The question of this day in age in comic film or TV adaptions is are they all connected? Marvel has done it first literally connecting their movies with television and soon netflix shows like Daredevil all into one massive shared universe. So the question remained will DC do the same thing? This is something that has plagued DC fans since Arrow lit up the small screen on The CW. Will Stephen Amell's Arrow ever meet up with Henry Cavill's Superman? Well at this past year's Comic-Con it seemed DC head Geoff Johns put that theory to rest that Arrow & it's spin-off show The Flash are in a separate universe than Henry Cavill and Ben Afflecks Batman & Superman. But was he lying? He was and he wasn't.

Today, Geoff Johns spoke with BuzzFeed to confirm that DC is trying to actual create a cinematic multiverse!

“We look at it as the multiverse. We have our TV universe and our film universe, but they all co-exist. For us, creatively, it’s about allowing everyone to make the best possible product, to tell the best story, to do the best world. Everyone has a vision and you really want to let the visions shine through. I think the characters are iconic enough. I like [Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.] a lot. I love what Marvel does. I’m a huge fan. It’s just a different approach.”

Now for some of you who don't know DC had a multiverse with multiple "earths". That means one superhero may live their whole life in one universe and have a slightly different version on the second earth. Or one superhero maybe one person on Earth-1 but on Earth-2 the mantle is taken up by someone else like Jay Garrick & Barry Allen both being The Flash. And The Flash is the one who first learns of the multiverse....Which is also teased at the end of The Flash pilot episode.

Now if DC can actually pull off doing a multiverse that means while the TV & Film universe are connected they are separate at the same time. What ever happens on film won't dictate what happens on TV and vice-versa. So the writers still have creative freedom and aren't held down by each others contradicting storylines. That is until DC finally pulls out their wild card and does a Crisis on Infinite Earths movie which will have all the universes collide into one another.  But this type of massive movie is obviously far down the line for DC...

So  as far as we know we have the Man of Steel Universe, the Arrow-Verse and last week Sandman creator Neil Gaiman mentions DC has yet to announce a slate of Vertigo Universe movies that are coming out like Sandman or Justice League: Dark which would give us a third universe. It's unknown where Gotham, Constantine, Lucifer, Teen Titans, Supergirl, or Static Shock fit within these universes or others.

Lastly, he adds that maybe one day they will have a crossover but not anytime soon...

"There’s been discussions over the years for both, obviously. You never say never. Maybe one day we’ll link a show to a film if it makes sense, but the creative process we’re going through right now is to let the stuff live and breathe and be its own thing and own it."

Last week WB dropped the hammer and announced a slew of upcoming DC movies being made including solo Aquaman movie in 2018 starring Jason Momoa and solo Cyborg movie starring Ray Fisher. Now while Jason Momoa has gone on record to denying such claims but with the offical WB announcement though Momoa spoke at Walker Stalker Con in Atlanta about playing the King of Atlantis:

"Listen, I was asked to play it. You know, you audition and stuff like that, but the fact is you’ve just got to keep it quiet. You know what I mean, I was just trying to respect Warner Bros. and everyone’s wishes. I’m really, really happy that I don’t have to be quiet anymore, because that’s really hard for me. The greatest thing for me is that Polynesians, our gods, Kahoali, Maui, all these water gods, so it’s really cool and a honor to be playing a [water] character. And there’s not too many brown superheroes, so I’m really looking forward to representing the Polynesians, the natives. It’s cool be a part of DC’s universe. I’m really excited to be with Warner Bros., and hopefully everyone likes it. And Zack Snyder’s a genius, so I’m really excited to be hanging out with him."

He then goes onto talk about Justice League and his solo outing as Aquaman: 

"I don’t know the director. I know about as much as you guys know. I know the Justice League will come first. That’s really what we’re going to focus on. I’m not sure if it will be [set] prior to Justice League or post. I don’t know too much about it. It will probably be where he came from. It will probably be his whole origin story I would think…I mean I don’t even want to get quoted on this shit. So I know we’re going to do Justice League first. I don’t even know when we’re shooting yet, but it will be like 2016 or 2017, so there’s plenty of time."

He also mentions when asked what actor he would love to play a villain opposite of him (with the co-host mentioning possibly for Aquaman) he goes onto say he would love Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender or Jai Courtney play opposite of him.


