Ngaphambi kokuba u-Warner bros. Kwaye iifilimu ze-DC zasungula i-DC eyandisiweyo yokudibanisa zonke ii-superheroes zabo phantsi kwe-AEGID, izitudiyo zazama ukususa iifilimu phantse kuzo zonke izinto ezazinelungelo lokuba yinzuzo. Enye into yile yokuba ayizizo zonke ezi filimu zithethelela izinto ezilindelweyo, kuba kunye nohambo lukaChristopher nolan "Kwakukho i-knis eluhlaza" kunye "noJohn Heme". Kwakukho nezinye iiprojekthi ezazisetyenziswanga.
Umzekelo, ngo-2012, uGuillermo Del Toro wanyulwa kumlawuli 'weligi emnyama wokusesikweni', kodwa kwiminyaka emine emva koko wayishiya iposti yakhe. Inguphuhlise yakhe yayinguDagy Lyman, kodwa wahlala engaphantsi konyaka. Ukusukela ngoko, ikamva lale filimu lahlala limisiwe. Ngokwathi le igutyungelwe, ngoku i-burner bros. Inenjongo yokubuyela "kwiligi enkulu yobulungisa", imema i-kenuanu Rivza yokuphinda ivele ngohlobo lwe-OKKKist Constantine. Yayiyinkwenkwezi "Matrix" kwaye "uJohn Whitch" kufanele ukuba ube bubuso bomfanekiso olandelayo. Nangona kunjalo, umthombo uthembene naye ukuba ngaphambi kokuba kufike ukuba kufike.
Inxulumene neenkonzo zeRivza kwiibhloko ze-superhero ze-superhero zazo ezinqwenelekayo azinqwenelelayo i-DC, kodwa nayo imangalisi, nangona kunjalo, i-warner bros. Kukho amathuba abe phambi kwabantu abakhuphisana nabo bangenayo. Ngokwamahemuhemu yokugqibela, ukuqala kwakhona "i-Constantine" sele kuphuhliso, ngelixa uRivz wachaza ukuba angakuvuyela ukudlala lo mlinganiswa kwakhona.