DC's live action struggles have been well documented these last few years, but to say the publisher hasn't given cause for encouragement would be very unfair. Their TV offerings remain consistent, and with the DCEU set to take on a new identity in the coming months, 2019 could very much come to represent a change of fortunes for Marvel's rival - at least when it comes to critical reception.
There may be no catching Marvel at this stage, with the MCU at a demonstrable peak and with dozens of new high budget TV offerings coming to Disney's own streaming service in 2020, but that's no reason to not be excited for what DC have in the pipeline.
Of course, one of the biggest things fans revere most about DC are the publisher's villains; from Batman's rogues' gallery to the villains of Flash, Superman and beyond - there are dozens of iconic evil-doers littered throughout the company's comics, and some who are even set to make their first live action appearance in a matter of months.
But what villains specifically should fans prepare for next year? Spanning from Gotham City to the plains of Apokolips, these are the biggest DC bad guys set to make a splash in 2019...
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.
