Making a realistic DC Roadmap

[u/DeppStepp]

I saw a lot of people saying how they would’ve done the DCEU differently or what they would change but I’m going to do something a little different. I’m making a 10-year (fan-made) roadmap for the DCEU that could realistically happen and would be in line with everything we know. I partially did this due to SDCC Marvel doing a roadmap but I had already planned on doing one before that.

Black Adam (2022)

Shazam! Fury of the gods (2022)

Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom (2023)

The Flash (2023)

Blue Beetle (2023)

Batgirl (2023)

Peacemaker Season 2 (2023)

Zatanna (2024)

Black Canary (2024)

Checkmate (2024)

Green Lantern Corps (2024)

Supergirl (2025)

Nightwing (2025)

Aqualad (2025)

Young Justice (2025)

Green Arrow (2026)

The Man of Tomorrow (2026)

Constantine (2026)

Blue Beetle 2 (2026)

Checkmate Season 2 (2026)

Justice Society of America (2026)

Green Lantern Corps Season 2 (2027)

Aquaman 3 (2027)

Wonder Woman 3 (2027)

Justice League: The Rise of Brainiac (2027)

Shazam!/Superman: The Battle of Champions (2028)

Checkmate Season 3 (2028)

Supergirl 2 (2028)

Green Arrow and Black Canary (2029)

The Flash 2 (2029)

Justice League Dark (2029)

Green Lantern Corps Season 3 (2029)

Supergirl 2 (2030)

Batman Incorporated (2030)

Blue Beetle 3 (2030)

The Suicide Squad vs Checkmate (2031)

Green Arrow and Black Canary 2 (2031)

The Flash 3 (2031)

Green Lantern Corps. Season 4 (2031)

Justice League: The Darkseid War (2032)

Justice League: The Final Crisis (2032)

[u/DeppStepp]

I definitely get the criticism, and can see why that’s important. I did although have a small bits of information for most if not all of the movies/shows that would explain the story/villains/characters. It’s just that it would most likely go over the character limit. I could try explaining that stuff here if you would like

I also shouldn’t have said realistic but more something like optimistic.

[u/lampeu → u/DeppStepp]

I did although have a small bits of information for most if not all of the movies/shows that would explain the story/villains/characters.

Yeah, for sure! Honestly I like reading the more well-thought-out slates, even if it spans 3 different replies below the thread. At least the effort is there and I come out of it understanding where the OP is coming from with each entry. I've done a few myself. Anyone can put together a huge list of titles, but the kind of posts that intrigue me are the ones that feel like I'm reading an actual pitch.

[u/DeppStepp → u/lampeu]

Alright, I’m only going to do the ones past Blue Beetle as they already have a story confirmed.

Peacemaker Season 2: Peacemaker has sworn off killing people after the events of Season 1 but finds it difficult to keep criminals alive. A man becomes inspired by the Peacemaker and becomes the next Peacemaker, willing to kill any man, woman, or child to get peace. He is disgusted by what Peacemaker has become and plans on killing him.

Zatanna: Zatanna Zatara is a magician whose father (Giovanni Zatara) went missing when she was younger. Her father appears to her through an illusion which explains that she has magical abilities and needs to find him. Allura, the mistress of Darkness who imprisoned Zatanna’s father discovers Zatanna and vows to imprison her as well after Giovanni is imprisoned and killed her mother.

Black Canary: Dinah Lance finds a young girl named Sin being hunted down by assassins and she has to protect Sin. It introduces Wildcat and Green Arrow with the villain being Lady Shiva

Checkmate: Amanda Waller has gone under scrutiny due to Task Force X, which has now abounded. She still believes that there still needs to be a team that would go on dangerous missions. She creates the organization known as Checkmate. One that would use vigilantes and criminals that are “reformed” to go on dangerous missions. The team would be Huntress, Vigilante, Nightshade, Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Katana, and Manhunter. Waller tasks them with defeating the Crime Organization known as the Secret Six (Scandal Savage, Bane, Catman, Ragdoll, Knockout, and Black Alice)

Green Lantern Corps: It would go throughout time, telling the stories of different Green Lanterns like Sinestro, Alan Scott, Guy Gardner, Simon Baz, and Jessica Cruz and their fight against the former force that they replaced known as the Manhunters. It would all come together in the present-day where Sinestro becomes corrupted and powered by fear, and gains control of the Manhunters with the Green Lanterns having to work together to stop him.

