Dc: The Hunger Games

Dc: The Hunger Games is a 2026 action-adventure epic drama survival film based on the characters from Dc Comics and the book and film series. It follows 24 tributes made up of characters from Dc Comics drafted into the Hunger Games, a deadly game where only 1 of the 24 tributes can survive.

The Hunger Games got popular in 2012 when the film was released and it was a critical success at the box office. Dc: The Hunger Games was announced on July 2023 San Diego Comic-Con. The cast was announced on the last day of October 2023. A first look was released on February 1, 2024. A teaser trailer was released June 13, 2024. And a full trailer was released in December 2024. A second trailer was released on July 15, 2025 which was followed by a bunch of TV spots until the month it was released but also came with bad news of it being delayed to June 16, 2026. A final trailer was released on April 5, 2026. The movie was finally released on June 16, 2026. The reviews from the critics praised it for the performances and emotion but criticized the length of the movie. The movie was a box office success grossing in 570 million dollars against a 60 million dollar budget.

Synopsis
It follows 24 tributes drafted into the death game known as The Hunger Games, will only one can survive will the other 23 tributes will die.

Plot
Every year, Amanda Waller and Lex Luthor force children (ranging from the ages of 12-18) to compete to the death in the annual Hunger Games, a competition broadcasted on live television. This year, there has been a change and this Hunger Games is not for children being forced to kill each other but this time it is for the Dc superheroes.

Oliver Queen goes hunting and shoots a deer and it bleeds to death. Oliver then goes to the dead deer but the wind starts to get harder. It gets so hard that a flock of birds fly away from their habitat. Oliver with his girlfriend Dinah Laurel Lance hide in the bushes and forthe wind to go back to normal. It eventually does and a man comes out of a helicopter and calls Oliver's name. It turns out to be Oliver's friend Malcolm Merlyn. He tells Oliver that the choosing of the tributes for each District to compete in the annual 76th Hunger Games will begin in a few hours. With the dead deer, they go to the place where the tributes are chosen.

A woman known as Emilia Harcourt puts her hand in a jar 24 times to choose the tributes for each district. For District 1, she chooses Bruce Wayne and Kate Kane, for District 2, she chooses Clark Kent and Kara Zor-El, for District 3, she chooses Arthur Curry and Mera. For District 4, she chooses Hal Jordan and Jessica Cruz, for District 5, she chooses John Stewart and Arisia, For District 6, she chooses Guy Gardner and Diana Prince, For District 7, she chooses Barry Allen and Jesse Quick. For District 8, she chooses Victor Stone and Zatanna Zatara, for District 9, she chooses Oliver Queen and Dinah Laurel Lance, for District 10, she chooses J'onn J'onzz and Selina Kyle, for District 11, she chooses Billy Batson and Mary Bromfield, and for District 12, she chooses Jamie Reyes and M'gann M'orzz.

The Tributes go into a train known as the "Tribute" Train. A train holding the Tributes from each District. Harcourt goes to the other side of the train and tells the tributes that their mentors should be there. The tributes then move but Bruce and Kate stay where they are. Their mentor Alexander Luthor arrives. Kate asks advice on how to survive the Games but Alexander refuses to tell them anything, knowing to not get close to them because they will probably die. The next day, Kate asks Alexander tips on surviving and this time he tells the tributes that he is the only person from District 1 to win. He tells them that he hid and the edge of the map with another tribute and waited until the tributes killed each other, then, when they all killed each other he stabbed the other tribute while his back was turned. Kate asks if they could use this but Alexander does not know. Alexander also tells them that they have to be deemed great to the people watching to get "Sponsors" which will help them survive.

The next day, Bruce and Kate watch a broadcast of the Hunger Games and are horrified. They see children killing each other for supplies and when the surviving tributes make there way into the forest 12 tributes are already dead, it gets worse after that the few 12 years old children who survived the massacre are quickly killed by the older tributes. Eventually, one of the tributes tells the other tribute that if he eats the poison berries he will also eat the poison berries and his sister will win. The tribute agrees but that was a lie. After he dies from the poison berries the other tribute hunts his sister down and kills her. Making this child, the winner of the Hunger Games. Bruce and Kate are scared for there own survival but stay silent.

Later, Bruce and Kate meet there stylists, Jefferson Davis and Maxine Hunkel. Jefferson tells Bruce and Kate that they must make an impression to the people as the tributes will be shown to the judges in carts at a carnival. The tributes make impressions to the people and they start to decide who to root for. After the show, they are interviewed on live television. After that, the tributes go to a training room. The tributes go through 2 weeks of intense training. Guy Gardner has the worst odds and Clark Kent has the best odds. So Guy tells Clark that he will kill him.

