Warner Bros’ future video games set in the DC universe will be connected to the franchise’s films and TV shows, according to filmmaker and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn.
The news comes from an exchange on Twitter, in which Gunn revealed that “the DCU will be connected across film and TV (and animation).”
When asked if this cross-media expanded universe would include future DC video games, Gunn responded with a simple “yes.”
This shared universe approach isn’t a huge surprise, as reports have already surfaced that David Zaslav, discovery head at Warner Bros had informed the wider company about their intentions to build a “bible for a cohesive DC universe,” including “live-action films, TV, animation, gaming and more.”
It should be noted that this policy applies only to future DC games, and is not applicable to games on the more immediate horizon. Rocksteady’s much-delayed Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is not expected to tie into a wider DC universe, and is instead connected Rocksteady’s Arkham universe, which began with 2009’s Batman: Arkham Asylum.