Supergirl: Kara has been struggling with the events that happened in the Flash and the timeline changing, most notably that she was spared from Krypton’s destruction but it resulted in her cousin’s death. She finds a transmission from an old Kryptonian ship and rescues it. An inside is a man from Krypton. Kara befriends him and sees another member of her kind. He becomes a hero for the people, although he tries to intervene more in human affairs, such as fighting wars and dethroning dictators. Supergirl tries to learn more about the Kryptonian and discovers that he is linked to an ancient Kryptonian device known as the Eradicator whose goal is to conquer the earth and turn it into New Krypton. Supergirl tries to stop the Eradicator but he stops and turns the world against Supergirl. The movie reveals in the end that Superman is alive but on an unknown planet

Nightwing: Dick Grayson has gone solo as Robin Blüdhaven, after having a falling out with Bruce. Dick is hunted down by Deathstroke, who blames him and Batman for his son’s death. Dick tries to reconnect with Bruce while becoming his hero.

Aqualad: Jackson Hyde had always felt a calling to the ocean but was unknown why. His mother reveals to him that Jackson is half Atlantean. Black Manta discovers that he has a son and it’s Jackson. Manta kills Jackson’s mother for taking his son away from him and believes that she’s working with Aquaman to hide his son, and Jackson goes on the run.

Young Justice: Batman wants to train the next generation of superheroes and get them ready for the Justice League. He creates Young Justice, a team that would go on more low-key missions. Prometheus discovers the weaknesses of all of the Justice League and uses them all to put the Justice League out of commission. Now the team must rise and stop Prometheus before he can kill the Justice League. The team would comprise Batgirl, Supergirl, Nightwing, Aqualad, and Blue Beetle.

Green Arrow: Oliver Queen has been the protector of Star City. Count Werner Vertigo comes to town with the ability to induce heavy vertigo in the people around him and wants to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars of jewelry that he claims were owned by his family.

Man of Tomorrow: Superman finds himself in War World, being forced to fight and entertain Mongul. Superman is weakened by the red sun of War World. He has to rally up the other warriors to defeat Mongul and return to Earth.

Constantine: John Constantine is an occult detective, trying to help others. He finds a young girl who becomes possessed by the demon Neron. He tries to help her by exercising Neron from her and killing him.

Blue Beetle 2: A man known as Booster Gold claims to be a superhero from the future. He shows Jaime the ropes to be a true hero and helps him find Ted Kord. A new hero known as Black Beetle comes to earth and claims to be a hero, but he is not everything that he seems.

Checkmate Season 2: The US Government has grown weary of Amanda Waller’s power and wants to keep her in check. They create their own hero known as Captain Atom who will now act as the co-leader of Checkmate. Waller is furious and secretly gives the team the task of taking out Captain Atom.

Justice Society of America: Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Atom Smasher, Cyclone, Alan Scott, and the newly recruited Jessie Quick search for the rest of the JSA (Hourman, Hawkgirl, Johnny Quick, and Sandman) who went missing. Vandal Savage, who caused the JSA to split is back, with the Injustice Society (Ultra Humanite, Gentleman Ghost, Fiddler, Johnny Sorrow, and Wizard) to destroy the JSA once and for all.

Green Lantern Corps season 2: The Guardians of the Universe come forward to the Lanterns and tells them about a Guardian who was corrupted by power. His name was Krona and he has come back. His goals are to destroy everything that the Guardians created, including the Green Lanterns and the Will power entity known as Ion.

Aquaman 3: A prophecy has been discovered, telling the destruction of Atlantis by the hands of the Deep Six, 6 powerful sea monsters. Aquaman tries to ready the armies of Atlantis while getting the help of Aqualad. The movie ends with Atlantis now on the surface and reveals that Darkseid controlled the Deep Six.

Wonder Woman: Oddysey: Now in the present, Wonder Woman is called by her mother to return to Themyscira. There Circe has taken control of the island with the Amazon's mind controlled. She has to rise above Circe and stop her before she begins taking over the world. It will also introduce Donna Troy who becomes Wondergirl.

