What’s in store for DC superheroes after ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Aquaman’?

 The DC movie universe stalled after Justice League, but it rebounded last year with the success of Aquaman, which made more than US$1 billion worldwide.

What is known as the DC Extended Universe got off to a bumpy start with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad in 2016; both performed well at the box office but were trashed by critics. Justice League put the nail in the coffin when it underperformed critically and commercially.

Now Warner Bros. is going all in on its DC superhero movies with renewed confidence and a new strategy focused more on stand-alone stories rather than a connected universe. 2017’s Wonder Woman and Aquaman proved the strategy could work, and the upcoming movies are likely to capitalise on that.

The studio has seven release dates set for DC movies that range from sequels to origin stories and whatever Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) will be. More movies are in development beyond those that don’t yet have official release dates, such as an Aquaman horror spin-off about the Trench creatures.

Among the upcoming movies are James Gunn’s Suicide Squad sequel and Matt Reeves’ The Batman, which will recast the Dark Knight.

Here are seven upcoming DC movies with official release dates:

‘Shazam!’ – April 5, 2019

James Wan made the move from horror hits like Saw and The Conjuring to blockbusters like Furious 7 and Aquaman. The director David Sandberg, known for Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation, is doing the same with Shazam! in April.