DC Animated Universe (2013–2024)

This article is about the fictional universe started in 2013 on video. For the fictional universe that started on 1992 on TV, see DC Animated Universe.

DC Animated Universe
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Based on	Characters by DC Comics
Production company	Berlanti Productions Blue Ribbon Content DC Entertainment DC Studios Digital eMation Inc. MOI Animation Phantom Four Films Studio 4°C Warner Bros. Animation Warner Premiere
Distributed by	Warner Home Video (2013–2020) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2020–2024)
Release date	2013–2024
Country	United States
Language	English

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The DC Animated Universe (DCAU) is an American media franchise and shared universe of animated films distributed between 2013 and 2024 by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment. Based on characters from the DC Universe (DC Comics), the franchise is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line, but is unrelated to the original DC Animated Universe continuity (1992–2006).

The main film series are split into two phases. The first phase began in 2013 with Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox and ended in 2020 with Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, while the second phase began that same year with Superman: Man of Tomorrow and will end in 2024 with the Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths trilogy.

The franchise comprises twenty-seven films, while tie-in media include five short films, one web series and two digital comics.

Development history

Phase one (2013–2020)

The franchise is loosely based on a set of New 52 storylines from the DC Universe. Following a teaser in the franchise's first film Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, a five-film story arc loosely based on the "Darkseid War" series written by Geoff Johns, started from Justice League: War and was later revisited in The Death of Superman, Reign of the Supermen and concluded in Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.

The franchise includes four Batman films, four Justice League films, two Superman films, two Justice League Dark films, one Suicide Squad film, one Teen Titans film and one Wonder Woman film.

The DC Showcase short film Constantine: The House of Mystery was released in May 2022 and is a narrative sequel to Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.

Phase two (2020–2024)

Pre-production of the DCAU's second phase began a few years ago when Butch Lukic and Jim Krieg decided to plan out a ten-film story arc that would be set after the events of Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020), which ends the first phase with a universal reset. The story arc itself originally was not planned to have the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline as a major plot point, but these plans were eventually changed once executives from Warner Bros. Animation asked for it to serve as the finale.

Lukic and Krieg were also unaware of the Arrowverse's plans for their own adaptation at the time and only found out when Eric Carrasco contacted them, since he served as a writer for Justice League vs. the Fatal Five and knew them personally. The franchise's second phase has the art style and storyline being carried over to further films that were set in the same continuity.

Constantine: The House of Mystery continues certain story elements and helps set up the Crisis on Infinite Earths plot, which was later confirmed to be a three-part storyline and serve as a conclusion to the DCAU with all the remaining films being scheduled to release in 2024.

List of featured media

Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Producer(s)
Phase one (2013–2020)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox	July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30)	Jay Oliva	Jim Krieg	James Tucker
Justice League: War	February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)		Heath Corson
Son of Batman	April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22)	Ethan Spaulding	Joe R. Lansdale Ethan Spaulding
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)		Heath Corson James Robinson
Batman vs. Robin	April 7, 2015 (2015-04-07)	Jay Oliva	J. M. DeMatteis
Batman: Bad Blood	January 20, 2016 (2016-01-20)
Justice League vs. Teen Titans	March 29, 2016 (2016-03-29)	Sam Liu	Alan Burnett Bryan Q. Miller
Justice League Dark	January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24)	Jay Oliva	Ernie Altbacker J. M. DeMatteis
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract	April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04)	Sam Liu	Ernie Altbacker
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay	March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)		Alan Burnett	Sam Liu
The Death of Superman	July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24)	Jake Castorena Sam Liu	Peter J. Tomasi	Sam Liu Amy McKenna
Reign of the Supermen	January 29, 2019 (2019-01-29)	Sam Liu	Jim Krieg Tim Sheridan	James Tucker
Batman: Hush	July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20)	Justin Copeland	Ernie Altbacker	Amy McKenna
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines	October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05)	Justin Copeland Sam Liu	William Moulton Marston H. G. Peter Mairghread Scott	Sam Liu Amy McKenna
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War	May 5, 2020 (2020-05-05)	Matt Peters Christina Sotta	Ernie Altbacker Mairghread Scott Christina Sotta	James Tucker
Phase two (2020–2024)
Superman: Man of Tomorrow	August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23)	Chris Palmer	Tim Sheridan	Jim Krieg Kimberly S. Moreau
Justice Society: World War II	April 27, 2021	Jeff Wamester	Jeremy Adams Meghan Fitzmartin
Batman: The Long Halloween – Part One	June 22, 2021 (2021-06-22)	Chris Palmer	Tim Sheridan
Batman: The Long Halloween – Part Two	July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)
Green Lantern: Beware My Power	July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25)	Jeff Wamester	Ernie Altbacker John Semper	Jim Krieg Sam Register
Legion of Super-Heroes	February 7, 2023 (2023-02-07)		Josie Campbell	Jim Krieg Butch Lukic Kimberly S. Moreau
Justice League: Warworld	July 25, 2023 (2023-07-25)		Jeremy Adams Ernie Altbacker Josie Campbell	Jim Krieg Kimberly S. Moreau
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One	January 9, 2024 (2024-01-09)		Jim Krieg
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two	April 23, 2024
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three	July 16, 2024

