DC Films' Pre-Warner Bros. Discovery Plans Included CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, SECRET SIX, And More

Big changes are coming to the DC Extended Universe, though whether they will ultimately prove to be a good thing remains to be seen. The cancellation of Batgirl doesn't bode well, but The Hollywood Reporter has now shared some very interesting details about what was in store for this comic book universe prior to Warner Bros. Discovery's sweeping changes.

Multiple insiders tell the trade that members of the film division are "p*ssed," and that includes DC Films President Walter Hamada. He may or may not leave the studio once Black Adam arrives in theaters this October, a movie it's said now has a new post-credits scene "introducing a new element to Johnson’s place in the DC Universe."

Hamada was planning to release three to four DC movies a year, including Secret Six, a movie about a villainous team who have typically been portrayed as rivals to the Suicide Squad in the comics. Also in the works was a Crisis on Infinite Earths event picture, presumably bringing together multiple franchises and actors ahead of a line-wide reboot. 

Among the projects that development is said to have "slowed" on are Supergirl, Green Lantern Corps, Static Shock, and J.J. Abrams and Ta-Nehisi Coates' Superman movie.

As for The Flash, controversial star Ezra Miller is said to have participated in reshoots over the summer, and while there's still no indication that it will move from its current June 2023 release date, "insiders say the studio is evaluating all options."

The big news here is that those Crisis on Infinite Earths rumours were true, and seeing as The CW has already done its own take on the story, we can't help but wonder what the movie would have looked like. With Ben Affleck sticking around as Batman, you have to believe, if nothing else, we'd have seen him teaming up with Michael Keaton's Dark Knight. 

Whether the crossover will be part of David Zaslav's ten-year DC plan remains to be seen.