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The DC Universe is here, and there's a lot to unpack! Join us as we do a deep dive into everything you need to know about the DCU — from its messy DCEU origins to James Gunn's bold new vision, the current slate of movies and shows, and what massive threats might be lurking on the horizon. Which DCU project are you most excited about?
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00:00I thought I might give you an interview. I could fill you in on all the behind-the-scenes.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're doing a major deep dive on the DCU.
00:10We'll be getting into spoilers for various DCU movies and shows, so consider this your warning.
00:16You're big and you're stupid, but I know you love me.
00:21Rebooting from the DCEU
00:23The people of Earth are different from us, it's true.
00:27But ultimately, I believe that's a good thing.
00:30Before the DCU, there was actually another cinematic universe that DC had called the DC Extended Universe,
00:35or otherwise known as the DCEU.
00:37Considering how much of a smash hit the Marvel Cinematic Universe was,
00:41it made sense that DC would want to get in on the hype train.
00:44Unfortunately, numerous failed films, countless controversies, and several studio shake-ups
00:49made the DCEU a bit of a hot mess.
00:52What about the civilian contractors who corroborated my story?
00:55The Pentagon is denying that there was a ship.
00:58Of course they are. That's what they're supposed to do. It's the Pentagon.
01:02Perry, come on. It's me we're talking about. I'm a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter.
01:06Then act like it.
01:07It wasn't all bad, of course. The first Wonder Woman movie was a massive success.
01:11Not to mention the first Aquaman movie made a billion dollars,
01:13and it's still DC's highest-grossing movie ever made.
01:16Warner Bros. also snatched director James Gunn up after he had a brief falling out with Marvel.
01:21This led to him directing The Suicide Squad, a team-up movie about Misfits having to do good,
01:25which was well-received by both fans and critics.
01:28No one has a show-off.
01:29Unless what they're showing off is dope as f***.
01:32That being said, a few wins weren't enough to sustain the DCEU,
01:36as its reputation had taken hit after hit.
01:39Things got so weird with this franchise that even The Rock tried to take things over with Black Adam,
01:44only for that project to fail to push the needle.
01:49Don't worry about that. I can get another one.
01:51By this point, it was clear to fans that the DCEU was nowhere close to rivaling the MCU,
01:57and as a result, things needed to evolve.
02:00On October 25, 2022, James Gunn and Peter Safran were appointed as the co-heads of DC Studios.
02:07DC Studios itself was a brand relaunch, as all prior movies were under the DC Films banner,
02:12which was run by the past studio head, Walter Hamada.
02:15Gunn and Safran's new roles officially went into effect November 1st, 2022,
02:20a week after they were hired.
02:22Now, Peter and I have gotten pretty lucky in terms of the four projects that are coming out over the
02:25next year.
02:26First, we have Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
02:29Shazam! has always been off kind of in his own part of the DCU,
02:32so he connects very well.
02:35That moves directly into The Flash,
02:37a fantastic movie that I really love that resets the entire DC Universe.
02:42Around this time, Henry Cavill also revealed on social media that he would not be returning
02:47as Superman after all.
02:49This was a serious shock,
02:50considering he had earlier claimed that he would be staying as Superman for more installments,
02:55yet those plans were clearly scrapped.
02:57You will give the people of Earth an ideal to strive towards.
03:03They'll race behind you.
03:04These significant restructurings sent a clear message that things were changing.
03:09EU didn't officially end until December 2023 with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
03:13It was widely known that Gunn's new version of DC would be arriving soon.
03:17So, what does the death of the old DC have to do with the new DC?
03:21Well, you know the saying,
03:23out with the old, in with the new.
03:25Since Warner Brothers already knew what James Gunn was capable of doing,
03:29they felt like it was the right choice to entrust him as a studio head alongside Peter Safran.
03:34The company's main goals were to better connect their various DC properties into one unified world,
03:39rather than have several disjointed movies and TV shows that were off in their own bubbles.
03:44Our jobs, mine and Peter's,
03:46is to come in and make sure the DCU is connected in film, television, gaming, and animation.
03:53A shared, cohesive cinematic DC Universe was the mission statement,
03:57and also a vision that James Gunn had promised,
03:59not just to shareholders, but also to the fans.
