Marvel has got DC beat.  At least for now.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe, worked by Marvel Studios, has done something incredibly remarkable.  They have taken the notion of “continuity,” the ability to create a shared universe for different titles, over to the film world.  This has been a hallmark of comics for decades, where there is a common universe among all Marvel comics.  Now with films like Iron Man, the Avengers, and Ant-Man, there is a common universe where they will all interact.  This has created a web for viewers who will want to stay with this shared cinematic universe, and it really builds on what made the comics special.

DC, on the other hand, is just starting this.  Generally, DC characters have just been helmed in their own stories by different filmmakers.  For example, the Christopher Nolan interpretation of Batman with films like The Dark Knight are done in a cinematic world where the only character that exists is Batman and his “rogues gallery,” and there is certainly no way to work Superman in there.

The first film they began with to develop their DC Cinematic Universe was Man of Steel in 2013, yet we are still waiting for the second.  There is, however, a slate of films coming up, with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad being the most visible films in the works.

So what films do we know are out, coming out, or on the slate?

The Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Story by	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)
Man of Steel	June 14, 2013	Zack Snyder	David S. Goyer andChristopher Nolan	David S. Goyer	Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas andDeborah Snyder

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Story by	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)	Status
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	March 25, 2016	Zack Snyder	Zack Snyder and David S. Goyer	Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer	Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven	Post-production
Suicide Squad	August 5, 2016	David Ayer			Charles Roven andRichard Suckle	Filming
Wonder Woman	June 23, 2017	Patty Jenkins	Jason Fuchs		Geoff Johns, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven	Pre-production
Justice League Part One	November 17, 2017	Zack Snyder	Zack Snyder and David S. Goyer	Chris Terrio	Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven
The Flash	March 23, 2018	TBA	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller	TBA		In development
Aquaman	July 27, 2018	James Wan	Kurt Johnstad		Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven
Shazam	April 5, 2019	TBA	Darren Lemke		TBA
Justice League Part Two	June 14, 2019	Zack Snyder	Zack Snyder and David S. Goyer	Chris Terrio	Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven
Cyborg	April 3, 2020	TBA
Green Lantern Corps	June 19, 2020
Untitled Batman film	TBA				Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Charles Roven

Comic Book Tie-Ins

Title	Issue(s)	Publication date(s)	Writer(s)	Artist(s)
Man of Steel Prequel	1	May 18, 2013	David S. Goyer, Geoff Johns, and Zack Snyder (story) with Sterling Gates (script)[42]	Jerry Ordway[42]