Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths (film)

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths is an imagined film that takes place in the DC Cinematic Universe. It is the sequel to Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths and serves as the penultimate film in the entire DCCU. This film is the eighth film in the Justice League film series and the second in the "Crisis" trilogy.

It is the only film to cross over into other DC franchises, such as the Arrowverse. It is the most ambitious and expensive film of all-time. A 4.5-hour ultimate edition is released on a streaming service. It is based on the Crisis on Infinite Earths and Infinite Crisis comic book storylines and includes the largest cast ever assembled.

The massive ensemble cast stars Samara Weaving, Jeffrey Wright, Lucas Hedges, Pierce Brosnan, Beyonce, Clancy Brown, and Echo Kellum.

Plot

 * The Anti-Monitor, who originated from the antimatter universe, has been destroying Earths due to an unknown catalytic event. As it is destroying Earth-17, it comes to a head with The Monitor, aided by the Phantom Stranger, who is the only being able to naturally travel between universes, and The Spectre. The Anti-Monitor incapacitates the Monitor.
 * The dying Monitor tells Phantom Stranger to recruit heroes and villains from the remaining Earths together to form a strong defensive against the Anti-Monitor. The Anti-Monitor then deals the final blow to the Monitor, and his energy is then released to align the remaining dozens of Earths in a formation to potentially merge. A severely injured Phantom Stranger uses his last ability to transfer himself and The Spectre back to Earth-1 (the main universe of the DCCU).
 * On Earth-1, Batman has flashbacks of Owlman warning him of the anti-matter threat that would destroy the multiverse from Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. He is working with Cyborg and Mister Terrific on the Justice League satellite to piece together information of this threat.
 * Additionally, the Justice League has been the center of controversy since the events of the last movie. The public is upset by the fact that they decided to help a different Earth. Many governments severed ties with the Justice League. The league itself, however, has stayed united after Batman helped members settle their differences to stop the Syndicate in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.
 * Currently, the Justice League is a vast operation that is headquartered on the satellite. It includes Batman, Supergirl, Aqualad, The Flash, Donna Troy, Cyborg, Big Barda, The Atom, Maxima, Plastic Man, Spartan, Steel, Doctor Fate, Vibe, Vixen, Booster Gold, Black Canary, Firestorm, Mister Terrific, Black Lightning, The Spectre, Animal Man, Red Arrow, the Birds of Prey (Blackhawk, Oracle, Huntress, Katana, Judomaster, and Lady Shiva), Hawk, Dove, and Catwoman.
 * The Anti-Monitor talks to Psycho-Pirate (who was introduced in Hawkgirl: Mysteries in Space) and asks him to lead an army of Shadow-Demons to distract the heroes of Earth-1. He believes that the Justice League of Earth-1 is the strongest out of every Earth.
 * The Phantom Stranger and The Spectre return to Batman, Supergirl, Donna Troy, Mister Terrific, and Cyborg on the Justice League satellite. They tell them that the Anti-Monitor is more powerful than they could ever imagine. Phantom Stranger is heavily wounded and needs medical assistance.
 * Lex Luthor of Earth-2 (who was introduced in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths) also arrives via portal. They need to determine how to defeat the Anti-Monitor and to figure out how to transfer between other Earths. LexCorp of Earth-2 was able to bridge Earth-1 and 2, however that was only due to the extradimensional similarities between the two universes. Phantom Stranger is the only being that can travel freely between Earths, but is unable to in his condition. Mister Terrific and Cyborg begin to work on developing a device that can open portals to other Earths with LexCorp technology from Earth-2.
 * Mister Terrific predicts that 49 Earths remain in the multiverse. Doctor Fate attempts to help, but his body becomes exhausted by the visions on multiple universes, and falls into a coma.