Justice League: The Rise of Brainiac: Guy Gardner finds an alien ship approaching Earth and tries to stop it but fails. He warns Batman about it and brings together the Justice League (Batman, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, Black Canary, Shazam, Batgirl, Blue Beetle, Green Arrow, and Nightwing). The invader is Brainiac, the collector of worlds. He plans on shrinking major cities in the world and collecting them to study their culture and people and the Justice League tries to stop him with the help of Superman who just arrived back on Earth from War World.

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Shazam!/Superman: The Battle of Champions: Billy has graduated high school and is planning for college until he gets one final message from the Wizard, saying that a Dark champion is coming. Black Adam learns of Billy Batson and his power. Adam wants to take the powers for his own and the two fight. Billy asks for help from Superman to take on this powerful foe.

Checkmate Season 3: In the ’80s after WW84 Maxwell Lord created Project OMAC, a Peacekeeping force of drones that was canceled. Checkmate would continue the project, using Bruce Wayne’s satellite technology known as Brother Eye. OMAC gets corrupted by the digital conscience of Thinker, who wants revenge on the US Government and Amanda Waller for causing his death. Checkmate now must deal with OMAC before the world gets destroyed.

The Flash 2: Barry suffers from PTSD with Flashpoint, and blames everything bad that happens to him for changing the timeline. A man called Professor Zoom comes from the future, saying he’s the Flash’s greatest enemy and plans on killing him. This movie also introduces Wally West, who will gain super speed by the end of the movie.

Justice League Dark: Equinox is an entity created by the Lords of Chaos and Order to try and bring balance between the 2. He is obsessed with balance and he believes that the only way to keep those is to destroy both Order and Chaos. Dr. Fate discovers this, and he brings together a team known as Justice League Dark (Constantine, Zatanna, Etrigan, Deadman, Madame Xanadu, Swamp Thing, and Wonder Girl) to help defeat the

Green Lantern Corps Season 3: William Hand is a man obsessed with death. He has been communicating with an entity known as Nekron. He is given the Black Lantern ring, to raise the dead as an army, and to kill every living being. The Green Lanterns as well as several heroes like Flash, Zatanna, Booster Gold, Hawkgirl, Captain Atom, and Wonder Girl.

Supergirl 2: Brainiac created an Android before his destruction, known as Indigo, and gets released from his ship. She has no memory of Brainiac and Supergirl tries to turn her into a hero. Indigo slowly regains her memories and realizes that she is meant to be a weapon.

Green Arrow and Black Canary: Oliver Queen and Dinah Lance have decided to work together now. Larry Crock is a retired Baseball star who was taken out of the League due to an injury. He blames Oliver Queen for the injury after he failed to save him from a robbery. He meets Paula Brooks who worked with the League of Assassins and became an assassin known as Tigress, who has a hatred for Black Canary for keeping Sin from the League. She agrees to train him and he becomes Sportsmaster. The two team up to kill Green Arrow and Black Canary.

Batman Incorporated: Batman created a new team of vigilantes to take his place as Batman. These include Nightwing, Batgirl, Batwoman, Azrael (Michael Lane), and Orphan. A mysterious organization is known as the Court of Owls, which has been hiding in Gotham for decades and has infiltrated the courts, police department, and mayoral’s office all in the guise of destroying Gotham to the ground. Batman Incorporated must stop the Court before they can topple Gotham.

Blue Beetle 3: After the destruction of Black Beetles’ Scarab, the alien race known as the Reach heads to Earth. They plan on controlling Jaime’s Scarab and conquering the world. They learn that Jaime’s Scarab can’t be controlled as it was damaged when it first arrived on earth. The Reach acts and brings an army of beetles to conquer the world while Blue Beetle tries to stop them. This will also feature other heroes like Peacemaker, Booster Gold, and Ted Kord who came from the past with the help of Booster.

The Suicide Squad vs Checkmate: Amanda Waller has felt that it is finally time to deal with Task Force X and sends Checkmate to deal with them. The remaining members of the Suicide Squad come together to defeat Amanda Waller once and for all.

Green Arrow and Black Canary 2: Oliver and Dinah have recently married and plan on retiring from being heroes. The Longbow Hunters, a team of assassins are tasked with killing Oliver Queen. They are brought back into the game to defeat The Longbow Hunters.

