10 Essential DC Superheroes Not Yet Used In The DCEU

SURELY we can have a good Green Arrow this time?

by Ewan Paterson
Justice League Unlimited Hawkgirl
Warner Bros.

The DCEU is going through something of a major restructuring as of 2019. Warner Bros' series, once led by the likes of Geoff Johns and Zack Snyder, is heading in a distinctly different direction, divesting from the darker visuals of the likes of Man of Steel and Batman V Superman while also introducing a brand new slate for 2020 onwards.

The series has endured mixed fortunes since Man of Steel's premiere in 2013, but things finally look as though they're improving. Wonder Woman was great, and so too was Aquaman, while everything that's been shown off from Birds of Prey so far looks the real deal. Even Matt Reeves' Batman, which no one really knows anything about, sounds like a vast improvement over what came before, but there still so many other characters that could take the DCEU by storm if WB expanded their horizons even further.

There are heroes both obscure and otherwise who are yet to head the DCEU, but now's time to focus on those who haven't even been rumoured to appear on film in the future. We already know Green Lantern, Batgirl and Supergirl are coming for definite, but there are other key Justice Leaguers who haven't even made so much as a peep, despite their obvious potential.

Things could finally be coming together for DC on film. Here are the heroes it needs to make that future even better.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.