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After Superman's introduction, I hope we get a good Batman in a shared universe with all the main players and story beats. The only deviations would include Superman being framed for the death of a politician and Batman being accused of being his accomplice. the Task Force X would be recommended by A.R.G.U.S. since they would be a government sanctioned team.

I hope this will never happen again 🙏🏻🙏🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

I was just curious about that

So I have a theory about how The Flash’s reboot of the DCEU is gonna work, and I was a little hesitant to share because of discourse among DC fans, but I decided to chance it. Just don't take what I say as gospel, I have no hard evidence. I'm merely making educated guesses based on what we know about the film as well as DC Studios' decisions as of late.

Since we know this won't be a complete reboot and projects like Aquaman and Peacemaker will remain canon, I'm guessing they want to keep the projects that have gotten overall positive reception and scrap the ones that have gotten mixed and negative reception. However, the Muschettis have said The Flash doesn't forget anything, so I doubt those projects will be completely scrubbed from existence. Essentially I’m thinking the projects they want to keep as DCU canon, they’ll separate from the rest, splitting the universe in two. In other words, DC can always go back to the scrapped DCEU films whenever they want, just in case, but they'll keep everything else in the main DCU.

Here's a visual guide I made that explains the idea better:

Any thoughts? Is this too far fetched? I'd love to know what you all think. Discuss!

Having looked at all the recent news we've gotten from DC Studios and James Gunn in particular, I think I have an idea of where the new DC cinematic universe is going. We know that Superman has been recast, and we also know Gunn has said they'll be keeping what's worked in the past for DC and throwing out what doesn't. Based on that, I'm thinking that we're not getting a total reboot like some people have proposed, but rather something closer to a reboot like, say, Flashpoint was for the comics. Sure, a lot of stuff started over, but plenty of stories like Final Crisis, The Killing Joke, and Grant Morrison's Batman remained canon. Is this what I want to happen? Not really. I'd rather they just stick with the DCEU or reboot entirely. But I can see it working in the long run IF it's done right, and I do think it's the direction they're going.

I'm thinking that Snyder's films (and Suicide Squad) are almost certainly gone. They are divisive films, yes, and the majority of audiences did seem to enjoy Zack Snyder's Justice League, but I think this more comes down to only keeping projects that were critically successful OVERALL, So in other words, I think Gunn means to only keep DCEU movies that have gotten generally positive reception. Here's what I think the DCU will look like after The Flash reboots it (I do now think that will be the reboot, just to note):

Wonder Woman

Aquaman

Shazam!

Birds of Prey (potentially; mostly positive, but still mixed reactions from that film, if I recall)

The Suicide Squad

Peacemaker

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

The Flash (anything past this point is automatically DCU canon)

Blue Beetle

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

James Gunn's Superman

I don't say this to diminish Snyder's work at DC. I actually quite liked his take on the DC Universe (though not without its issues, such as its portrayal of Superman or Batman using guns), and I am really sad about Cavill leaving, especially after he just came back. But this might be the right thing for DC right now, and I trust James Gunn regardless, so I'm excited to see his new slate of projects in 2023.