Short films

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Home media release
Nightwing and Robin	January 14, 2015 (2015-01-14)	Bruce Timm	Scott Lobdell Greg Pak Charles Soule		Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
Adam Strange	May 5, 2020 (2020-05-05)	Butch Lukic	J.M. DeMatteis Butch Lukic	Butch Lukic Amy McKenna	Justice League Dark: Apokolips War DC Showcase Animated Shorts – Batman: Death in the Family
Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!	April 27, 2021	Milo Neuman	Paul Giacoppo		Justice Society: World War II DC Showcase Animated Shorts – Constantine: The House of Mystery
Blue Beetle	July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)		Jeremy Adams	Jennifer Keene	Batman: The Long Halloween – Part Two DC Showcase Animated Shorts – Constantine: The House of Mystery
Constantine: The House of Mystery	May 3, 2022 (2022-05-03)	Matt Peters	Ernie Altbacker	James Krieg Rick Morales	DC Showcase Animated Shorts – Constantine: The House of Mystery

Web series

Title	Episodes	U.S. release date	Director	Writer	Producer	Network
Constantine: City of Demons	5	March 24, 2018 October 9, 2018 (film version)	Doug Murphy	J. M. DeMatteis	Butch Lukic	CW Seed

Digital comics

Title	Issue(s)	Publication date(s)	Writer	Artist(s)	Colorist(s)	Publisher
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay	12	March 21, 2018	Jeff Parker	Agustin Padilla Stefano Raffaele Mathew Dow Smith Cat Staggs	Tony Aviña	DC Digital First
The Death of Superman: Part 1		August 1 — October 17, 2018	Louise Simonson	Cat Staggs	Wendy Broome

Extended setting

• Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans (2019)