Now as for upcoming actor Ray Fisher he goes onto admit to EW he didn't even know a solo Cyborg movie was happening until only a few hours before the official announcement last week:

"I didn’t know the extent to which DC and WB had planned on taking my character. When I signed on, I just wanted to be part of this world. But that specific information, I found out then and there. I didn’t think I’d be getting my own stand-alone film."

 He also goes onto talking about being apart the rest of Justice League along with Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot and co..

"I met everyone in the Justice League except Henry Cavill and Ezra Miller. It was surreal. You get this idea of going to work on a Hollywood set as being really stressful and nerve-wracking. But it blew that stereotype away. If they did have stressful times, it wasn’t while I was there."

BOOYAH!!! #DCcomics #JusticeLeague #BatmanvSupermanDawnofJustice #Cyborg
— Ray Fisher (@Sir_Ray_Fisher) October 15, 2014

It has already been previously rumored that Brainiac will be the main villain in Zack Snyder's first Justice League film. Well, today Badass Digest has corroborated that story to reveal that Brainiac will indeed be summoned to earth after the beacon in Man of Steel is activated by Clark. They go onto reveal the roaster that will appear in the first Justice League movie which will include Superman (Henry Cavill), Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and The Flash (Ezra Miller). All of whom will make an appearance in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.


Now you maybe wondering where Green Lantern (Yet to-be-cast) will fit into all of this. According to the site he will be off planet during the events of Justice League 1 but at the end will come back to earth to warn the League of an even bigger threat Darkseid!

The site also goes onto mention Justice League Part's 1 & 2 may be shot back-to-back but that has also been reported for Batman v Superman and the first Justice League.

Today, during a Warner Brothers shareholders meeting CEO Kevin Tsujihara finally announced the titles and release dates of their upcoming DC Comics films. This comes after DC announced a slew of untitled release dates through 2020. Well today they announced Suicide Squad penned by Justin Marks and to be directed by David Ayer will hit in 2016 (Before Sony's villain team up Sinister Six) after Batman v Superman. Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot will hit in 2017 with Justice League 1 hitting later that year. The already announced solo Aquaman & Flash films are slated for 2018 starring Jason Momoa and Ezra Miller respectfully. Then last comes Shazam starring Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam will hit in 2019 with Justice League 2 hitting in later that year.

:: Update :: - 
Cyborg starring Ray Fisher and Green Lantern will hit in 2020

‘Suicide Squad’ – 08/05/16
‘Wonder Woman’ – 06/23/17
‘Justice League Part 1’ – 11/17/17
‘The Flash’/'Aquaman’ – 03/23/18
‘The Flash’/'Aquaman’ – 07/27/18
‘Shazam’ – 04/05/19
‘Justice League Part 2′ – 06/14/19
'Cyborg' – 04/03/20
'Green Lantern Reboot' – 06/19/20

They go onto say solo Superman & Batman films are also in the works but no release dates have been set on those films...

Man of Steel & Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder will return to direct Justice League Part 1 & 2.

Currently Batman v Superman screenwriter Chris Terrio is hard at work writing the screenplay for it's sequel Justice League. Justice League will bring together the gods of the DC universe in the first team-up film set within the Man of Steel universe. Well, El Mayimbe of Latino-Review has given us a brand new scoop regrading the villain! For the longest time it seemed that DC wanted to hit hard with their greatest DC villain Darkseid. But according to Latino-Review screenwriter Terrio has picked Brainiac!

This will be the first time Brainiac will be brought to life in live-action. He was suppose to debut in Tim Burtons Superman Lives before the film was abounded. Also apparently when Kal-el activated the Kryptionion ship in the Arctic that led Zod to earth it also alerted Brainiac.


What is interesting about this rumor is several months ago Badass Digest dropped a scoop that DC was indeed going to save Darkseid for Justice League 2 and not the first film in the supposed trilogy. Also, we can't dismiss that Moviepilot maniup of actor Benedict Cumberbatch as Braninc. Back a few months ago the website showed fan art showing the Sherlock actor as the all powerful Brainiac and when he was asked if he would be in a DC film the actor simply smiled and refused to answer the question.

TechTimes (via Comic Vine) has unearthed several recently registered domain names for upcoming DC films. This comes off the recently announced "untitled" release dates for movies stretching all the way through 2020 over at WB. Now these domain names currently just redirect back to the Warner Brothers main page. Most shouldn't be surprised since Dwayne Johnson confirmed Shazam is in the works, Aquaman just got writers and Justice League was announced over two months ago. But interestingly enough Wonder Woman is also added to the list!