 * Suddenly, Shadow-Demons attack Metropolis. Booster Gold, Big Barda, and Firestorm help defend it, but are overrun. Firestorm is killed by Psycho-Pirate, and Booster Gold rages. Metropolis is evacuated and the Shadow-Demons begin to take over more land.
 * Meanwhile, the Anti-Monitor has destroyed Earths 24, 29, and 30.
 * The Justice League is in complete panic and the world appears to be on the brink of apocalypse. An injured Phantom Stranger, on the brink of death, finds that the Monitor planted an idea in his memory. He tells The Spectre and Supergirl that "to find out why the Anti-Monitor rose, you must find the scientist", before perishing.
 * The Spectre and Doctor Fate deduce that the scientist has to do with the ancient experiments being done on the planet Oa. Red Arrow tells them he knows where the current Green Lanterns of the Earth sector are located, and they all meet Simon Baz, Jessica Cruz, and Kyle Rayner (last seen in Green Lantern: Recharge).
 * Mister Terrific and Cyborg deduce that the Anti-Monitor is located in an anti-matter pocket dimension, and they work with Lex Luthor of Earth-2 to modify the Quantum Trigger technology to be able to transport them there. The Atom proposes to take molecules from the corpse of the Phantom Stranger, whose DNA could provide answers to how to transport anywhere. Doctor Fate uses his remaining energy to tap into his helmet to determine how to do this. He tells The Atom what to do. They then create the technology to portal to anywhere in the multiverse.
 * Meanwhile, the Anti-Monitor has destroyed Earths 7, 14, and 25.
 * Batman declares an "all hands on deck" situation and decides to split up the Justice League to have members recruit various heroes from other Earths, have members protect Earth-1 from the Shadow Demons, and have members go to the planet Oa. The plan is to hold the line and with all the heroes, go to the pocket dimension in order to stop the Anti-Monitor and save the multiverse.
 * Psycho-Pirate and the Shadow-Demons have taken over a lot of ground. Other villains in the DCCU have joined him, such as Deathstroke, Felix Faust, Gizmo, Tommy Merlyn, China White, and New Gods.
 * Lady Blackhawk leads a unit (Captain Atom, Kyle Rayner, Cowgirl, Emiko Queen, Maxima, Hawkgirl, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Manitou Rave, Manitou Dawn, Beast Boy, and The Herald) to defeat the Shadow Demons on Earth-1.
 * The Spectre revives Captain Atom, who was killed in The Spectre.
 * Simon Baz brings Red Arrow, Mister Terrific, and The Atom to Ganthet on the planet Oa, to learn about the scientist Krona and his multiversal experiments.
 * Meanwhile, the Anti-Monitor destroys Earths 11, 15, 16, 19, and 27.
 * The Flash, Jessica Cruz, Steel, and Black Lightning arrive on Earth-3. They meet Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Superman, Speedy, White Canary, Killer Frost, Black Lightning, and Brainiac V. They all return to Earth-1 after some deliberation and convincing.
 * Static, Vixen, and Batgirl arrive on Earth-4, and recruit Stargirl, Wildcat and Hourman.
 * Spartan and Robin arrive on Earth-9 and recruit Batman.
 * Maxima and Aqualad arrive on Earth-8 to recruit Superman.
 * Supergirl, Plastic Man, and John Constantine arrive on Earth-49 to recruit Power Girl, Cosmic Boy, Diana Prince, Elongated Man, Gilotina, Doctor Light, Val-Zod, and Saturn Girl.
 * Batgirl and Katana arrive on Earth-44 to recruit Batman Beyond.
 * Steel and Black Canary recruit Amethyst from Earth-43.
 * Catwoman and Vibe arrive on Earth-41 to recruit Guardian Catwoman.
 * Wonder Woman, Hawk, and Dove recruit the Golden Age heroes of Earth-40.
 * Booster Gold and Judomaster arrives on Earth-37. However, Booster Gold, who is emotionally unstable due to the deaths of Blue Beetle and Firestorm, goes rogue and starts fighting Kingdom Come characters, until he is saved by Skeets and The Question. Judomaster, however was killed in the chaos.
 * Zatanna, Big Barda and Black Orchid are barely able to escape with the Teen Titans of Earth-31 from the Anti-Monitor's destruction and arrive at Earth-1.
 * Other heroes across the multiverse are also recruited.
 * Meanwhile, The Anti-Monitor has destroyed Earths 21, 22 and 28.
 * Lady Blackhawk and her team defeat the Shadow-Demons with the help of some extra-universal heroes. Deathstroke is defeated by the Batmans (Lucas Hedges, Ben Affleck, and Michael Keaton versions). Psycho-Pirate is taken by the Justice League.
