Earth-Prime or the DC Extended Universe is a reality in which superheroes such as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman reside in. Having many similarities to the Prime Earth and New Earth respectively.
From an outside perspective, it is a massive franchise of multiple different movie series created by Warner Bros. Studios in order to compete with Walt Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe. Starting in mid-summer of 2013, the franchise has been generally successful and is currently thriving with the exclusive rights to all of DC Comics iconic and legendary superheroes.
History[]
Since the 1980s Warner Bros. had been creating films centered around their DC Comics properties, with Superman and Batman in particular finding success with audiences throughout the world. In spite of this however there was never any real attempt to crossover the DC superheroes in live-action similar to how they often did within the comics. In the mid 1990s the idea was pitched but ultimately shut down after Warner Bros. deemed the idea too risky to yield positive results or substantial profit.
Noting the wild success of the Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe, Warner Bros. re-opened talks to creating their own response in the form of a DC Extended Universe. In 2009 comic book enthusiast and knowledgable writer Geoff Johns was hired to make this idea become a reality, with him announcing at the 2010 summer Comic Con that a film based on Green Lantern was in development and would be released in 2013, acting as the starting point for a shared universe of DC heroes, with the plan being they would eventually form into The Justice League.
Films[]
- Superman: Man of Steel - June 2013
- Batman: The Dark Knight- July 2014
- Wonder Woman - June 2015
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow - November 2015
- The Flash - March 2016
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - July 2016
- The Justice League - June 2017
- Wonder Woman Returns - March 2018
- Cyborg - August 2018
- The Reverse-Flash - November 2018
- Aquaman - April 2019
- Batman: Gotham Guardian - June 2019
- Superman: Last Son of Krypton - November 2019
- Justice League: Tower of Babel - June 2020
- Green Lantern - December 2020
- Cyborg 2.0 - April 2021
- Birds of Prey - August 2021
- Flashpoint - December 2021
- The Legend of Wonder Woman - April 2022
- Batman v. Superman - June 2022
- Shazam!- August 2022
- King Aquaman - December 2022
- Blue Beetle - February 2023
- Justice League: Gods Among Us - June 2023
- Green Lantern Corps - December 2023
TV[]
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- Nightwing
Season 1 - November 2017
- Zatanna
Season 1 - June 2018
- Doom Patrol
Season 1 - February 2020
- Specter
- Stargirl
- Legion of Superheroes