When James Gunn revealed the slate for “Gods and Monsters“, the first wave of his new DCU at DC Studios, he also said that all animation projects would be incorporated within it. What that bodes for the future of the long-running and highly successful Warner Bros. Animation movies is unclear, but it’s especially interesting given the most recent announcement. It was at San Diego Comic-Con following a screening of Justice League: Warworld that we learned that Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths and Watchmen would be adapted into animated features.
Both films are expected to be released next year, which means they would predate the kickoff of the DCU with Superman: Legacy in 2025.
Details are few at this point, but Watchmen, which is based on Alana Moore’s iconic graphic, is expected to be R-rated. That story has been adapted in various ways over the years, including Zack Snyder’s controversial live-action movie in 2009. HBO released a critically-acclaimed sequel series by Damon Lindelof in 2019.
Crisis On Infinite Earths is the big daddy of all multiversal crossover storylines. Published in 1985 and lasting a full year, it begins when a powerful being known as the Anti-Monitor is unleashed and begins destroying the DC Multiverse. The villain’s counterpart, the Monitor, recruits a team of heroes from different worlds to band together. The result left the DC Universe completely rebooted, and that would become a recurring practice for the publisher over the years. The storyline was recently adapted as pat of the 2019 Arrowverse crossover event.
A pair of logos was released teasing the upcoming movies.
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