 * The Spectre scours the universe to determine what set off the events of the Anti-Monitor's destruction.
 * Huntress and Katana beat up Booster Gold after learning that he was partly responsible for the death of Judomaster. Lady Blackhawk steps in and restrains Booster Gold and imprisons him until the multiverse is saved.
 * Ganthet, Simon Baz, Red Arrow, Mister Terrific and The Atom learn about the scientist Krona (who last appeared in Green Lantern: Brightest Day). He was the smartest being in multiversal history who experimented in ancient times with time travel and inadvertently created anti-matter. The experiment was shut down by the other scientists on Oa and they created the Green Lanterns to make up for the mistake. The Anti-Monitor kept gaining power over the years and as soon as he became more powerful than the Monitor, he unleashed his attack, hoping to turn the entire multiverse into dark anti-matter.
 * The Spectre arrives in Oa and brings them and all the evidence back to the Justice League satellite.
 * They force Psycho-Pirate to give details on the Anti-Monitor. The league devise a plan and device to get them all to the pocket dimension and fight the Anti-Monitor in a last-ditch effort.
 * Krona also developed technology for time travel and the league decides to use it for this extraordinary purpose. The Spectre, Mister Terrific, Batman, Doctor Fate, and The Atom time travel back to ancient times and confront Krona, who surprisingly is expecting them. Krona kills The Atom before being restrained by The Spectre.
 * Simultaneously, Lex Luthor of Earth-2 and Cyborg send the heroes to the pocket dimension. They confront the Anti-Monitor, led by Supergirl.
 * Mister Terrific destroys Krona's invention, but it fails to weaken the Anti-Monitor in present time. Krona laughs, stating that the Anti-Monitor has always existed. His experiment actually created the Monitor, which he hoped the Anti-Monitor would defeat one day to align the Earths (which happened at the beginning of the movie). The alignment of the Earths would allow him to take over multiple Earths with his technology. The Spectre rages out at him, telling him that this has led the Anti-Monitor to go out of control and is on the verge of taking over the multiverse. He also tells Krona that he dies in the War of Light in Green Lantern: Brightest Day and would not experience it anyway. Krona explains that because he invented time travel, he is immortal. Mister Terrific attacks Krona to force him to help destroy the Anti-Monitor.
 * The Anti-Monitor sees the heroes and kills some, mostly from other Earths.
 * On Oa, multiple versions of Krona from different time periods appear and fight The Spectre. Before The Spectre is overrun, Doctor Fate helps The Spectre fight.
 * Mister Terrific is then able to convince Krona that it is for his interest that they must stop the Anti-Monitor. He shows proof to him that he is not the Krona of this universe, but in fact one from another universe that came here after unknowingly being brought here by the Anti-Monitor. The Anti-Monitor needed his antimatter experiments to continue in order to thrive.
 * The heroes try to fight back against the Anti-Monitor.
 * Krona realizes that Mister Terrific is right and gives The Spectre the ability to heighten his powers in the dark anti-matter pocket dimension. and they time travel back to present and enter the dimension.
 * With the heroes about to be destroyed by the Anti-Monitor and the Shadow-Demons in the pocket dimension, an enlarged Spectre appears with Doctor Fate and Batman.
 * The Spectre goes toe-to-toe with the Anti-Monitor and after a tough fight, the Anti-Monitor is pushed into positive matter and arrives on Earth-Prime, which is a barren planet last seen in Justice League: Crisis on Two-Earths. The Anti-Monitor is weaken in Earth-Prime and an all-out battle begins. Superboy-Prime also arrives to help. Supergirl and Doctor Fate perish in the fight, however.
 * The Anti-Monitor is destroyed. The heroes return to Earth-1, now called New Earth. Superboy-Prime, who has lost everything, appears distraught. It appears that the remaining Earths have conglomerated into Earth-1. Many of the heroes from Earths that were destroyed decide to take refuge in the pocket dimension, including the likes of Superboy-Prime, Teen Titans of Earth-31, and Superman of Earth-8. Lex Luthor serves as the liaison between New Earth and the pocket dimension.

