The Batman
Every superhero needs a good nemesis , and the coming ticket ofDC Extended Universemovies has a tantalizing mix of villain - some confirmed and some just bruit . The Batmanis the next release on the DC slate and it will be followed by the Dawyne Johnson - ledBlack AdamandThe Flashmovie , as well as the adjacent sequelShazam ! Fury of the Gods , which is slate for a 2023 release . The King of Atlantis is also dress to refund inAquaman 2 .
Christopher Nolan ’s Dark Knight trilogy left a band for DC movie to live up to . Heath Ledger ’s Oscar - winning performance as the Joker stay iconic , and Tom Hardy ’s Bane inThe Dark Knight Risesis one of the most quote villains of the last decade . Not counting Joaquin Phoenix ’s ( also Oscar - gain ) Joker , who was the star of his own solo flick , the DCEU has yet to deliver a supervillain that really wows interview . alternatively , its superheroes have mostly face off against CGI scourge like Doomsday and Steppenwolf , and forgettable iteration of characters like Ocean Master and Ares .
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That intend that the crown for the DCEU ’s greatest villain is within compass for the coming line - up of bad guy wire . Here are all the villains confirmed for the DCEU movies on the elbow room - as well as baddie that are rumored or likely to appear in each respective plastic film .
Riddler
The main baddie ofThe Batmanwill be the Riddler , with Paul Dano playing the master of tricks and puzzles . So far all we ’ve seen ofEdward Nashtonin the trailer is a man wearing a heavy coat , thickset glasses and a masked face , but he makes his presence feel by committing grisly murders and rescue riddles that target Batman . Directed by Matt Reeves , The Batmandoesn’t come along to be in any agency connected to other DCEU movies , but instead will shun human beings - stop alien threats in favour of a street - level tec story about a serial killer , featuring a vernal Batman ( act as by Robert Pattinson ) in the second year of being a vigilance man . Since the killer whale ’s face is n’t show and he certainly does n’t fit distinctive portrait of the Riddler , there has been speculation that the masked assailant is actually Hush , being used by the Riddler as a proxy .
Penguin
Oswald Cobblepot a.k.a Penguin will be a secondary resister inThe Batman , take on by Colin Farrell under a layer of prosthetics and make - up that renders him almost unrecognizable . Farrell has said that hedoesn’t have a major role inThe Batman , ribbing , " I am not all over it by any means . But there are a couple of tasty scenes I have in it . " It ’s potential that this movie could be set him up to return as the main baddie in a succeeding sequel .
Carmine Falcone
Mobster Carmine Falcone is a major part of Gotham City ’s condemnable tapis in the comics . Last experience on the cock-a-hoop CRT screen inBatman Begins , where he was played by Tom Wilkinson , Falcone will return inThe Batmanwith John Turturro in the office . Turturro was cagey about his function in the film when speaking toInquirer , but he did confirm , " I ’m playing the unfit guy cable . " Like Penguin , Carmine Falcone probably wo n’t take on a major theatrical role inThe Batman , but his bearing is a further planetary house of how the flick is getting mightily down into Gotham City ’s sewers and dealing with common organized crime rather than superpowered villainy .
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Two-Face (Rumored)
Peter Sarsgaard was draw in an undisclosed role in Matt Reeves’The Batman , but there is speculation that the actor was hurtle to play none other than Harvey Dent , a territorial dominion lawyer who becomes the villain Two - font . report of Sarsgaard ’s molding advise he would be play a DA ( which would be in stemma with Two - look ) or a corrupt cop . The former would be a more obvious selection and he ’d be connect a mass of other famous Batman if the speculation turns out to be honest .
Black Adam
Dwayne Johnson ’s Black Adam probably wo n’t be an straight-out scoundrel , since he ’ll be star in his own movie before crossing track with his arch - nemesis , Shazam . Formerly known as Teth - Adam , Black Adam empty the force of SHAZAM before Billy Batson had it , but was vote out and immure by the Wizard . Black Adam has been both a superhero and a supervillain in DC Comics , but for his solo flick it ’s expect that he ’ll embrace an antihero role somewhere in the midsection .
Ishmael Gregor/Sabbac (Unconfirmed)
While Black Adam is typically the villain for Shazam , someone would have to act as the baddie to Black Adam in his titular moving-picture show . That someone is none other than Marwan Kenzari , whose casting was confirmed in February 2021 . While it was unclear at first who the actor would play , it has since been confirm that Kenzari will portrayBlack Adam’sprimary opposer . According to report byIlluminerdi , The Old GuardandAladdinstar will portray Ishmael Gregor ( aka , Sabbac ) . In the comics , this iteration of Sabbac is a New York City mob boss who sacrifices a draw of people to get his power before he unleashes a drove of demons on the world .