04:02We need to start making clear who's the human and who's the eagle.
04:05I'm the human and...
04:11Dumbass.
04:12What are you doing?
04:14The initial DCU lineup.
04:16So, Peter and I, along with a group of very talented writers,
04:20have started to map out an 8-10 year plan
04:22of what DC Studios will be in film, television, and gaming.
04:27On January 31st, 2023,
04:30DC's official YouTube account uploaded a video properly announcing the DCU
04:34and introducing what its upcoming slate would be.
04:37Next up is the big one,
04:38the true beginning of the DCU.
04:40This is called Superman Legacy.
04:43This is being written by me.
04:44I'm in the middle of it.
04:45I'm having a great time doing it.
04:47And Superman will be released into theaters July 11th, 2025.
04:52The video featured James Gunn as he walked us through Chapter 1 of the DCU,
04:56which is called Gods and Monsters.
04:58All the DCU projects that fans could expect to see within the next couple of years
05:02fall into this first chapter.
05:04Not every project in this chapter was talked about in this video,
05:07but nonetheless, a good amount of titles were revealed.
05:09We also learned that any non-DCU projects that DC might still want to explore
05:14would be appropriately titled under an Elseworlds banner.
05:17If something is outside of that,
05:19like Matt Reeves' Batman or Todd Phillips' Joker or Teen Titans Go,
05:24that it is clearly labeled as DC Elseworlds,
05:28outside of the mainstream DCU continuity.
05:31Creature Commandos was the first DCU title announced,
05:34which is an animated series about monsters having to do missions for the government.
05:37Not too unlike how the Suicide Squad works.
05:40The battalion, calling themselves the Sons of Semiskira,
05:43violently cross the border into Pekolistan.
05:46The Sons are said to be working at the behest of the rogue Amazonian
05:50and reputed sorceress, SirSeg.
05:53Up next was Waller,
05:54a live-action show about Amanda Waller with Viola Davis set to reprise the role.
05:58And all you need to know is you work for me.
06:00I can change with a phone call.
06:02I have friends too, you know.
06:05There you go.
06:07Calling?
06:07After this was the announcement of Superman Legacy,
06:09which promised to be a big, action-packed exploration of the Man of Steel for a brand new age.
06:15We also heard about Lanterns.
06:17This is a prestige HBO original about the Green Lanterns,
06:20where the cosmic grandeur is instead swapped out for a down-and-dirty Heartland murder mystery.
06:25Though it's an earth-bound show,
06:27there's promises we'll get the more traditional sci-fi elements along the way.
06:31A movie about extremely brutal heroes known as The Authority was also promised.
06:35While a Wonder Woman project wasn't announced here,
06:38we did find out about Paradise Lost.
06:41This is a prequel series all about the female warriors of the Mascara.
06:44Ares developed a weapon, the worst ever devised.
06:47Ares, you mean Ludendorff.
06:49I mean Ares.
06:52Ludendorff is Ares.
06:54Right after this was The Brave and the Bold,
06:56a film where Batman has to navigate crime-fighting alongside his son Damian Wayne.
07:00Though Gunn didn't directly mention it in the video,
07:03the second season of Peacemaker was also considered to be part of the lineup.
07:06We all might die, okay?
07:08Happens every day to people tougher than you.
07:10And you!
07:10No, not often.
07:11You know, people as tough as me, they normally die of old age.
07:14That's just stats.
07:14Then, to close out the slate,
07:16we're at Booster Gold Show,
07:18a movie called Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow,
07:20and a dark and dreary Swamp Thing film.
07:22This lineup is essentially the foundation for the DCU,
07:25meaning that these are basically the stories we have to look forward to
07:28for the next five to eight years.
07:30They're incredibly important to me.
07:31I knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something very different.
07:37Every project in here has the potential to make or break this fledging cinematic universe.
07:41But, of course, plans can change.
07:44This is what we were promised to get back in 2023.
07:47But how much of this slate has actually held up now?
07:50I was just touching base to see when you think you might be coming back.
07:53You know, I'm just worried that you're not going to find your stride here
07:56if you keep going off-world all the time, Kara.
07:58The lineup now.
08:00Fast forward to now, and the DCU has officially been here for a little while now.
