8 Interesting Ways That Justice League Sets Up Future DCEU Movies

Injustice League

For the first time in the DCEU, Justice League follows the Marvel model of featuring two post-credits scenes at the end of the movie. The first is a quick bit of extra fun, involving the Flash and Superman re-enacting their classic race from the comics. The second is a much meatier sequence, however, teasing a major threat to come for the League.

It begins at Arkham Asylum, where a guard discovers a laughing inmate in place of Lex Luthor. The real one is sitting aboard his luxury ship, where he’s in a meeting with none other than Slade Wilson AKA Deathstroke. Luthor has a proposition for the assassin: “[Superman] and his odd little friends have formed a sort of… league,” the villain explains. “We have to level the playing field, Mr. Wilson. To put it plainly, shouldn’t we have a league of our own?”

Yes, the Injustice League – or the Legion of Doom, or the Secret Society, or whatever you want to call it – is coming to the DCEU. But what other supervillains could join Luthor and Deathstroke in their evil band? Well, the cackling Arkham inmate does seem to be suffering the effects of Joker venom, suggesting that Luthor got pally with the Clown Prince of Crime while on the inside. Apart from Joker, Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam seems like another top candidate. Again, we’re not sure when the Injustice League will appear, though. The Batman? Justice League 2? Man of Steel 2?

This scene also marks Joe Manganiello’s first appearance as Deathstroke. He was initially expected to play a major role in The Batman, but recently we heard he was heading up his own solo movie instead.