There's a lot of intrigue surrounding what James Gunn has planned for the DCU alongside Peter Safran, with DC Studios clearly established to put this franchise back on the right track.
While The Suicide Squad director has made it clear they're currently in the midst of putting together a new slate of interconnected film, TV, and video game projects, there are still some leftovers from the "DCEU" era to get through in 2023. Those include Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Flash, Blue Beetle, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
After recently hyping up the new Blue Beetle poster on Instagram, Gunn started answering some fan questions about the DCU's future. He started by revealing, "Peter and I will help to guide the already filmed projects for the next year, but the new slate won’t start until after Aquaman 2."
So, the DCU slate officially kicks off in 2024. That's exciting, as is the fact that both Gunn and Safran have been "giving notes" on the remaining DCEU movies.
Seeing as leaks have confirmed that both The Flash and the Aquaman sequel were going to lay the groundwork for a Crisis on Infinite Earths adaptation, we're guessing this input from the DC Studios heads may have resulted in the removal of those elements. After all, they have their own ideas for this shared world and probably don't want to be beholden to past concepts.
While time will tell on that front, Gunn also said, "We’re excited to be shepherding the great films made before we arrived & working hard to create an extraordinary, wondrous, [and] unique DCU beyond that."
Needless to say, it finally feels like this franchise is in safe hands and, like Gunn, we're excited about the future. As for when we'll learn what that DCU slate looks like, we'd bet on it being well into 2023.