DC’s New Gods 2k536f Aquaman Spin-Off The Trench Cancelled at Warner Bros.

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By Akhil Arora | Updated: 2 April 2021 11:40 IST

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New Gods

Highlights

Ava DuVernay was co-writing, going to direct New Gods
Aquaman director James Wan was producing The Trench
Warner Bros. open to revisiting both ideas in the future

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Ava DuVernay's New Gods movie and Aquaman spin-off The Trench have been cancelled at DC Films, Warner Bros. has announced. New Gods — which was to be directed by DuVernay, off a script she co-wrote with comic book writer Tom King — was based on Jack Kirby's characters and would've given us another take on the villain Darkseid alongside Mister Miracle, Big Barda, Granny Goodness and Highfather, all of whom are New Gods from the planet New Genesis. The Trench — which was to be produced by Aquaman director James Wan and written by Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald — was meant to be a horror spin-off focusing on the villainous Trench kingdom featured in Aquaman.

DC slate, some legacy development titles including New Gods and The Trench will not be moving forward. We thank our partners Ava DuVernay, Tom King, James Wan, and Peter Safran for their time and collaboration during this process and look forward to our continued partnership with them on other DC stories. The projects will remain in their skillful hands if they were to move forward in the future.” DuVernay addressed the news on Twitter.

Tom, I loved writing NEW GODS with you. I'm upset that the saga of Barda, Scott, Granny, Highfather and The Furies ends this way. Diving into Kirby's Fourth World was the adventure of a lifetime. That can't be taken away. Thank you for your friendship. And ... #DarkseidIs pic.twitter.com/XyyIjcB8Wv
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) April 1, 2021

Warner Bros. is predictably keeping the window open for DuVernay and Wan to return. Interestingly, both THR and Deadline have offered varying reasons as to why their projects aren't moving forward right now though.

New Gods has been scrapped because Darkseid just appeared in DC Extended Universe.

As for The Trench, THR says the spin-off lost out because it has no connect to Aquaman 2 is enough Atlantean action for Warner Bros. right now, THR adds.

The Trench in Aquaman
Photo Credit: Warner Bros.

Both New Gods and The Trench would've given DC something different than what it's been cooking up, and would've been in line with its dual strategy of DCEU tales and standalone stories. But Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff has been Justice League 2 from Zack Snyder.

Instead, DC is focused on crafting a multiverse that will theoretically give it infinite room to craft more adventures. The centrepiece of that is believed to be Shazam! Fury of the Gods for June 2023.

Warner has also begun charting the multiverse future beyond The Flash that involves a HBO Max as well.

Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast, has a double bill this week: the OnePlus 9 series, and Justice League Snyder Cut (starting at 25:32). Orbital is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.

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