DC Extended Universe (MetropolisKnight)



The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) also dubbed as the Snyderverse is a series of interconnected movies and TV Series based on characters from DC Comics, produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios.

The DCEU is launched by with a Superman reboot film Man of Steel, released in 2012. Snyder would then go on to produce every film and series in the DCEU, with Phase I ending with a Flashpoint film in 2018. Phase II introduces a new timeline with significant changes in continuity and ends with Lex Luthor's legion of villains he collected from each of the movies facing the Justice League in Justice League II. Phase III sees the death of major characters Barry Allen, Donna Troy, and Superman. The fourth and final phase is the culmination of everything that has happened so far and the heroes and villains must face the greatest threat to the universe: Darkseid.

The franchise is all-in-all a commercial success and popular among casual viewers, with Man of Tomorrow and Justice League: Rebirth being among the highest-grossing films of all time.

Origins
I started creating my personal ideal DC Extended Universe around 2016, by that time me and many other DC fans were still full of hope for the future of the real-world, until of course, it all kind of went to shit.

So as a coping mechanism I made this fantasy world in my head of what a cohesive DCEU would be like.

Films
Notes:
 * Bold text antagonists indicates they are the main villains while light text indicates they are only side villains

Justice League series
Note: Now, I know people don't like reading full plots of non-existent films (also I'm not a good writer), so for every film I just give a quick synopsis and make a section of the important stuff that happened in the film.

Justice League I (2017)
The Justice League must prevent the escalation of a war between the Amazons and the Atlanteans, declared by Ocean Master and enforced by Ares.

Main Characters
 * Batman
 * Superman
 * Wonder Woman
 * Flash/Barry Allen
 * Green Lantern/Hal Jordan
 * Martian Manhunter

Side Characters
 * Alfred Pennyworth
 * Lois Lane
 * Mera
 * Queen Hippolyta
 * Donna Troy
 * Wonder Girl
 * Nuidis Vulko
 * Queen Atlanna
 * Aqualad/Garth
 * Tula
 * Flashback cameo:
 * Darkseid
 * Steppenwolf
 * Desaad
 * Myrina
 * Zeus
 * Artemis
 * Green Lantern/Jong Li
 * Green Lantern/Yalan Gur

Villains
 * Ares
 * Amazon warriors
 * Ocean Master
 * Atlantean military

Justice League II (2022)
The Justice League must prevent Luthor's evil scheme with his newly formed Legion of Doom.

Main Characters
 * Batman
 * Superman
 * Wonder Woman
 * Flash/Barry Allen
 * Green Lantern/Hal Jordan
 * Martian Manhunter
 * Green Arrow
 * Black Canary
 * Shazam/Billy Batson

Side Characters
 * Mr. Terrific
 * Green Lantern/John Stewart
 * Alfred Pennyworth
 * Lois Lane
 * Iris West
 * Mera
 * Damian Wayne (cameo)
 * Jon Kent (cameo)
 * Aquababy (cameo)

Villains
 * Legion of Doom
 * Lex Luthor
 * Deathstroke
 * Cheetah
 * Captian Cold
 * Black Manta
 * Ma'alefa'ak
 * Black Adam

Justice League III (2026)
Ra's al-Ghul returns with a plan to turn Batman against the League using his contingency plans.

Main Characters
 * Batman
 * Superman
 * Wonder Woman
 * Green Lantern/Hal Jordan
 * Martian Manhunter
 * Robin/Damian Wayne

Side Characters
 * Amanda Waller
 * Alfred Pennyworth
 * Ares (hallucination)
 * Cheetah (hallucination)
 * Deathstroke (hallucination)
 * Circe (hallucination)

Villains
 * Ra's al-Ghul
 * Talia al-Ghul

Justice League: The Anti-Life Equation - Part I (2028)
As Darkseid's quest for Anti-Life nears its end the Justice League must protect Earth

Main Characters
 * Batman
 * Wonder Woman
 * Green Lantern/Hal Jordan
 * Martian Manhunter
 * Green Arrow
 * Black Canary
 * Cyborg
 * Shazam
 * Red Robin
 * Lex Luthor

Side Characters
 * Queen Hippolyta
 * Lois Lane
 * Alfred Pennyworth

Villains
 * Darkseid

Man of Steel (2012)
Kal-El is sent to Earth after the destruction of his homeworld. Now, with the help of Lois Lane he must embrace his destiny as Superman when the survivors of Krypton, led by General Zod plans to terraform Earth into the New Krypton.

Main Characters
 * Superman
 * Lois Lane

Side Characters
 * Jor-El
 * Jimmy Olsen
 * Perry White
 * Martha Kent
 * Jonathan Kent
 * Lara-Lor-Van
 * Calvin Swanwick

Villains
 * General Zod and his crew

Recurring characters
Notes: Justice League
 * Main: Main role
 * m: minor role
 * c: cameo
 * †: they die/they die in the last movie in the column

Villains

One-off villains (in their respective films/shows): Golden Glider, Metallo, The Manhunters, T.O. Morrow, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Siren, Black Mask, Joker, Doctor Sivana, Penguin, Cluemaster, Maxwell Lord, Starro the Conqueror, Blackfire, Talon, Merlyn, Constantine Drakon, Kordax, Ebon, Abra Kadabra, Lady Shiva, David Cain, Anarky, Shado, Brainiac, Parallax, and Grail.

Notes and Trivia

 * There are 3 timelines:
 * The original timeline (Man of Steel - Justice League)
 * The Flashpoint timeline
 * This timeline is simply a continuation of Justice League where they lost and Aquaman declares war after an Ares-controlled Wonder Woman kills Mera (Diana and Arthur aren't very close by this time)
 * The new timeline (Young Justice - Justice League: Rebirth), changes in continuity:
 * Lex Luthor and Black Manta is not imprisoned
 * Superman and Lois is married
 * Mera is alive
 * I originally inserted my own original characters and teams until deciding to contain it only to existing DC Characters
 * Blackest Night, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Batman Beyond were among the many scrapped ideas with Futures End and Kingdom Come once being the finale of the series
 * The highest grossing films in this franchise by my prediction would be (in order):
 * Justice League: Rebirth
 * Justice League: The Anti-Life Equation - Part II
 * Justice League: The Anti-Life Equation - Part I
 * Man of Tomorrow
 * Flashpoint
 * Mid and Post-credits scenes are only included if necessary, never liked time wasting joke credits scenes