08:04Creature Commandos released in December 2024,
08:07and Superman Legacy released in July 2025.
08:10This is the Bell Reeve Non-Human Interment Division.
08:14For over 50 years, only those at the uppermost levels of security clearance are aware of its existence.
08:20By using these prisoners, I think we can arguably circumvent our new restrictions.
08:25Superman Legacy actually got a name change, though,
08:28as the Legacy subtitle was dropped, and the film was just marketed as Superman.
08:32David Cornswit was cast as the iconic Kryptonian hero, officially replaced in Henry Cavill.
08:37Shortly after the release of Superman came the second season of Peacemaker in October.
08:42Now, we're just a short amount of time away from Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow and Lanterns in the Summer.
08:47Like Superman, the Supergirl movie also ditched its subtitle and will be just titled Supergirl.
08:51Crypto and I at least had each other.
08:56Honestly, I thought we were lucky.
08:58But besides stuff that has already been released and stuff that's releasing very soon,
09:02how about new projects?
09:04Well, as expected, we discovered more in this slate over time.
09:08New DCU movies include a Wonder Woman solo project, a Clayface body horror.
09:12We're also getting a Superman sequel of sorts called Man of Tomorrow.
09:15I don't get it. What's bad about that?
09:20The people there are simple and profoundly confused.
09:26Weak of mind and spirit and body.
09:29There's also a Teen Titans movie expected, as well as a Deathstroke and Bane team-up film.
09:34Side note, before we get into the TV side, can we just acknowledge how interesting it is
09:38that we've gotten and are continuing to get more live-action projects revolving around Batman villains?
09:43There's the 2004 Catwoman, the Joker duology, Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey,
09:49the Penguin series, and now a Clayface horror flick and a Deathstroke Bane action romp.
09:54What's next? A killer moth movie?
09:56Actually, that would be pretty cool.
09:58Either way, it's a fun time to be a fan of Batman's rogues gallery.
10:03Where's Cassandra Cain?
10:04You? Again?
10:13Anyways, back to what we were really here for.
10:16The TV side of the DCU has gotten a new addition with Mr. Miracle,
10:20an animated adaptation of Tom Cain's acclaimed comic.
10:23There's also a Blue Beetle cartoon that's expected and a live-action series following Jimmy Olsen.
10:28With that one in particular, there were reports that it was titled DC Crime,
10:32but those were since debunked.
10:34Now this, what I'm about to tell you, is a part of the first chapter.
10:37It's not the entire first chapter.
10:39The idea for the Olsen spinoff, though, is to present it as an in-universe docu-series
10:44spotlighting bizarre situations and villains, and it may even feature Gorilla Grodd.
10:48There's two sides to every coin, however.
10:51While there's been numerous new projects getting greenlit,
10:53there's also been old projects getting shelved.
10:56For a while, a Sergeant Rock movie was reportedly in the works.
10:59It even had big names like Luca Guadagnino attached to direct,
11:03and Colin Farrell rumored to be a possible casting choice for the character.
11:07This project has since been cancelled, however.
11:09Several other projects, while not officially cancelled,
11:12have either been put on the back burner, or we've gotten little to no updates on.
11:16These include The Authority, Waller, Booster Gold, and Swamp Thing.
11:20Heck, even The Brave and the Bold is in a bit of a weird rut right now.
11:24Damian Wayne is my favorite Robin.
11:26He's a little assassin who Batman tries to get in line,
11:30and so this is the story of the two of them,
11:32and the beginning of sort of the Bat family in the DCU.
11:36Annie Muschietti, who directed the DCEU Flash movie, is attached to directing.
11:40But when the project will come out, it's anyone's guess.
11:43It's not exactly in development hell right now, so the pitchforks can be put down.
11:47That being said, Gunn has explained that he doesn't want this movie
11:51to release in the same calendar year as Matt Reeves in Robert Pattison's non-DCU,
11:56The Batman Part 2.
11:57That anticipated sequel is expected to release in October 2027.
12:00Your choices have consequences.
12:02Jesus Christ, choices?
12:04You know, whoever the hell you are, you obviously grew up rich.
12:07Was it worth it?
12:08What?
12:09Compromising yourself for money.
