Warner Bros has finally confirmed that a Justice League movie will be released in 2017.
The announcement - along with confirmation of numerous other movies based on DC Comics characters - was made by Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara during a shareholders' meeting on Wednesday (October 15).
Zack Snyder will direct the movie, featuring the cast of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and "other well known-and highly-anticipated superheroes", according to Tsujihara.
A second instalment in the series will follow in 2019.
Following the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the David Ayer-directed Suicide Squad will premiere in 2016.
Described by Tsujihara as "a gritty story of a team of supervillains who take on black ops mission for the US government", four A-List stars are said to be in talks for the picture.
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A Wonder Woman solo outing is tipped for release in 2017. Gal Gadot will play the character in the forthcoming Dawn of Justice movie.
Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) has been cast as The Flash, who will appear in a standalone movie in 2018.
An Aquaman film, with Jason Momoa now confirmed in the title role, will debut that same year.
Shazam will follow in 2019, while a new Green Lantern project and Cyborg are in development along with standalone Batman and Superman titles.
The full lineup of Warner Bros's DC Comics movies is as follows:
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, directed by Zack Snyder (2016)
- Suicide Squad, directed by David Ayer (2016)
- Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot (2017)
- Justice League Part One, directed by Zack Snyder, with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Amy Adams reprising their roles (2017)
- The Flash, starring Ezra Miller (2018)
- Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa (2018)
- Shazam (2019)
- Justice League Part Two, directed by Zack Snyder (2019)
- Cyborg, starring Ray Fisher (2020)
- Green Lantern (2020)
Following the success of The Lego Movie, Warner Bros will also release a Lego Ninjago movie in 2016, Lego Batman in 2017, and The Lego Movie 2 in 2018, Tsujihara said.
JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie series will be "at least a trilogy", he added, with release dates earmarked for 2016, 2018 and 2020.
Rowling will once again team up with David Yates, who directed the last four movies in the Harry Potter series.
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