THE AUTHORITY: Who Are the DCU's New Super Team?

With their announcement Tuesday, James Gunn and DC Studios gave fans their first taste of what's the come in the new DC Universe. While the slate featured plenty of projects around familiar names like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, if you found yourself scratching your head at titles like, The Authority, Kyle Anderson is here to help. Here's everything you need to know about the DCU's upcoming super group on today's episode of Nerdist Now!


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[metalmonkey]

Honestly never in all the last 20 years of my life would I have expected them to make an authority movie. I'm actually quite excited for this. The first few volumes of the authority coupled with grant morrisons JLA made me love comics and hugely influenced how I saw big superhero team books.

[playbxy]

people are definitely gonna be upset with the apollo and midnighter relationship calling it woke not even knowing they’ve been gay lmao

[bluboyver]

Steve Orlando’s (Midnighter) and Apollo comic run deserves it on show or movie. I hope they do a spin-off or something. I really hope they’re able to distinguish The Authority from the Boys so people don’t misunderstand that it came first.

[ThePancerdo]

They should cast Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck as Apollo and midnighter 😂

[joeherrera]

This is actually what James Gunn knows how to do when it comes to gritty and violence.

[JMRVing]

They’re doing an Authority movie?? SWEET. Omg I hope they figure out how to make a Planetary movie or series

[AceTheBassist]

The Authority is by far one of my fav Superhero Teams ever. Im super excited for this movie!!

[david_sowers]

I remember it was almost universally panned that marvel was doing a Guardians of the Galaxy adaptation. And then comes along James Gunn and now it’s one the most successful series in the MCU.

[cylis]

I’m a little worried for the new Authority movie that coming out since The Boys is so popular. I feel modern audiences will accidentally think the Authority is a rip off of The Boys when in reality it’s the opposite.

[rahmellbrown]

I could see Superman vs. The Authority in the DCU, I guess it’ll be like Superman vs The Elite

[jorgecarbajal]

0:30 I’d argue that Booster Gold is a relatively well-known character due to his animated appearances.
3:13 I wasn’t expecting that wacky sound effect.

[markuscriticus]

Wild to think that without the Authority, here would be no MCU. It was the Authority that premiered the blockbuster cinematic action that got popularized by the Ultimates, which then got adopted by the Avengers. Wonder what is the original Authority's defining feature outside of that, edgelord controversies (and be real, no way they're gonna fight mass-murdering rapist Avengers) or the whole "what if we just killed the goverment" political wish-fullfillment?

[davidmay]

I’m definitely super excited to see a live action adaptation of Apollo and Midnighter. 💙☀️🌙

[sdjoker]

BTW...That Gargoyles shirt is dope!! LOVE IT!

[noirczar]

Midnighter sounds bad ass. I like this group so far. Can’t wait to see what James Gunn brings!

[crithon]

I'm excited to see Wildstorm comics getting adapted. And even now I'm curious if we will see Lynch from Gen13 make an appearance, but I mean, I won't say no to Grifter.
I must say, Wildstorm comics were worth collecting in the 90s. Clearly they were knock offs of other comics, but they tried to do something different with a lot of memorable results. Man, I'd love to see Ladytron get adapted, she's 90s!

[Quickblood]

I'm genuinely surprised to hear this as it's one of the few comics I read along with Stormwatch but it was weird. I never really understood Jack Hawksmoor's powers and Jenny Sparks being The Spirit of the 20th Century just seemed kinda silly to me but I enjoyed it. I think it would have made a better animated TV series.

[Power_Crystals]

The authority will be the start of dcu version of kingdom come

[Phantasm]

My worries are few but serious. The team should be Jenny Sparks, Swift, The Doctor, The Engineer, Jack Hawksmoor, The Midnighter and Apollo. The costumes should be as close as dammit to the first Authority comics. It would be great to use relative unknowns rather than re-using actors who have been in Marvel and DC movies, because surely we don't want another Affleck Daredevil/Batman when a new face would be much better. The first few stories in their books would all make great movies.

[rhettdownen]

LOBO is prolly the most 90’s character