12:11This means it can be anywhere from 2028 at the earliest
12:15to potentially sometime in the 2030s before the DCU Batman gets its own movie.
12:20Wayne.
12:25He's the only one we didn't get.
12:28All that being said, we have a much better understanding of the DCU
12:32now that we've gotten a couple of projects under our belt.
12:34We can look back at what was initially proposed
12:37and now see how it holds up to what's released.
12:39We are also much more aware now that not everything that was originally announced
12:44might come into play anymore.
12:45Through the newer projects that have been greenlit,
12:48there's also this better grasp of what their approach towards the universe is.
12:51At the core, the DCU is a world with multiple different and distinct perspectives.
12:57A story shapes hearts and minds.
13:02Withstands the test of time.
13:05And changes the way we see the world.
13:10Different director, different stories, different vision.
13:13If you think about it, a bleak and visually grotesque Clayface horror movie
13:17is going to exist in the same world as a colorful and cheery Superman blockbuster.
13:23That's pretty nuts.
13:24Detective Ethan Bennett terrorized Gotham City as Clayface
13:28with his ability to change his shape and mold his features.
13:32Man, what I'd give to be able to mold this mug.
13:35Lanterns also seems to be like it's going a different route from both Superman and Clayface.
13:40From the jump, it was said that it would be taking inspiration from True Detective.
13:44And based on the teaser trailer we got, those dark and moody vibes are definitely there.
13:48Each of these projects are clearly taking a drastically different approach from the other.
13:52And honestly, we're here for it.
13:54Have you ever talked with the other Lanterns?
13:56I'm the only human.
13:57They're aliens.
13:58One of them's a f***ing squirrel.
14:00What this all shows is that the DCU is home to a whole bunch of diverse tones,
14:05atmospheres, and genres.
14:06James Gunn expressed that this was his desire for the DCU in the past,
14:09but seeing is often believing.
14:11While the MCU has been the more dominant franchise in Hollywood,
14:15a common complaint with Marvel is how so many of their movies and shows have very similar feel.
14:20That's not to say every project is the exact same,
14:23but a solid amount of them follow a similar formula and directors often have to work within an in-house
14:28style.
14:28But if that's Marvel's strategy,
14:30DC's instead is to give the directors the powers to express their stories in the way they want.
14:35Story is king.
14:36At least that's the promise.
14:38Master Wayne.
14:39Alfred?
14:40I'm sorry for listening in,
14:42but I've tracked the Russian's phone to a warehouse near the port.
14:45You're locked onto it.
14:47I don't deserve you, Alfred.
14:49No, sir.
14:50You don't.
14:51If the DCU is actually able to successfully diversify its portfolio
14:55and dip into other genres with their stories,
14:57then it can potentially be a real lucrative world for filmmakers.
15:01There's a concept called superhero fatigue,
15:03which suggests that movie goers are burnt out with comic book movies.
15:06Whether you believe it's real or not, it's a different topic.
15:08But regardless, it's pretty safe to say that fresh and innovative stories
15:13can do a world of wonder for the superhero genre.
15:15This city is mine.
15:33Imagine if we got a heist movie with Plastic Man
15:36or a coming-of-age teen drama with Kid Flash.
15:39Heck, you can even do a musical with The Joker and Harley Co-
15:43Okay, you know what?
15:44Maybe not that one.
15:46Take my hand.
15:48Stay here, my friend.
15:51I'll find my way back to you.
15:54You probably get the idea of what we're suggesting, though.
15:57We just want to stress that DC could get truly nuts
15:59and push the boundaries of what we imagine comic book movies and TV can be.
16:03Yeah, that's pretty dang exciting.
16:05It's gonna be a fun adventure, like it was the first time.
16:08It's just better.
16:09The impact and reception so far.
16:11We've been talking a lot about what the DCU can be,
16:14but now we should focus on what it actually is.
16:17Like we mentioned earlier,
16:18there's been some DCU projects that have already come out,
16:21so why don't we examine how they perform?
16:24Creature Commandos was a successful cartoon with a solid story.
16:27It didn't necessarily set the world on fire,
16:29but it did introduce general audiences to a plethora of DC's weirdest monsters.
16:34The show is also technically the start of the DCU
16:36in the sense that it was the first DCU project to be released.