JusticeLeagueFilm.com

ShazamMovie.com

WonderWomanTheMovie.com

AquamanMovie.com

With many DC fans upset we didn't get any announcements at Comic-Con then again not at the end of August this little nugget is all you will get until DC announces the films. 

Dwayne Johnson is expected to play either Black Adam or Shazam in the upcoming Shazam film. Jason Momoa has been cast as Aquaman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. While Gal Gadot has been cast as Wonder Woman.

:: Update :: - Apparently these domain names were registered years ago. 

The #Aquaman & #Shazam domain names were registered in 2000. #WonderWoman's was registered in 1999. #JusticeLeague's was registered in 2013.
— Mark Hughes (@markhughesfilms) August 31, 2014

DC and Warner Brothers are currently hard at work developing their own cinematic universe opposite longtime rival Marvel. It all started with last years smash hit Man of Steel directed by Zack Snyder which got the ball rolling after the hiccup that was 2011's Green Lantern.

Now it seems Warner Brothers wants to use in-house writers to help form this cinematic universe. First it started off with The Dark Knight trilogy screenwriter David Goyer and 300's Zack Snyder creating Man of Steel. They then brought on Ben Affleck to play Batman after directing and staring in both The Town and Argo which won best picture at the Academy Awards for Warner Brothers. From there it seemed WB was adamant on using writers who are closely connected to both Ben Affleck and Zack Snyder. They started by hiring Argo writer Chris Terrio thanks to his connection with pen Affleck to pen the sequel to Man of Steel title Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. They loved his draft of the script so much (After David Goyer wrote the first draft) that they are seriously considering him to pen Justice League which will also be directed by Zack Snyder.

Then just a couple weeks ago DC announced that they had hired two separate writers to pen an Aquaman solo film. The writers would also be in house at WB and were Gangster Squad scribe Will Beall as well as 300: Rise of an Empire screenwriter Kurt Johnstad who is connected to Zack Snyder. A draft has also been confirmed by Dwayne Johnson on a Shazam solo movie but it is unknown who wrote it at this time.

But with all these writers being brought on to pen the ever growing DC Cinematic Universe what directors could take on these mighty heroes? Here is a few suggestions that are in-house at Warner Brothers but are also very talented directors in their own right...

Aquaman
With Aquaman being the first solo film confirmed to have writers attached I thought it should be the first addressed in this editorial. Currently both Will Beall and Kurt Johnstad are writing two separate scripts for the King of the Seven Seas solo movie which will star Jason Momoa. So for this I will assume they will go with Kurt Johnstad and have him re-team with his 300: Rise of an Empire director Noam Murro. Now while Noam Murro only has two feature film directing credits to his name he is an ideal chose at Warner Brothers. What he did with the navel battles in 300: Rise of an Empire was impressive coming off of a director like Zack Snyder in the original 300 film. He also now has experience with water battles as well as ancient Greek battles which would make him a perfect choose to bring Aquaman and Atlantis to life. But his ultimate challenge would be an entire film underwater and try to make it as realistic as possible without people forgetting their underwater and have the currents of the ocean floor just as real as another character on screen.

Shazam

Shazam is going to be one of the trickiest movies Warner Brothers and DC create because of its fantastical elemnts that are so associated with the film. Because in reality their is two leads in the film playing the same character of sorts. You have the young Billy Batson (Foster Child if he is based on the New 52) who is given the power of S.H.A.Z.A.M by an ancient wizard. As well as the hero of Shazam (Possibly played by Dwayne Johnson) who is still a child like Billy Batson in an adults body. A comic book "Freaky Friday" movie of sorts. The only director who could possibly take this fantasy type movie would be David Yates! He has already directed several Harry Potter films which starred a a young protagonist in Harry Potter. With his background of Hogwarts and Wizards he would be an ideal chose to bring the Legend of Shazam to life on the big screen for Warner Brothers and DC.

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman seems to be a hero that just can't catch a break. She will finally be introduced on screen for the first time in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice played by Gal Gadot. But the powers that be just can't seem to wrap their brain around a female lead superhero movie and potential franchise. Now many believe that a female superhero movie can only be directed by a female director. And lets face it a female director are rare and far between in Hollywood. But I'm sure the first female director to pop into you're head is The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow. She is the first woman to win Best Director at the Academy Awards as well as having both her films be nominated for several awards. Now while should would be the ideal chose for such a break through film like Wonder Woman lets face it. She will never come near a comic book movie after her success with war-time films even though everyone on earth wants her to do Wonder Woman because it just feels right.