Intergang
It ’s been confirmed thatBlack Adamwill characteristic Intergang , a group of criminals who first faced off against Superman in the comics . They have intersect paths with Black Adam in a small capacity when they undertake to strike a deal with him in connection with their smuggling . InBlack Adam , Sarah Shahi ’s Adrianna will be a resistance fighter aircraft against Intergang , which suggests their roles as villains will be expanded .
Reverse-Flash (Unconfirmed)
Those intimate with the Flashpoint storyline knows Eobard Thawne ( aka , Reverse - Flash ) , Barry Allen ’s most famous bane , is crucial to the plot line . While Reverse - Flash has n’t been formally confirmed or vomit up inThe Flashmovie , it would be very surprising if he did n’t figure into the story at all . The Flashwill enclose the multiverse and will see the coming back of Michael Keaton ’s Batman . While it ’s been affirm that Reverse - Flash wo n’t be the main villain of the long - delayed film , it ’s still potential he will at least make an appearance .
Black Manta
Yahya Abdul - Mateen II ’s Black Manta was introduced as a lower-ranking antagonist inAquaman , with clear band - up for him to retrovert as a greater threat in a sequel . talk toEW , Abdul - Mateen confirmed he ’ll reprise the role . " Black Manta will be back - I find convinced in saying that , " the actor said . “I’m emotional to ill-treat into that world again and cause some more trouble . I really want to tote up more personality and more eccentric to David Cane and flesh him out in Aquaman 2 and give him more of a journey . " It in spades sound like he ’s expected to have much more screen fourth dimension in the sequel , which makes sense fall in that Abdul - Mateen ’s star has come up since he appear inAquaman , with leading roles inWatchmenandCandyman .
Ocean Master
Black Manta is n’t the only villain returning forAquaman2 , though it fathom like Patrick Wilson ’s Ocean Master will be stepping back from his role as the main opposer in the first film . Wilson has confirmedthat he ’ll be back for the continuation , saying , " You ca n’t kill him . He ’s too important to [ Arthur ’s ] journeying … he ’s a foil to [ his character ] . He ’s not gon na be a main villain in another motion picture . " It ’s potential that , with Arthur Curry now crowned as the King of Atlantis and Ocean Master arrested , Arthur will be forced into a loath alliance with his half - brother , in rescript to defeat the greater scourge of Black Manta .
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Mister Mind (Unconfirmed)
Shazam ! Fury of the Godsis still a twosome of age away , but the first movie ’s post - credits scene clearly set up Mister Mind as one of the next villains that Billy Batson and his super - family will have to front . After Sivana is imprisoned and terminate up frantically scrawl symbol all over his cell in an travail to create a room access that will let him get out , he finds himself mock by a large cat with a electronic part box . When Sivana proclaim , " What in God ’s name … ? " the caterpillar answer , " I named the divinity , not the other way around . " Assuming thatFury of the Godsdoesn’t completely neglect the post - credits shot , this hyper - sound exotic bug could be a major scourge in the upcoming sequel .
Hespera
Mark Strong confirmed he would n’t refund as Sivana inShazam : Fury of the Gods , but he will have two replacement villains to fill his spot . The first is Helen Mirren ’s Hespera , the daughter of the god Atlas . There is n’t much to be gleaned about Hespera and what she will be up to in the sequel since there is no comics tantamount for her type . However , she is indeed confirmed as the villain and will sure enough be conjure up up some fuss for the titulary hero as one can assume he ’s angered them in some direction .
Kalypso
Joining Helen Mirren is Lucy Liu , who was cast off as the baddie Kalypso inShazam : frenzy of the Gods . Kalypso is also a daughter of Atlas and the sister of Hespera . Together , fans can anticipate them to plot and scheme against Shazam and his allies . Details of Kalypso ’s role are still under wraps and there is n’t a comics similitude for the character , which means there might be a bit more exemption regarding their portrayals and programme .
Joker (Unconfirmed)
Batman ’s greatest opposition pay back his own solo picture show last year . Joker , directed by Todd Phillips , proved powerful enough to break through the Academy ’s built - in bias against comic book motion picture and score two Oscar wins and nine nominating speech . More importantly for Warner Bros. , it gross more than $ 1 billion worldwide - an incredible feat for an radius - rated motion picture . Though it was primitively intended as a standalone story , a sequel might be in the workings with a book reportedly being written by Phillips . If it ’s made official , the subsequence will likely see the Crown Prince of Crime back in the action as one of the key villains in theDC Extended Universe .
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