Warner Bros. has canceled two of their upcoming DC superhero-related titles –
New Gods, which was going to be directed by
Ava DuVernay, and the
The Trench. Reasons for the cancelations vary –
New Gods was set to have Darkseid as a villain, and Warner Bros. apparently doesn’t want to return to that character so soon after
Zack Snyder’s Justice League, whereas the studio thinks an
Aquaman sequel is good enough and they don’t need to worry about spin-offs set in that world.
THR has the scoop that
New Gods and
The Trench have been canceled by Warner Bros. “As part of our DC slate, some legacy development titles including