Cast
The massive ensemble cast also includes Brec Bassinger as Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl (Earth-4), Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man (Earth-49), Lupita Nyong'o as Mari McCabe/Vixen, Charlie Heaton as Damian Wayne/Robin (Earth-31), Lana Condor as Emiko Queen, Andrew Howard as Rex Tyler/Hourman (Earth-39), Florence Pugh as Jillian Pearlman/Cowgirl, Holly Valence as Gilotina (Earth-48), and Kelly Hu as Chien Na Wei/China White.
 * Samara Weaving as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl
 * Jeffrey Wright as Jim Corrigan/The Spectre
 * Lucas Hedges as Dick Grayson/Batman
 * Pierce Brosnan as Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate
 * Beyonce as Zinda Blake/Lady Blackhawk
 * Clancy Brown as Krona
 * Echo Kellum as Michael Holt/Mister Terrific
 * Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman (Earth-9)
 * Eric Bana as Ray Palmer/The Atom and Clark Kent/Superman (Earth-8)
 * Keith David as The Anti-Monitor and The Monitor
 * Bryan Cranston as Lex Luthor (Earth-2)
 * Lily James as Donna Troy/Wonder Woman
 * Corey Fogelmanis as Wally West/The Flash
 * Zac Efron as Michael Jon Carter/Booster Gold
 * Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash (Earth-3)
 * Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Kingdom Come Superman (Earth-37)
 * Kaley Cuoco as Kara Zor-El/Power Girl (Earth-45)
 * Alexander Skarsgard as The Phantom Stranger
 * Timothee Chalamat as Garth/Aqualad
 * Mena Massoud as Simon Baz/Green Lantern
 * Ray Fisher as Victor Stone/Cyborg
 * Colton Haynes as Roy Harper/Red Arrow
 * Vanessa Hudgens as Kitrina Kyle/Catwoman
 * Michael B. Jordon as Val-Zod/Superman (Earth-45)
 * Luke Bracey as Roger Hayden/Psycho-Pirate
 * Joe Mangianello as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke and President Slade Wilson (Earth-2)
 * Colin Donnell as Tommy Merlyn
 * Robert Pattison as Clark Kent/Superboy-Prime (Earth-Prime)
 * Tyler Posey as Kyle Rayner/Green Lantern
 * Yvonne Strahovski as Dinah Laurel Lance/Black Canary
 * Zendaya as Natasha Irons/Steel
 * Victoria Justice as Jessica Cruz
 * Camila Mendes as Zatanna Zatara
 * Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (Earth-3)
 * Aldis Hodge as Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning
 * Nicki Minaj as Selina Kyle/Guardian Catwoman (Earth-41)
 * Laura Prepon as Big Barda
 * Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers/Supergirl (Earth-3)
 * Katheryn Winnick as Maxima
 * Taron Egerton as Jason Todd/Red Hood (Earth-38)
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan

New Gods Lashina (played by Sofia Boutella), Bekka (played by Jessica Alba), Viman Vundabar (played by Anil Kapoor), and Kanto appear as allies of the Shadow-Demons. Manitou Raven and Manitou Dawn also appear.

Future
The final film in the DCCU is titled Justice League: Unlimited. It is not a multiverse film and serves as the final sendoff to the characters of the DCCU.