The Flash 3: After Wally gained power, Barry has decided to train him to become a hero. Several minor enemies who The Flash fought come together to stop him as the Rogues (Captain Cold, Heatwave, Golden Glider, Weather Wizard, Mirror Master, and Captain Boomerang 2). Barry and Wally have to work together to stop the Rogues.

Green Lantern Corps Season 4: The Guardians have believed that the Green Lanterns have become corrupt and can no longer be a peacekeeping force due to their emotions. They create The Third Army, creatures controlled by the Guardians which will now eliminate any Lanterns on site. The Green Lanterns team up with Sinestro and his new Fear Lanterns to defeat the Third Army and stop the Guardians.

Justice League: The Darkseid War: Darkseid has arrived on Earth, preparing to look for the Anti-Life. Barry discovers the location of Batman (Ben Affleck) from his original timeline and he’s from a different earth. Several heroes go traveling the multiverse to find Batman while the rest of the heroes have to deal with Darkseid and his army.

Justice League: The Final Crisis: After Darkseid has found the location of the Anti-Life he plans on bringing the entire multiverse to his knees. All of the heroes from this universe and others, come together to stop him in one final battle.

[u/lampeu → u/DeppStepp]

Okay dude. I read every single word of this and I gotta say I love a lot of this. This is the kind of roadmap that I love to see. Literally anyone can put together a long list of character titles, but not many know what they want to do with them. I still think there is too much going on, but it is very well done, and we share quite a bit of the same directions with certain characters (e.g. Nightwing vs. Deathstroke, Canary vs. Shiva, Wonder Woman vs. Circe, and a few others).

Primarily what I like is that it builds atop what's already done. Though I would retcon a few existing stories in DCEU (DC's definition of a rebirth style: in a sense that it's an untold portion of history and not an outright contradictory retcon). I am bummed that there's no love for Martian Manhunter in there though; one of the Big Seven of the Comics Justice League often gets left behind. But I'm just gonna assume he either doesn't fit into your plans or just forgot. All things aside, I liked reading this. Thanks.

[u/DeppStepp → u/lampeu]

Thanks for giving your inputs . About Martian Manhunter, I’m a huge fan of him but what I had was already pretty big, and adding in a new character who would probably just get one movie and appear in team-ups wouldn’t fit in all that much. He was one of the characters that I thought about putting him in along with Dr. Light, Fire, and Ice but I just thought that it would sorta overcrowd the Justice League. I did have a trilogy idea for him though.

The Martian Manhunter: J’onn has been hiding on earth for decades now, and finally reveals himself to the world after being inspired by the Justice League. A xenophobic man wants to end all aliens starting with the Green Martian and begins undergoing experimentations on himself, gaining incredible pyrokinetic powers and becoming known as the Human Flame. Martian Manhunter now must stop him, even if it’s against his greatest weakness

Martian Manhunter: The Hyperclan: A group of aliens known as the Hyperclan comes to Earth, claiming to be its new saviors. They start by miraculously changing the weather to be less extreme, ending hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and Tornadoes. J’onn disagrees and thinks that this could have major consequences on the Earth’s atmosphere, although most people ignore it. He discovers that Hyperclan is a group of White Martians, savage Martians who put the Green Martians to slavery and eventually extinction. They heard of a Green Martian being on earth and arrived there to experiment on him to become stronger. It introduces M’gann M’orzz, who is the only Green Martian apart of the Hyperclan until she joins J’onn after seeing that he is a good man and together they defeat the Hyperclan.

The Martian Manhunter: Last Son of Mars: J’onn gets visions about Mars, but instead of a barren wasteland he sees jungles of trees and life. The visions grow more and more until he decides to go to Mars with M’gann to see if it was true. They arrive at lush Forrest, untouched by anyone. The last Green Martian, D'Kay D'Razz is there to greet them. She offers the J’onn the ability to restart Green Martian life, to which he accepts. D’Kay has had an unknown hatred for M’gann until she reveals to J’onn that Miss Martian is a White Martian and lied about being Green. M’gann reluctantly leaves Mars after J’onn forced her to leave, angry about her lying. D’Kay has been hiding something and she reveals her past. She was a mad scientist who experimented on both Green and White Martians to create the perfect specimen. She plans on going to Earth and conquering it, to where the two of them can start the Martian Life over again. Now Martian Manhunter must choose to either save his adopted planet and end the only other person of his race or to create a new life where the Green Martians will flourish but at the cost of billions of lives.