The DC FanDome Convention took place over 24 hours ago, and it… was… lit! Highly anticipated DCEU projects were given proper teasers, trailers, released dates, first looks and more, during the online event with new projects getting announced at the same time. Most of the aforementioned anticipated projects are coming out next year, and with MCU having a slew of projects releasing in the same year as well, 2022 is going to be the first year where DC and Marvel will properly go up against each other head-to-head, with at least 5 projects being released by both Disney and Discovery Warner each. And it will also be the first time (in a long time), where DCEU actually can finally stand up to the “might” of the MCU projects. The big question, however, is – Can DC projects finally beat MCU projects?
The Marvel Vs. DC debate is something that has been fought by a select group of comic book fanatics over the past few decades, much like the age-old Star Wars Vs. Star Trek debate (but even older). In the past 10-15 years, this comic book debate spilt onto the silver screen with the release of films like the Nolan Batman trilogy, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and Captain America: The First Avenger leading the way. While Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is probably the best superhero trilogy of all time, the release of Avengers changed the landscape of superhero films.
DC realised the potential of team-up superhero movies too late and tried to fast forward their timeline of a Justice League film – only for it to fail miserably in the box office. Of course, there were other issues behind the failure of DCEU, but a “rush job” forced out by the production company had a huge part in its failure.
Now, with projects like The Batman, Black Adam, The Flash, Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom, Shazam! Fury of The Gods, Peacemaker and many others are expected to do well when they premiere on the big screen or the small one. All we have to do now is wait for January of 2022. Only two months left.
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