Batman V Superman And Beyond: What To Expect From The DCEU

Justice League: Part Two

Directed by: Zack Snyder
Written by: Zack Snyder (story), Chris Terrio (screenplay)
Starring: Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ben Affleck, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher.
Release Date: June 14th, 2019

It was recently reported that it would not be until Justice League: Part Two that we would see the inclusion of Green Lantern – known to be the seventh member of the modern incarnation of the team. That’s an interesting statement, because it further supports the Darkseid theory. If the DCEU is designed as one, long narrative arc – dispensing with origin stories, and gaining momentum as it goes – then Justice League: Part Two is a huge plot point.

Going right back to the near-beginning, if Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice contains signs of Darkseid’s approach, the Justice League begin to fight that threat in Part One, and Black Adam reveals his links with the tyrant in Shazam, then Justice League: Part Two is where the problem gets very real indeed – and that would certainly be where Green Lantern comes in.

Darkseid, as introduced in DC comic books, is one of the most powerful beings in creation. Ruling his own planet, Apokolips, his ambition is to conquer the entire universe, erasing all free will as he goes. He is, in effect, a modern depiction of Hitler’s Nazism, who can also shoot catastrophic ‘Omega beams’ from his eyes. He uses these beams to destroy, and also to earmark new societies for attack – as seen briefly in the trailer for Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. It is this inter-galactic aspect of this Justice League story that will likely pave the way for Green Lantern – effectively a human member of an inter-planetary police force.