DC Studios

This article is about the production company. For the video game developer, see DC Studios (video game developer).
"DC Films" redirects here. For a list of films based on DC Comics, see List of films based on DC Comics publications.

DC Studios
Company typeDivision
Industry
  • Film
  • Television
  • Animation
  • Video games
GenreSuperhero fiction
PredecessorDC Films (2016–2022)
Founded
  • May 17, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-05-17) (as DC Films)
  • November 1, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-11-01) (as DC Studios)
Founder
Headquarters4000 Warner Boulevard,
Burbank, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • James Gunn (co-chairman and co-CEO)
  • Peter Safran (co-chairman and co-CEO)
Products
  • Motion pictures
  • Television shows
Brands
Parent
Websitewww.dc.com/movies
Footnotes / references
[1][2][3][4][5][6]

DC Studios is an American film and television production company that is a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). It is responsible for the production of live-action and animated films and television series, as well as some video games, based on characters from the American comic book publisher DC Comics, primarily as part of its flagship media franchise and shared universe, the DC Universe (DCU). The studio has been led by filmmaker James Gunn and producer Peter Safran as its co-chairmen and co-CEOs since it was formed in November 2022.

The studio's predecessor, DC Films, was formed in May 2016 as a division of Warner Bros. Pictures to oversee DC Comics–based film productions, primarily those from its shared universe franchise the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). It was led by DC comic book and television writer Geoff Johns and Warner Bros. producer Jon Berg as its co-chairmen. After several DCEU films received poor reception and underperformed financially, the duo stepped down by the end of 2017, and the division was reorganized, with Walter Hamada hired as the studio's president. Following the merger between DC and Warner Bros. owner WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc. in April 2022, WBD overhauled operations, resulting in Hamada stepping down in October 2022. DC Films was then dissolved in favor of DC Studios, a new division with greater oversight of DC media. Gunn and Safran, who had worked on some DCEU projects, were hired to lead the studio, and the duo began work on the DCU as a new franchise to serve as a reboot of the DCEU.

From 2016 to 2023, DC Films produced 13 films within the DCEU, from Suicide Squad (2016) to Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), alongside two standalone films, Joker (2019) and The Batman (2022). Joker and the studio's film Aquaman (2018) are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with Joker becoming the first R-rated film to gross over $1 billion. The first DC Studios production is the television series The Penguin (2024), a spin-off from The Batman. DC Studios plans to release films and television series within the DCU, starting with the animated series Creature Commandos in 2024, and the film Superman in 2025. Productions that are not part of the DCU are set to be part of the "DC Elseworlds" label. The studio's first animated film is Dynamic Duo (2028).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GunnSafranDCStudios was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference HowGunnSafranDeadline was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BvSFallout was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Puck5Questions was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference McDonough was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Vaisman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).