16:39Bearing that in mind,
16:40the true beginning for this universe was Superman.
16:43The movie was an undeniable success,
16:45which grossed a healthy $618 million at the box office worldwide.
16:49It also got a fair amount of praise from fans and critics.
16:52The story wasn't groundbreaking,
16:54but it expertly showed us a vibrant world with lots of love.
16:57I think we need to get to those portals up there.
16:59Uh, right.
17:00How do we work them?
17:02I don't know, but we'll figure it out.
17:05It also showed us how sometimes kindness is the best superpower of all.
17:09David Cornswit proved that he had the chops to portray Superman.
17:13Honestly.
17:14In the summer that this movie came out,
17:16there was a period of time when it felt like people were just more hopeful and optimistic.
17:20If you were active on social media around this time,
17:23you probably even heard the phrase,
17:24the gun didn't jam.
17:26DC was finally on the right track thanks to this movie.
17:29Then there was the Peacemaker problem.
17:31Everybody stop, okay?
17:32I'm leaving town.
17:32There's nothing to get out of here.
17:33Hey, Adrian!
17:35What the?
17:35Maybe this is a little controversial,
17:37but Peacemaker Season 2 nearly derailed all the momentum that the DCU had built up.
17:42The overall plot was fine,
17:44and that intro sequence with Foxy Shazam was actually pretty awesome,
17:47but the finale was incredibly underwhelming.
17:50A major appearance and some shocking plot revelations were promised for the last stretch of episodes.
17:54Granted, we got a Lex Luthor cameo,
17:57which was fun, but there was hardly anything else to write home about.
18:00The story ended on a cliffhanger with Christopher Smith stranded on a planet called Salvation,
18:05and then that's basically it.
18:13It wasn't a terrible season of TV necessarily,
18:16but it was a real letdown.
18:18Fans just wanted something more satisfying,
18:20but things were over-promised and under-delivered.
18:22Plus, considering that there aren't currently any plans for a third season,
18:26the show has essentially wrapped up for good with a massive stinker.
18:29Before we move all the metahuman prisoners here,
18:32I thought a little due diligence was required.
18:34See what effect this dimension has on the human body.
18:38I want to thank you for volunteering.
18:40Don't just take our word for it.
18:41The finale is the lowest-rated episode of the entire series on IMDb.
18:45This might seem like nitpicking,
18:47but for a while, this finale cast some real doubt on James Gunn.
18:50Peacemaker was solid when it was a quirky side story to the DCEU,
18:54but trying to turn Peacemaker into a foundational part of the DCEU?
18:58Sorry, but that's an undeserved level up.
19:01That's another thing which makes the DCEU frustrating.
19:03You see, instead of being a hard reset,
19:06the DCEU is instead more of a soft reboot.
19:0870% of the DCEU might be brand new stuff,
19:11but the other 30% are the lingering remnants of the DCEU.
19:15This makes it difficult to buy into a fresh start
19:17when there's still an old universe we're occasionally still calling back to.
19:21What are you guys doing?
19:24Well, I, you, we're here to save you.
19:29You were gonna save me?
19:32It was a really good plan, too.
19:34The gun hasn't necessarily jammed,
19:36but maybe it's time for some gun control.
19:38Did you guys just look at the big picture?
19:40We're trying to figure that out, Chris.
19:41Seriously?
19:42Yeah.
19:43That's the last of our puns.
19:45Ultimately, James Gunn can't be the sole creative contributor here.
19:48Everything that we have currently gotten from the DCEU
19:51was something where he was at the helm of it.
19:53His specific style of filmmaking is the only taste we have,
19:56but we should get more unique flavors.
19:58On the bright side, we are going to get more variety and more projects
20:02where other creators are at the helm.
20:04Craig Gillsby directing Supergirl,
20:06Dean Laurie's taking over Creature Commandos,
20:08James Watkins directing Clayface,
20:10and Chris Mundy's show running Lanterns.
20:12Gunn's style of storytelling isn't bad.
20:14That being said,
20:16if this is a shared universe,
20:17it's only fair to actually, you know,
20:20share with others.
20:21Hey, is there anything nearby?
20:23Nothing but desert for hundreds of k's, mate.
20:26Nothing but desert.
20:27He's wrong.
20:29What are you doing?