Cancelled adaptations

• Batman story arc "Going Sane"
• New Gods

List of characters and cast members

Character	Phase one films (2013–2020)	Phase two films (2020–2024)	Tie-in media (2015–2022)
Adam Strange	N/A	Brian Bloom	Charlie Weber
Alberto Falcone	N/A	Jack Quaid	N/A
Alfred Pennyworth	James Garrett David McCallum	Alastair Duncan	N/A
Amanda Waller	Vanessa Williams	N/A
Anti-Monitor	N/A	Ato Essandoh	N/A
Aquaman	Cary Elwes Matt Lanter	Liam McIntyre	N/A
Barbara Eileen-Gordon	N/A	Amy Landecker	N/A
Batgirl	Peyton R. List	Gideon Aldon	N/A
Batman (Bruce Wayne)	Kevin Conroy Jason O'Mara	Jensen Ackles Kevin Conroy	N/A
Batman (Terry McGinnis)	N/A	Will Friedle	N/A
Batman (Thomas Wayne)	Kevin Conroy Kevin McKidd	Robin Atkin Downes	N/A
Beast Boy	Brandon Soo Hoo	N/A
Black Canary	N/A	Elysia Rotaru	N/A
Black Manta	Dave Fennoy	N/A
Blue Beetle (Jaime Rayes)	Jake T. Austin	N/A
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)	N/A	Matt Lanter
Brainiac	N/A	Darin De Paul	N/A
Brainiac 2	N/A	Ben Diskin	N/A
Brainiac 3	N/A	Zeno Robinson	N/A
Brainiac 4	N/A	Robbie Daymond	N/A
Brainiac 5	N/A	Harry Shum Jr.	N/A
Calendar Man	N/A	David Dastmalchian	N/A
Captain Boomerang	Liam McIntyre James Patrick Stuart	N/A
Carmine Falcone	N/A	Titus Welliver	N/A
Catwoman	Jennifer Morrison	Naya Rivera	N/A
Chas Chandler	N/A		Damian O'Hare
Cyborg	Michael B. Jordan Shemar Moore	N/A
Cyborg Superman	Patrick Fabian	N/A
Darkseid	Steve Blum Tony Todd	N/A
Deathstroke	Thomas Gibson Miguel Ferrer Ron Perlman	N/A
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)	N/A	Keith Ferguson	N/A
Doctor Fate (Steel Maxum)	Greg Grunberg	N/A
Etrigan	Dee Bradley Baker	N/A
Flash (Barry Allen)	Justin Chambers Christopher Gorham Jason Spisak	Matt Bomer	N/A
Flash (Jay Garrick)	N/A	Armen Taylor	N/A
Gilda Dent	N/A	Julie Nathanson	N/A
Green Arrow	N/A	Jimmi Simpson	N/A
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)	Nathan Fillion Justin Kirk	Nolan North	N/A
Green Lantern (John Stewart)	Roger Cross	Aldis Hodge	N/A
Harbinger	N/A	Kari Wahlgren	N/A
Harley Quinn	Tara Strong Hynden Walch	N/A
Hawkgirl	N/A	Jamie Gray Hyder	N/A
Hawkman	N/A	Omid Abtahi Geoffrey Arend	N/A
Hourman	N/A	Matthew Mercer	N/A
Huntress	N/A	Erika Ishii	N/A
Iris West	N/A	Ashleigh LaThrop	N/A
James Gordon	Bruce Thomas	Billy Burke	N/A
Jason Blood	Ray Chase	N/A	Ray Chase
John Constantine	Matt Ryan	Nolan North Matt Ryan	Matt Ryan
Joker	Dee Bradley Baker Jason Spisak	Troy Baker Mark Hamill	N/A
Jonah Hex	N/A	Troy Baker	N/A
Jonathan Kent	Paul Eiding	Neil Flynn	N/A
Kamandi	N/A	Will Friedle	Cameron Monaghan
Lois Lane	Dana Delany Juliet Landau Rebecca Romijn	Alexandra Daddario	N/A
Lex Luthor	Steven Blum Rainn Wilson	Zachary Quinto Corey Stoll	N/A
Mad Hatter	Robin Atkin Downes	John DiMaggio	N/A
Martian Manhunter	N/A	Ike Amadi	N/A
Martha Kent	Jennifer Hale	Bellamy Young	N/A
Mon-El	N/A	Yuri Lowenthal	N/A
Monitor	N/A	Jonathan Adams	N/A
Nightwing	Sean Maher	Zach Callison	N/A
Ocean Master	Steve Blum James Patrick Stuart Sam Witwer	N/A
Penguin	N/A	David Dastmalchian	N/A
Perry White	Rocky Carroll	N/A
Poison Ivy	Peyton List	Katee Sackhoff	N/A
Professor Zoom	C. Thomas Howell	N/A
Psycho-Pirate	N/A	Geoffrey Arend	N/A
Ra's al Ghul	Terrence C. Carson Giancarlo Esposito	N/A
Raven	Taissa Farmiga	N/A
Renee Montoya	N/A	Alyssa Diaz	N/A
Robin	Stuart Allan	Zach Callison	N/A
Scarecrow	Chris Cox Michael Rosenbaum	Robin Atkin Downes	N/A
Shazam	Sean Astin Steven Blum Zach Callison Jennifer Hale	N/A
Sinestro	N/A	Rick D. Wasserman	N/A
Solomon Grundy	N/A	Fred Tatasciore	N/A
Spectre	N/A	Lou Diamond Phillips
Starfire	Kari Wahlgren	N/A
Steel	Khary Payton Cress Williams	N/A
Supergirl	N/A	Meg Donnelly	N/A
Superman	Sam Daly Jerry O'Connell Alan Tudyk	Darren Criss	N/A
Steve Trevor	Jeffrey Donovan George Newbern James Patrick Stuart	Chris Diamantopoulos	N/A
Swamp Thing	Roger Cross	N/A
Talia al Ghul	Morena Baccarin	N/A
Trigon	Jon Bernthal John DiMaggio	N/A
Two-Face	N/A	Josh Duhamel	N/A
Vixen	N/A	Keesha Sharp	N/A
Wonder Woman	Rosario Dawson Vanessa Marshall Michelle Monaghan	Stana Katic	N/A
Zatanna	Camilla Luddington	N/A	Camilla Luddington

Reception

Title	Rotten Tomatoes	IGN
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox	100% (5 reviews)
Justice League: War	50% (6 reviews)
Son of Batman	64% (11 reviews)
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	63% (8 reviews)
Batman vs. Robin	100% (5 reviews)
Batman: Bad Blood	100% (5 reviews)
Justice League vs. Teen Titans	80% (5 reviews)
Justice League Dark	78% (9 reviews)
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract	83% (6 reviews)
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay	88% (8 reviews)
The Death of Superman	92% (13 reviews)
Constantine: City of Demons – The Movie	NA (3 reviews)
Reign of the Supermen	NA (0 reviews)
Batman: Hush	88% (17 reviews)
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines	88% (8 reviews)
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War	100% (18 reviews)
Superman: Man of Tomorrow	93% (14 reviews)	7/10
Justice Society: World War II	76% (17 reviews)	9/10
Batman: The Long Halloween – Part One	100% (21 reviews)	8/10
Batman: The Long Halloween – Part Two	100% (15 reviews)	9/10
DC Showcase Animated Shorts – Constantine: The House of Mystery
Green Lantern: Beware My Power	56% (9 reviews)	4/10
Legion of Super-Heroes	60% (5 reviews)
Justice League: Warworld	50% (6 reviews)	6/10
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One	88% (8 reviews)	6/10
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two

See also

• DC Animated Universe (1992–2006)
• Arrowverse (2012–2023)
• DC Extended Universe (2013–2023)
• DC Universe (2024)

External links

• DC Movie titles at dccomics.com

Category:English-language films

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