It's been a hot topic lately about whether or not to include the DC Comics television shows in the same universe as the films. I personally am a little torn on the matter. There is definitely a lot of pros and cons either way but lately I've been thinking and came up with a way to do both and do something unique and different than Marvel. Here we go:
DC Comics is about to have their first ever shared universe on the big screen with the tentatively titles Batman Vs. Superman and then soon after followed up by the Justice League, which we know will of course include Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Cyborg. Now assuming that DC will be going the New 52 route, then we will also see Flash, Aquaman, and possibly Green Lantern. Now on the tv side of things, Arrow really came into its own this season and knocked it out of the park. With season 3 set to air this fall along with the new Flash series, we will also have a new television universe as well. We also have Constantine coming this fall on NBC but I will come back to that one. For the films, I think they should use Wally West just to kind of differentiate the films from the TV show.
DC Comics is notorious for their multiverse or multiple different universes in the comic books and that got me thinking as to why couldn't that same thing happen on the big and small screen? Like I stated, we almost have a full roster for the Justice League on the film side of things, but for TV why can't we establish a new Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman too? We know that at one point the CW was working on a Wonder Woman series called Amazon that was an origin story for her. Then we have had Ferris Aircraft easter eggs sprinkled throughout Arrow and in the Flash trailer which at least hints at the existence of Hal Jordan. Then, we need to establish a Batman. Jensen Ackles on the CW's Supernatural has been vying for the opportunity to play the caped crusader for a while now and personally I think he would do very well in the role. Introduce Bruce Wayne on Arrow as a business connection of Oliver’s then don't bring Batman in until his own show. Then, we need Superman. Now you could try to bring Tom Welling back but that would probably confuse to many people, so I say recast the character to someone new. Lastly, if Aquaman and Cyborg will be in the films then I say establish Martian Manhunter for the small screen and we have a full-blown small screen Justice League or Justice Society. Whichever you prefer.
Then we have Guillermo del Toro's Justice League Dark film that is still very early on in development. Del Toro himself has said that he would like this film to be apart of the same universe as Man of Steel, so I'm thinking give the Constantine series a few seasons, introduce some of the characters that usually appear with him in JLA Dark and then spin that series off into its own movie. So here are the rosters for each team: JLA Movie would be and I'm basing this on rumor and speculation, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Jon Stewart, the Flash(Wally West), Aquaman, and Cyborg. For TV we would have Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Flash, Martian Manhunter, and Hal Jordan. Then JLA Dark would consist of Deadman, the Spectre, Swamp Thing, Constantine, the Phantom Stranger, Zatanna, Sargon the Sorcerer, and Etrigan the Demon.
Now here is the plan. After the first Justice League film, maybe even after the second one, Darkseid or Krona travels across the universes and somehow brings them together. The three leagues (the JLA on film, JLA Dark, and JSA from TV) come together. Unsure of each other and tensions high, Darkseid or Krona kills or severely hurt one of the heroes thus sparking an all out battle between the three or better yet a Trinity War. This could be huge! It would really be different than Marvel, and could be a trilogy or two-movie story within itself really. Plus, this would satisfy both fans of keeping film and TV separate and making them apart of the film universe.
This is my first article so don’t tear it up to bad, but let me know what you think in the comments below.