20:30Let me do it!
20:31The Road Ahead
20:33He murdered my innocent family.
20:39If the DCU is going to rival the MCU,
20:42it leads to some questions.
20:43Does DC have their own Avengers Endgame level crossover
20:46they're building to?
20:47Who's the Thanos of this franchise?
20:50We can't spend time discussing lineups and brain trust
20:52without eventually speculating
20:54on what the culmination of everything is.
20:56We're searching everywhere.
20:58Just to find someone to care.
21:01What we know for certain
21:02is that the DCU is planning to take
21:04a different approach to their crossovers.
21:06Like we mentioned earlier
21:07with the Peacemaker finale,
21:08a planet called Salvation
21:09is going to be part of the DCU's
21:11big overarching narrative.
21:12In the comics,
21:13there's a storyline called Salvation Run.
21:15In that book,
21:16DC villains are rounded up
21:18and exiled to a distant planet
21:19where they have to govern themselves.
21:21It's very Lord of the Flies
21:23and chances are a version of this
21:25will play out in the DCU.
21:26We call the planet Salvation.
21:29And while Bordeaux here and her team
21:31found the location,
21:32Otis here and his team
21:34discovered a way to contract the journey
21:36so we can move directly from our doorway
21:38to the doorway in the new planet
21:40without ever going through QUC.
21:42We also know that Man of Tomorrow
21:44is a team-up movie of sorts
21:45involving Superman and Lex Luthor.
21:47The two will inevitably butt heads
21:49as they work together to fight Brainiac.
21:51Other heroes are also expected to be in the midst
21:53and there's a good chance
21:55that the movie will address
21:56slash further the Salvation storyline.
21:58There's also been plenty of online chatter
22:00in the past
22:00about the DCU pulling from
22:02Darwin Cook's The New Frontier.
22:04It's a period piece story
22:05that follows the classic DC characters
22:07and transitions them
22:08from their golden age
22:09into the silver age.
22:10It's ultimately a celebration of superheroes
22:12and held in extremely high regard.
22:14James Gunn has confirmed
22:15that this iconic comic book
22:17will have some level of influence
22:18on the DCU.
22:19The director's vision
22:21and the vision of the writers
22:22and all of the creators
22:23is unique.
22:25It's something special.
22:27Storytelling is always king.
22:29That's all that matters to us.
22:31With this in mind,
22:32there's speculation that DC
22:33will introduce the Sentra
22:34as the big bad.
22:36The Sentra is a giant sentient island
22:38with psychic powers
22:39that tries to destroy humanity.
22:41It's wacky, disturbing,
22:43and classic mythological
22:44larger-than-life comic book supervillainy.
22:46If this book's right,
22:47it's a whole new life form
22:48we've never even imagined.
22:51Or it could be nothing more
22:52than the ravings
22:53of some demented cartoonist.
22:55It's been made clear
22:55that the DCU wants
22:57to be something different,
22:58so it's not likely
22:59they'll have their own
23:00huge Infinity Saga.
23:01That being said,
23:02the DCU will be building
23:04to some bigger threat,
23:05so the breadcrumbs we have now
23:07can lead to a much larger treat.
23:09The reality is that
23:10we'll have to wait
23:11a little while longer
23:12to find out what it is,
23:13but that's the exciting part.
23:16As more movies and shows
23:17are released,
23:18then the DCU gets more realized.
23:20We highlighted concerns,
23:21but the DCU has time to grow,
23:23learn from their mistakes,
23:24and become greater
23:25than its predecessors.
23:26All in all,
23:26the DCU is promising
23:28to be something that's bigger
23:29than the sum of its parts,
23:30and we can't wait
23:32to see how this journey continues.
23:33Got this place cleaned up
23:34pretty good.
23:35Uh-huh.
23:36Cleaned yourself up
23:36pretty good, too.
23:37You think so?
23:39Yeah.
23:39I think it gives you character.
23:42Maybe one day
23:42you'll give me a name.
23:44Well,
23:464 is a name.
23:47So is Gary.
23:48Are you looking forward
23:49to seeing the DCU grow?
23:50What's your favorite project
23:52they've released so far,
23:53and which one are you
23:54most looking forward
23:55to watching next?
23:56a-d bean
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