In 2016, as part of DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League, both Geoff Johns and Kevin Smith referred to the franchise's name as being the "Justice League Universe". According to Vulture writer Abraham Riesman, DC confirmed to him in September 2017 that the term was not used internally and they did not consider it official. This term and the abbreviation DCEU quickly spread among the press and fans thinking of it as the official name of the franchise over the following years. Keith Staskiewicz, writing for Entertainment Weekly, jokingly coined the term "DC Extended Universe™" in an article about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on July 1, 2015. Upon announcement of the film series, the universe was commonly called the "DC Cinematic Universe" by fans and the media, in keeping with the naming convention of the already established Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
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The DCEU is the eleventh-highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed over $5.8 billion at the global box office. The studio also has a number of films scheduled for their 2022–2023 film slate, including: Green Lantern Corps, Static Shock and Supergirl.
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Additionally, the DCEU expanded to exclusive releases on the streaming service HBO Max with Zack Snyder's Justice League in 2021, and will continue with the television series Peacemaker and the film Batgirl in 2022. The franchise will continue with Black Adam, The Flash, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in 2022, and Shazam! Fury of the Gods and Blue Beetle in 2023. These films were followed by Suicide Squad (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Justice League (2017), Aquaman (2018), Shazam! (2019), Birds of Prey (2020), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), and The Suicide Squad (2021). The first DCEU film is Man of Steel (2013), a reboot of the Superman film series, followed by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), which served as a reboot of the Batman film series. The DCEU was originally planned to center around five films directed by Zack Snyder, but DC Films downplayed the shared nature of the universe in order to allow greater autonomy for the individual filmmakers in 2018. decided to focus on individual franchises but began to start building a shared universe to compete with Marvel Studios' Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2011. After a planned Justice League film was put on hold and the success of The Dark Knight in 2008, Warner Bros. had plans to bring various DC Comics superheroes together in films since 2002, when Wolfgang Petersen was set to direct a crossover of the Batman and Superman film franchises. The DCEU, much like the original DC Universe in comic books, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters.
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The franchise also includes comic books, short films, novels, and video games.
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The DC Extended Universe ( DCEU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films based on characters that appeared in American comic books by DC Comics, produced by DC Films and distributed by Warner Bros.