A great second chose would be Guy Richie who has directed such great films like Snatch as well as the upcoming re-telling of King Arthur for Warner Brothers. With a fantasy film like King Arthur under his belt he would bring that to a film that tells the origins of Themyscira and Princess Diana. Plus, with his famous opening credit sequence who doesn't love Guy Richie?

Green Lantern
 
Green Lantern had a bit of a hiccup back in 2011. Not that the origin story of Hal Jordon was wrong or that Ryan Reynolds was terrible in the role. It was simply that the script was all over the place because of "to many cooks in the kitchen". They tried to make Green Lantern a little to comic book-y with his cheesy one-liners and what not throughout the film. Not to say Green Lantern needs to be 100% serious but his one-liners is what drove fans away from the film. Not to mention the space cloud villain but lets not get into that.

So where does Warner Brothers go from here with the character? Last rumor we heard was that he will not be making an appearance in Dawn of Justice but will indeed have a role in Justice League presumably played by a new actor. When his eventual spin-off comes whether its a re-telling of his origin or simply another adventure for him to go on a great director for the project would be none other then Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron. Cuaron has been a staple director at WB for a while also directing one of the Harry Potter films but it was last years Gravity that put him at the spotlight for space epic films. It wasn't just how realistic he made space feel in Gravity but how Space itself was another character in the film. That's exactly what a movie like Green Lantern needs. With a film practically all in space we need a director with a keen eye on how space actually works to helm a project like this. Plus it helps that Gravity won seven academy awards for Warner Brothers including best Visual Effects and Cuaron winning Best Director.

The Flash

The Flash is one of the few DC characters that simply is meant to be a comedy. A movie like The Flash will basically be the opposite of all the other Dc movies who have taken a dark and serious approach to all their films. Now recently their have been rumblings that Warner Brothers seem to have a "Zero Joke Tolerance" for the upcoming DC films but The Flash needs to be the exception. Beside the dark elements that Barry Allen lost his mother at a very young age he has always been the comic relief of the Justice League. Constantly memorized by all the heroes even though he is one of them he is simply a "fan-girl" when he actually gets to meet the other Leaguers.

Now there are also rumors that he is expected to make a cameo in Dawn of Justice with but it won't be by an actor. So if and when DC decides to make a solo Flash film (Opposite it's already established Flash TV Show starring Grant Gustin) what director or director's should helm this project. None other than the hottest duo directors in Hollywood Phil Lord & Chris Miller. They have four feature films under their belt all being massive hits from both the kid friendly comedy's Cloudy With a Chance of meatballs as well as The LEGO Movie. They also have the action comedy down with the hard R Jump Street films. Now as you saw in The Lego Movie they are nerds and brought the Justice League into their movie with batman already playing a prominent role. It's only a matter of time before they direct a live-action feature film. They quickly passed on Marvel's Ant-Man at one time so maybe it's time for Warner Brothers to repay the duo on their success with The Lego Movie and let them direct a DC Cinematic Universe film. And The Flash seems to be a perfect match for this young hot directing team.

The Batman

After Ben Affleck directed and starred in both The Town as well as Best picture winning film Argo he signed up to play Batman for the foreseeable future. Most suspect in his contract with Warner Brothers and WB he would get a solo Batman film as well. It only seems logical that he would also direct this new Batman film as well as star. Zack Snyder is hard at work establishing this new Batman in Dawn of Justice but it will be Affleck who will bring this Dark Knight back to the screens in an entire new way then what we saw in Christopher Nolans Dark Knight Trilogy.

Superman

Zack Snyder is the last director who will return after helming Man of Steel to do the first Justice League film in 2017/2018 but he may also want to return for another Superman adventure starring Henry Cavill. With DC films being slated through 2020 a solo Superman movie may actually happen after all.

Several days ago DC Comics revealed that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will jump off the May 6th, 2016 date that was first held by Captain America 3 and Marvel. Well Entertainment Weekly caught up with Dan Fellman the President of Domestic Distribution at Warner Brothers to talk about the move and this DC Cinematic Universe that's starting to take shape:

It seems DC finally has a plan! Last month Nikki Finkie dropped the scoop that a slew of DC movies where coming out of the woodwork. Including Shazam and a Green Lantern/Flash team-up and claimed they would be announced at Comic-Con several weeks ago.

