However, Shazam did seem to show signs of life when the Justice League movie was officially announced and Warner Bros.’ president of worldwide production, Greg Silverman, spoke to the Wall Street Journal in April. That article referred to titles that included Shazam, 100 Bullets, and Fables. It’s quite possible that Shazam could be the superhero that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is planning to play, however.

Sandman is happening, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt on board as producer, and quite possibly as director and star. This project has little to do with a “DC Cinematic Universe” however. Still, this is the first rumblings we’ve heard of a release window for it, so it’s still an interesting piece of info.

The idea that Justice League could hit a May 2017 release date is plausible enough, especially given the buzz that Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and the Justice League movie will film back-to-back. The idea that Warner Bros., who have been notoriously shy about a Wonder Woman movie at all, will then release a Wonder Woman solo film two months after a Justice League movie seems a little unrealistic. Even with Batman v. Superman shooting back to back, this would also require Gal Gadot to shoot a Wonder Woman movie in the same span of time. That’s a fairly punishing schedule, and quite a bit to hang on the relatively untried actress.

The Flash/Green Lantern team-up film for Christmas of 2017 seems at least as unlikely as Shazam, if only because Warner has historically been nervous about having competing live-action versions of their characters in other media, and The Flash TV series is just months away from premiering. The presence of Lois & Clark on broadcast television was one of the many factors that helped keep Superman Lives (later, Superman Returns) in development hell for so long. That same reticence kept Smallville from using Batman in any form while they were re-establishing the character with the Nolan films. Given the poor response that the last Green Lantern film got, Warner Bros. may want to see how audiences respond to a new version of the character before pressing on with another film. But if this one is real, they’d better call it The Brave and the Bold.

And then there’s Man of Steel 2 in May 2018, which is the first time we’ve heard any Man of Steel sequel referred to in such a fashion since the big Batman v. Superman reveal at last year’s SDCC. But speaking of that big reveal, let’s not forget that in the hours leading up to it, otherwise reliable sources dropped a “scoop” involving a Batman-less Man of Steel 2 for 2015 and a Flash movie for 2016. How did that end up turning out?