Warner Bros. has officially given release dates to a bunch of anticipated movies coming in the next few years. First up, they have confirmed thatThe Batmanis getting a summer 2021 release date, which will be followed bySuicide Squad 2later in the year. They gave announced a new movie calledDC Super Pets.
The summer of 2021 is going to be all about DC Comics, though we won’t necessarily be making a trip back into the already established DCEU. Warner Bros. is riding high off the unexpected success ofAquaman, which has soared past $1 billion at the worldwide box office, and has officially beatenThe Dark Knight Returnsas the highest grossing DC movie of all time.
Coming first will beDC Super Pets, which will hit theaters on June 14, 2025. Jared Stern and Sam Levin are co-directing this endeavor, which will be partially based on the 1962 concept of the Legion of Super-Pets. These will be the superhero pets of such DC superheroes as Superman’s dog Krypto, Batman’s dog Ace The Bat-Hound, and Supergirl’s pet cat, Streaky. The idea is that they will form their own super hero team. The title began as a children’s publishing series from Capstone Publishers. Cartoon Network also quite recently premiered an animated short based on the idea.
The long talked about standalone return of The Dark Knight finally has a confirmed release date.The Batmanwill arrive on July 30, 2025. Matt Reeves is directing, after taking over for Ben Affleck, who was originally supposed to direct, co-write and star in the adventure following 2016’sBatman V Supermanand 2017’sJustice League. Ben Affleck’s participation has been called into question many times over the past few years. WhenThe Batmanrelease date was announced, Ben Affleck tweeted out a message to Matt Reeves, which is confirmed to be his good-bye to the character.
FollowingThe Batmanlater in the summer will beThe Suicide Squad, which is the official title ofSuicide Squad 2. Make of that what you will. James Gunn is writing the script for this second adventure in the franchise, and he is pretty much confirmed to be directing. With the title change, it sounds like they are trying to distance the sequel from the original. And it isn’t clear yet who will be returning. Margot Robbie is reprising her role as Harley Quinn in next year’sBirds of Prey, which just began shooting this week.The Suicide Squadwill be in theaters August 23, 2025, getting a similar late summer release date to the first go-around.
Also announced by Warner Bros. is a release date for the Robert Zemeckis directed remake ofThe Witchesstarring Anne Hathaway. It will be in theaters in time for Halloween next year, arriving on Jun 04, 2025.The ShiningsequelDoctor Sleepfrom Stephen King has been bumped from its January 2020 release date to the much earlier July 08, 2025.