"Shazam (July 2016), Sandman (Christmas 2016), Justice League (May 2017), Wonder Woman (July 2017), Flash/Green Lantern team-up (Christmas 2017), and Man of Steel 2 (May 2018)."

 Well Comic-Con came and went with not even a hint of their future plans. Finkie went onto claim that DC was upset the information leaked and simply wimped out of the announcement. It certainly seemed she was just covering her own failed scoop. Well, maybe she wasn't wrong afterall...

The Wrap just announced that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has moved up from May 2016 to March 25th, 2016. They go onto to announce 9 untitled feature films coming out of DC with 2 additional "WB event films"!

Untitled DC Film  - 08/05/16
Untitled DC Film  - 06/23/17 
Untitled DC Film  - 11/17/17
Untitled DC Film  - 03/23/18 
Untitled DC Film  - 07/27/18 
Untitled WB Event Film - 11/16/18
Untitled DC Film  - 04/05/19
Untitled DC Film  - 06/14/19
Untitled DC Film  - 04/03/20
Untitled DC Film  - 06/19/20
Untitled WB Event Film - 11/20/20

UPDATE to Warner Bros. Release Date Slate: Studio will release untitled ANIMATED films on 05/25/18 & 05/24/19.
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) August 7, 2014

 If the WB Event Film is a Justice League team-up that means they moved the date from 2017 to 2018. But it is unknown at this time what these "WB Event Films" are....Some are speculating they are for the Harry Potter spin-offs Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

By 2017 we're going to be up to at least seven super-hero movies every year, between WB, Disney, Fox and Sony.
— Ben Fritz (@benfritz) August 6, 2014

So far the actors in this great DC Cinematic Universe is Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ray Fisher as Cyborg and Dwayne Johnson in an unknown role (Most likely Shazam)

Other possible DC films include Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Sandman and Guillermo del Toro's Justice League: Dark but it's unknown if these supernatural films will be in the DCCU. On top of all the solo films rumored...

Today, Devin Faraci of Badass Digest who first broke that Jason Momoa maybe up for Aquaman late last year revealed a small nugget about the big Justice League baddie Darkseid. According to his sources DC won't be using him the first Justice League film in 2017 but in the sequel:

"My sources tell me not to expect Darkseid in the DC movieverse until Justice League 2, so that means a Guardians 2 in 2017 would definitely have the Eternals beating the New Gods to big screens."

This is actually a great thing. Why waste your biggest Justice League villain in the very first film. Just look at Marvel they are dragging out Thanos and The Infinity Gauntlet through several films until The Avengers 3.

Today, Deadline confirmed that Argo screenwriter and Academy-Award winning screenwriter Chris Terrio has been confirmed to pen Justice League. This comes after he was brought onto Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to rewrite David Goyers original Batman vs Superman screenplay. According to sources Terrio's script was "absolute crushing" and went onto say "Sources say one of Terrio's tasks with the Batman v. Superman rewrite was to set up the Justice League,"

During the press tours for his upcoming film Hercules actor Dwayne Johnson was once again grilled on his super mysterious DC Comics role that he has mentioned over the years but picked up steam late last November. While speaking with Total Film the actor tried to play coy on what exact character he is playing but mentions "He has the power of Superman....Just say the word" which would lead many to assume he is talking about Shazam! He does only confirm he is not John Stewart/Green Lantern but admits that DC considered that at one point:


The reason many think he is Shazam (Since he isn't Green Lantern unfortunately) is completely based on his charisma in the ring as The Rock or even in his more comedic roles. That if you look at his "good baggage" he brings to a role you can totally see him as a kid stuck in a superhero's body like Billy Batson and Shazam!

Now a few days before this interview CCO of DC Entertainment Geoff Johns goes on record from the TCA's 2014 DC Panel stating that one of next movies he would like to see is a Shazam movie! And based on Nikki Finkies scoop from last month Shazam is one of the movies slated to be released in July 2016. But this has yet to be confirmed or announced by DC or Warner Brothers....maybe all will finally be revealed at Hall H this Saturday including The Rock's role?!

With Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman and Jason Momoa as Aquaman....it only seems logical to add Dwayne Johnson into this massive superhero "Expendables" movie right?

TV Guide has been updating all day from the yearly Television Critics Association panel. Today it has been officially announced by DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns that the Arrow/Flash universe on The CW will indeed stays separate from the Zack Snyder Batman v Superman universe in the movies. The reason being pretty obvious; that they don't want the TV writers to be a slave to the movie universe:
I think we all pretty much figured this. So expect a different Flash and Green Arrow if they ever end up in the Justice League made by director Zack Snyder.


Now I will point out just because Arrow won't be connected to Batman v Superman does not mean Stephen Amell and by extension Grant Gustin (The Flash) can't be in the Justice League. Now hear me out.....What is one of the most famous comic events DC has put out? Crisis on Infinite Earths. Basically their is multiple earths, with multiple characters just on different paths in the comic worlds. So hypothetically speaking if Zack Snyder wanted Amell and Gustin to play Arrow and The Flash in Justice League he could. They would simply be playing another version of Arrow and Flash in a separate universe! While still playing another version on TV. But that's just a fans dream on something will will probably never happen...

DC's Geoff Johns sayst DC wants to keep its film and TV universes separate. Doesn't want TV writers to try to fit shows into the movies
— TV Guide (@TVGuide) July 18, 2014

Several days ago legendary entertainment reporter Nikki Finkie dropped her very first scoop of a life-time after departing from Deadline. It included the line-up release dates and titles of all the DC Cinematic Universe movies starting from Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016 all the way through to 2018.

"Shazam (July 2016), Sandman (Christmas 2016), Justice League (May 2017), Wonder Woman (July 2017), Flash/Green Lantern team-up (Christmas 2017), and Man of Steel 2 (May 2018)."

Now while on the recent SModcast Hollywood Babble-On podcast  Kevin Smith actually goes onto admit he has known about the DC line-up for a while but wasn't allowed to say anything! If some of you are questioning Kevin Smith and his information. Now he also does confirm the titles he doesn't actually confirm the release dates which does seem a bit crazy having 3 films per year. Director Zack Snyder personally gave him a glimpse at Ben Afflevcks upcoming Bat-suit all the way last August. Then when the suit was finally revealed a couple weeks back he went onto mention something about how all the DC movies stories will connect. Now most of us took this as an obvious "Well Duh" moment but it's because he knew what was going on for a while. It really seems that Warner Brothers CEO Kevin Tsujihara is leading the charge in this DC universe and it should be very exciting!

He goes onto talk about the DC scoop at the 1 Hour 27 Minutes Mark...

Khal Drogo you massive lair! After months of speculation that Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) was being considered for a role in Batman v Superman it seems it may indeed been true! This comes off massive denials from the acting even stating that he was offended anyone would consider him as 'Aquaman' in a movie. This also comes off of years of social ridicule the character has gotten as the most useless character on the Justice League on shows like Family Guy.

Now HitFix has learned from their sources that Jason Momoa is going to play Arther Curry and Zack Snyder is "finalizing his designs for the character so shooting can take place soon," Aquaman also will be pretty pissed off at the surface world for what the World Engine did to the Indian Ocean in Man of Steel.While this report claims that it's for Batman v Superman and Nikki Finkie report said Aquaman would be in Justice League. So it may be a small cameo towards the end of the Batman v Superman setting up Justice league and not a secondary character like Wonder Woman.

The DC Cinematic Universe news just keeps on coming. Yesterday, we heard from Nikki Finkie on the possible dates for all the upcoming DC films Warner Brothers will release. She goes onto mention some of the cameos that will happen in these films including some of the big names like The Flash, Green Lantern and the already confirmed Cyborg. But it seems now that one of the names she may have forgotten was Martian Manhunter! As well as the possible secondary villain of the film Maxwell Lord..

This all according to Jeff Sneider of The Wrap

No Martian Manhunter in JUSTICE LEAGUE? Not according to this agency grid, which lists DARKSEID as the villain... pic.twitter.com/lLwFwkXLkv
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) June 12, 2014

Now Nikki Finkie did go onto mention all the dates and casting information won't be announced until they are 100% completed for this years Comic-Con. Which is something WB CEO Kevin Tsujihara mentioned today at a Warner Brothers shareholders meeting.