After the intense training, they prepare to fight to the death in the annual 76th Hunger Games. Bruce goes in a glass elevator and Alexander, Jefferson, and Maxine wish him luck. They are on stepping stones for 1 minute. In front of the tributes is a Corncupia-shaped structure and there is a bunch of supplies by and in it. Bags, drinks, food, and weapons. They think of what to get and what to not get. Eventually the 1 minute passes and they run of the stepping stones. They continue to run and grab supplies. Jesse Quick is stabbed in the head by Mera with an axe. This starts a bloodbath which ends with Kate being killed, scaring Bruce. Bruce runs and is attacked by Kara Zor-El. She then quickly runs away. Bruce has basic supplies to help him survive and a spear. Suddenly, the alive tributes hear a cannon shot which marks the death of a player. The alive tributes hear 12 cannon shots meaning that 12 tributes have already died.

He waits for animals to fall in his animal traps. In the night, Bruce hides in a tree and witnesses a violent gang of tributes consisting of Mera, Mary Marvel, Arisia, Kara Zor-El, and their leader - Arthur Curry killing Zatanna Zatara. Bruce knows this is a serious problem and that he might die from them.

The next day, Bruce wakes up and is glad to find out a deer accidentally got into his trap. He then stabs the deer with a spear. The deer bleeds to death and Bruce eats it. Meanwhile, Oliver Queen goes hunting while Dinah Laurel Lance guards their area. Oliver is attacked by Billy Batson but spares his life. Billy then sees Mary a part of this group so he goes to them and asks if he can join they say no and kill him. John Stewart is almost to the point of death and he begs for sponsors but no one gives him sponsors. John eventually finds a lake and falls into it because he is so exhausted he drinks the water from the lake but almost drowns. He quickly gets out of the water right at the time before he could drown.

The group of violent superheroes start a fire to burn other people still alive in the Games. The fire goes directly to Bruce and he runs but the flames continue to get closer and closer to him it almost burns his skin but he is able to escape it and falls into a lake but does not know that the Gamemakers just got him into a trap. The violent group then comes and spots Bruce in the water. Bruce sprints as the violent group chases after him. Bruce is able to climb a tree and they try to climb after him but they are too heavy and fall off, almost killing the group. Arthur takes Kara's bow and arrow and tries to shoot the arrow at Bruce but misses. Mera suggests that they wait for him to starve to death and eventually to get food he will come down and when he does, they will kill him. Her teammates agree and they start to get stuff to start a campfire. The next day, Bruce wakes up and hears a voice whispering to him. It is Dinah Laurel Lance in a nearby tree. She tells him that there is a hornet nest with hornets known as "Trackerjackers" inside of it. Bruce cuts the nest off but it takes a little bit for it to come off. Bruce gets stung 3 times and his voice gets deeper and his skin starts to swell. The nest eventually comes down and attacks the group, Arthur, Mera, and Mary Marvel are able to get away though Kara Zor-El and Arisia are stung to death.

Bruce gets off the tree but trips down and falls, injuring him. Bruce fights through the hallucinations and takes Kara's bow and arrows before passing out. 2 days later, Bruce wakes up with Dinah and Oliver. Oliver argues with Dinah for leaving even though she swore to not leave and to bring another tribute and make an alliance with him but because she is Oliver's girlfriend, Oliver does not kill her. Bruce, Oliver, and Dinah then find out that the violent group has stored everything they got in one place. They see Clark Kent run and jump through and grab some of the supplies from the pile. They realize that there are landmines. But their guard, Diana Prince notices him from the corner of her eye and leaves to chase him down. Bruce uses one of the arrows to cut open some apples which fall to the floor and trigger the landmines. The tributes come running back angry to see that some are m sing, Arthur gets so angry that he snaps her neck. Oliver then fights the tributes giving Bruce and Dinah enough time to run but is killed by the tributes. Bruce and Dinah are then attacked by Jamie Reyes, who faked his own death at the beginning of the game. Jamie is able to escape but is wounded and kills Dinah.

Main characters
Jensen Ackles as Bruce Wayne/Batman

David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman

Charlie Hunnuman as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow

Jesse Eisenburg as Alexander Luthor

Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt

Cress Williams as Jefferson Davis/Black Lightning

Scarlett Johansson as Dinah Laurel Lance/Black Canary

Elle Fanning as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl

Liam Hemsworth as Arthur Curry/Aquaman

Jaimie Alexander as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman

Daniel Kaluuya as John Stewart/Green Lantern

Kristen Stewart as Kate Kane/Batwoman

Emilia Clarke as Mera

Maya Hawke as Arisia

Zachary Levi and Asher Angel as Billy Batson/Shazam

Grace Caroline Currey as Mary Bromfield/Mary Marvel

Natalie Dormer as Zatanna Zatara

John Boyega as Victor Stone/Cyborg

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter

Zoe Saldana as Selina Kyle/Catwoman

Will Poulter as Guy Gardner/Green Lantern

Xochitl Gomez as M'gann M'orzz/Miss Martian

Eiza Gonzalez as Jessica Cruz/Green Lantern

Xolo Mariduena as Jamie Reyes/Blue Beetle

Violett Beane as Jesse Quick

Zoey Deutch as Maxine Hunkel/Cyclone