. They have been brilliant at balancing movies that satisfy comic fans and appeal to the average movie goer as well. I was completely amazed by the quality of the Watchmen which was decades overdue, and timeless just the same.
August 30th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Good comment – I agree completely.
October 7th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I disagree, watchmen was complete garbage, as well as rushed. Had they broke the movie into a trilogy, they could have spent some more time developing the characters, i mean shoving 10 books down our throats in one sitting is painful.
October 10th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Agreed. Watchmen by far was the worst. To much going on in one movie without context. Left you saying WTF?
October 16th, 2009 at 2:15 am
agreed with eric and j watchmen was stupid and by far one of the worst movies ive ever seen. and the action wasnt crazy either i fell asleep 20 minutes into the movie then i wake up into a love scene with this girl and a fat guy with a happy trail so then i just left the theater. I cannot wait for the “flash” movie though its about time they made him into a movie. although running really fast isnt one of the most popular superpowers nowadays i believe it’ll be a jaw dropping movie, & comon, everyone has to admit, the flash has one of the most fan favorite suits ever. it’ll be something to remember.
November 1st, 2009 at 11:55 pm
DC sucks (no offence, DC fans). The only good DC hero(es) is Batman in Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). DC even used the actor in the most Marvel series for their Green Lantern (2011) movie, Ryan Reynolds.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:57 am
What?! Watchmen was not bad, are you kidding me? Watchmen was wonderful, i mean the graphic novel was by far way better. But overall watchmen was amazing and blew me away. Coming from a long time comic fan ever since i could remember around age 5 and now i’m 21. I would have to say these movies look pretty sweet, i just hope DC does not mess them up like they did with certain movies such as: Super Girl, Steel, and others.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
I really liked Watchmen when I saw it in theaters, but I wouldn’t watch it over and over again.