Hinting at a Wonder Woman movie someday, WB CEO Kevin Tsujihara says, "we have something we're not ready to announce."
— Ben Fritz (@benfritz) June 13, 2014

You may remember several weeks when Man of Steel scribe David Goyer went on record in calling She-Hulk a porn star. He did touch on the name of Martian Manhunter in a live-action film setting:

He can’t be fucking called the Martian Manhunter because that’s goofy. He can be called Manhunter… The whole deal with Martian Manhunter is he’s an alien living amongst us… So he comes down to Earth and decides, unlike Superman who already exists in the world now, that he’s just going to be a homicide detective…

 He may exactly know a little something on The Manhunter then what was previously thought at the time of the quote. At least on J'onn J'onzz appearance at the very least. 

Today, Nikki Finkie dropped a potentially massive scoop on the upcoming DC Cinematic Universe post-Batman v Superman in 2016. She revealed possible and still yet unconfirmed dates for the upcoming DC solo films like Shazam and Wonder Woman. Now one of the movies she mentioned was an upcoming Flash/Green Lantern team-up film! While this is all very exciting she does onto reveal that Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern, X-Men Origins) will not be returning to the role of Hal Jordan.This shouldn't be such a big deal considering he has gone on record to having 'very little' interest in the Justice League...

This all comes after The Flash script written by Green Lantern and Arrow scribes Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim featured a post credit scene featuring Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern. This was actually suppose to kick-start the DC universe but was scrapped and re-booted yet again with Zack Snyder's Man of Steel.

Now the real question is will we get a full reboot with a brand new Hal Jordan in the Justice League movie and then The Flash/Green Lantern spin-off or will we get a soft-reboot with the events in 2011 Green Lantern taking place. But moving onto a new Green lantern like John Stewart, Guy Gardner or even Kyle Rayner? That remains to be seen...I happen to be like many who hope Dwayne Johnson secret DC role is John Stewart but that's just speculation.

She goes onto reveal that the most of not all of Warner Brothers plans on this new DC Cinematic Universe will be revealed at SDCC 2014 with casting announcements along with the movie announcements. Watch out Marvel...DC is looking to steal the show.

Nikki Finkie best known for her work on the trades website Deadline has since departed from the website to begin building her very own trade website. Now one of the first exclusives to her site NikkiFinkie.com is none other than Warner Bros post-Batman V Superman plans after 2016!

According to her sources WB is moving forward with the already announced Sandman with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as well as the Shazam. The sources go onto say that a Wonder Woman solo film will happen as well as a Green Lantern/Flash team-up!

"Shazam (July 2016), Sandman (Christmas 2016), Justice League (May 2017), Wonder Woman (July 2017), Flash/Green Lantern team-up (Christmas 2017), and Man of Steel 2 (May 2018)."

Jason Momoa attended the Eastern European Comic-Con today and during the panel was once again asked about Batman vs Superman. He of course denies the same old rumor that he might be Aquaman in Zack Snyder's Batman vs Superman or Justice League. But then he mentions that he definitely sees himself as everyone's favorite intergalactic anti-hero Lobo!

Let us not forget two weeks ago the guys over at Batman-News claim Jason Momoa is indeed signed onto Batman vs Superman as an unspecified character.....But that has yet to be confirmed. Lastly, Lobo was actually linked back in 2012 to Will Beall's scrapped Justice League screenplay. It's entirely possible that Zack Snyder and co will use elements from that script since it has yet to be released to the public.

Today has been a monster news for DC Comics fans. After, the monster hit that was Marvel's The Avengers the guys over at Warner Bros and DC started be hard at work in getting their own team up crossover movie going. Now we finally got word that director Zack Snyder will return for Justice League in 2017. News first broke over at The Wall Street Journal. In the article they also mention that Warner Bros is bringing some more obscure title to the big screen from DC Comics "Vertigo" universe which include Metal Men, 100 Bullets and Fables. These all being in various stages of development and obviously not in the same universe as the Justice League.

They also go onto reveal that a Shazam (or Captain Marvel) movie is also in-development! They say it is not connected to Justice League but didn't clarify if they just ment the Vertigo titles weren't. Shazam may also be a simple standalone film in the bigger Justice League world. It would be a real tragedy not to have one of the members of the Justice League....not be in the same universe as the Justice League....

Dwayne Johnson has long being fan favorite to play Shazam's arch enemy Black Adam but may even up to play Shazam himself if asked..

Stay tuned as this story develops...