Warner Brothers and DC Comics Announce 3 New Movies

Let’s face it, whether you like them or not, comic book movies are HUGELY popular and make A LOT of money for the studios who produce them.

There’s no doubt Marvel and the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) are the current kings of comic book movies, they’ve had a few misses but 95% of their movies have done very well when it comes to making money.

The other studios are working on catching up. FOX, Warner Brothers and Sony haven’t been able to quite hit the mark with the majority of their films. Sony so much that they made a deal to co-produce the new Spider-Man reboot with Marvel so they could finally get the character right. They just might with Spider-man: Homecoming

This leads me to DC comics, Warner Brothers and the DCEU (DC Extended Universe). The two movies put out in 2016…Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad didn’t live up to the expectations of fans. They had the chance to do something really cool but they weren’t able to capture what Marvel has done. This isn’t to say the movies weren’t successful they just weren’t 100% there.

Warner Brothers and DC aren’t giving up though, in 2017 we’re getting a Justice League (think Avengers but w/ Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman and more) & a Wonder Woman movie (first ever female lead comic book movie!!). PLUS Warner Bros has a slate of movies in the cue for the DCEU including the 3 they JUST announced yesterday, all which have the potential to be REALLY good especially now that they have one guy who’s overseeing the movies and making sure the script and productions are right.

The three movies DC aannounced yesterday include: Suicide Squad part 2, Gotham City Sirens and a Deadshot spinoff.

Gotham City Sirens: It’s an all female cast of Batman villains featuring Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie from Suicide Squad) Catwoman, Poison Ivy among others and is a direct spinoff of the comic book of the same name. David Ayer who directed Suicide Squad has signed on to direct this one! He even teased the movie in a tweet yesterday!

#Sirens4ever pic.twitter.com/sutAD9O4G7

— David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) December 14, 2016

Deadshot: He was played by Will Smith in Suicide Squad and was a pretty awesome character who we’d like to see more of. Does he need his own movie…not sure about that but it would be cool to see him have a major role in a Batman movie.

Speaking of Batman, Ben Affleck is currently working on his first solo outing as the Dark Knight in The Batman. As of right now we know nothing about the movie other than Joe Manganiello will be one of the main villains called “Deathstroke”…and yes we’re TOTALLY good with this casting!!

Needless to say, the comic book movie frenzy isn’t going away anytime soon!! Happy watching :)