For DC fans, these are dark days. Ever since the Marvel Cinematic Universe kicked off with 2008’s ‘Iron Man’, DC films have struggled to maintain momentum. The half-hearted attempt under Zack Snyder to build a cinematic universe, which began with 2013’s ‘Man of Steel’ has not paid dividends. The cinematic universe downright failed when 2017’s team-up movie ‘Justice League’ became one of the biggest flops of 21st century. Since then, the studio Warner Bros has tried different things to salvage the DC brand’s reputation — to no avail. It has not helped that the studio has changed hands multiple times from AT&T to now Discovery after merger. It is not as if the films are bad, most of them are good and well-received, but there is no unifying link, nobody like Kevin Feige, to pull it all together. In a recent news, ‘Batgirl’ was shelved by the new regime, deeming the $90 million film not worth it to promote and market and establish a release schedule.
Several other DC movies that are scheduled to be released may not see the light of day. But for now, here is how the list stacks up.
