Warner Bros Dates Two DC Films for 2020, Another Animated Title for Next Year

Warner Bros. Pictures just released a few housekeeping notes, one that sees them doubling up on DC Films projects in three years, and planting flags for an “event” film as well as another animated title.

A pair of untitled DC projects have been dated for February 14 and June 5 of 2020. The last known titled DCU film is Jason Momoa’s “Aquaman,” which hits just before next Christmas in 2018.

Several development titles could be in mind for those slots, like Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” the Ezra Miller-led “The Flash” or even the Cold War sequel to this summer’s runaway hit “Wonder Woman.”

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In addition, Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams’ “Game Night” has been punted up from this coming Valentine’s Day to March 2, 2018.

There’s also plans for an untitled WB Animation project (another “Lego Movie,” perhaps?) and an “Event Film,” which inspires yet more beard scratching.

Here’s the updated calendar, tell us your theories in comments:

GAME NIGHT moves from 02/14/18 to 03/02/18

An UNTITLED WB ANIMATION FILM will be released on 06/01/18

An UNTITLED WB EVENT FILM will be released on 12/13/19

An UNTITLED DC FILM will be released on 02/14/20

An UNTITLED DC FILM will be released on 06/05/20

11 DC Comics Superheroes and Villains Who Deserve R-Rated Movies (Photos)

With R-rated films like "Logan" brutalizing the box office, an insider tells TheWrap that DC Films would "100 percent" make R-rated superhero movies with the right characters. Here are a few suggestions for characters dark enough to demand an R rating.
1. Justice League Dark

Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment released a successful R-rated "Justice League Dark" animated movie, and there's no reason they can't do the same in live action.
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2. Suicide Squad 2

The first "Suicide Squad" focused on hardened criminals, but they kept things PG-13. They could do a lot more damage with an R rating.
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3. Deadshot

Warner Bros. is looking to spin off Will Smith's hardened "Suicide Squad" character. An R-rating would make a lot of sense, given that he's a professional assassin.
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4. Gotham City Sirens

Warners is also looking to spin off Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn character from "Suicide Squad." We all know the streets of Gotham are deadly enough to deserve an R rating.
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5. Lobo

A film about DC's badass alien bounty hunter Lobo is in development, with Jason Fuchs developing a screenplay. An alien can't be expected to abide by MPAA standards.
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6. Black Adam

Dwayne Johnson is attached to star as outlaw "Black Adam" for New Line. In the comics, Black Adam rules his own nation — the fictional Middle Eastern country Kahndaq — as a beloved, if violent, dictator. R territory for sure.
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7. Nightwing

Bruce Wayne's former ward Dick Grayson set off on his own in the comics, and is expected to get his own movie as well in "Nightwing." R is for Robin.
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8. Red Hood

If DC Films is making a "Nightwing" movie, how about focusing on another Bat-underling? Ex-Robin Jason Todd came back from the dead to avenge his killing as Red Hood, and a PG-13 probably can't contain all his rage.
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9. Arkham Asylum

The video game series featuring all of Gotham City's craziest villains could easily lend itself to a film in the vein of David Fincher's "Seven."
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10. Deathstroke

DC Comics assassin Deathstroke is the villain in the upcoming "The Batman," and if he merits a spinoff, it would be hard to imagine it as anything but an R movie.
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11. The Batman

Making "The Batman" R-rated would send a signal that DC Films isn't messing around. In the "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" Ultimate Edition, Batman was at his most Frank Miller violent and brutal.
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An insider tells TheWrap that DC Films would ‘100 percent’ make R-rated superhero movies with the right characters — here are few that would be perfect

With R-rated films like "Logan" brutalizing the box office, an insider tells TheWrap that DC Films would "100 percent" make R-rated superhero movies with the right characters. Here are a few suggestions for characters dark enough to demand an R rating.

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11 DC Comics Superheroes and Villains Who Deserve R-Rated Movies (Photos)

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