Unannounced projects Beyond the list of announced projects, creators involved in various levels at DC Comics have brought up names of possible future projects. •
Bruce Timm has said that he would like to do a full-length animated
Green Arrow film following the positive reception of
DC Showcase: Green Arrow. • DC's ex-executive editor
Dan DiDio has expressed interest in seeing the popular 2007–2008
Sinestro Corps War comic storyline adapted. • In 2009, Timm also expressed his interest to make an animated
JLA/Avengers adaptation. •
Geoff Johns revealed that
Warner Bros. would like to use unproduced screenplays as a basis for new animated films, such as
J. J. Abrams'
Superman: Flyby. • Producer
James Tucker has spoken about wanting a
Wonder Woman-centered Justice League film. • At Comic-Con, Timm also had expressed interest in an animated adaptation of the
Batman R.I.P. storyline. •
Batman: The Killing Joke screenwriter
Brian Azzarello had stated that he would like to adapt his graphic novel
Joker into an animated film. • Timm has mentioned that another
Batman Beyond film is a possibility, and in August 2017, Tucker stated in his
Twitter account that discussions about a possible
Batman Beyond film occur several times at the studio, while he also stated that a potential
Static Shock film set in the
DC Animated Universe is possible as the studio is always interested in
Static. •
J. M. DeMatteis expressed interest in scripting an adaptation of his
Batman story arc
Going Sane and a
New Gods film set in the
DC Animated Movie Universe. This partially came into play with the film
Justice League: Gods and Monsters, visually and aesthetically invoking the DCAU, confirmed to be in an alternate timeline to it. • Filmmaker and comic book writer
Kevin Smith mentioned at
Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo that he met with Johns, where he pitched an animated
Plastic Man film that he wrote for DC. • An animated film featuring characters from the
Milestone Media imprint was announced at DC Fandome in October 2021. The film was set to be written by Brandon Thomas and will feature "more than one character" according to Milestone co-founder
Denys Cowan. The announcement included promotional concept art of
Static,
Hardware,
Icon, and
Rocket.
Cancelled projects • Plans for sequels to the 2009 films
Wonder Woman and
Green Lantern: First Flight were shelved, as well as a planned film based on the 2003 miniseries
Batgirl: Year One. Slower sales of the
Wonder Woman film were cited, although
sales figures indicate that it was at least the #8 best-selling of the 25 DC Universe films released (4 of the films that ranked higher than it include Blu-ray sales which have not been released for
Wonder Woman). • In 2010, Timm stated that the production team originally planned to make an
Aquaman film, but at the end, the executives of Warner Bros. cancelled the project because their expectations about marketing were very low. • During an interview in October 2016,
Jay Oliva revealed that he had an idea for a sequel to
Batman: Assault on Arkham, but following Oliva's departure from
Warner Bros. Animation in 2017, as well as the film's apparent decanonization in
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the project may have been pulled. • In 2023, the creative team for
Justice League: Warworld planned to develop a film adaptation of the
Kingdom Come comic book miniseries, but the idea was discarded by
James Gunn and
Peter Safran after they were named CEOs of
DC Studios. ==Reception==