7 DC Post-Credits Scenes That Went Absolutely Nowhere

Since the DC Universe began on screen, there have been various examples of post-credit scenes failing to pay off what was set up. While not the first movie to utilize a post-credit scene, 2008's Iron Man and the birth of the MCU began the trend of using them to set up future installments in a franchise. With the nature of comic book movies today, it was no surprise when DC began using this same feature in their movies.
However, the DC franchise has had a troublesome history in film, especially in the way of creating a shared universe. With the then-titled DCEU beginning in 2013 before having a tumultuous run all the way until the reveal of James Gunn's DCU, there have been plenty of DC post-credit scenes that failed to capitalize on what they teased. That being said, here is every one of these DC post-credit letdowns, what they teased at, and why they did not come to fruition.
Sinestro’s Villainous Turn Was Teased In Green Lantern One of the earlier DC post-credit scenes was in 2011's Green Lantern. The film featured Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan who joins the Green Lantern Corps. An alien named Sinestro was the Corps' leader. The film following the origins of both Hal and Sinestro fairly closely, in that Sinestro was Hal's mentor initially before later going on to become a major DC Comics supervillain.
At the end of Green Lantern, Sinestro is shown donning a yellow ring as opposed to a green one. This sets up his eventual turn to villainy later in the franchise, which would have been explored in a sequel to Green Lantern. However, given that the movie was both a critical and commercial failure, DC opted to cancel the franchise in favor of focusing on the DCEU beginning with Man of Steel in 2013. This meant that Sinestro's end-credit scene amounted to nothing, with DC films going in a different direction.
Suicide Squad 2016 Teases Suicide Squad Vs. Justice League In 2016, the DCEU's third film was Suicide Squad. The film centered on the titular group, also known as Task Force X, and their adventure in the newly-formed DCEU under Amanda Waller. In the film's post-credit sequence, Amanda Waller is shown meeting with Ben Affleck's Bruce Wayne, who appeared in the 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In the scene, Wayne warns Waller to shut down Task Force X, before stating that if she does not, he and "his friends" will do it for her.
This was the second major hint at the formation of the Justice League in the DCEU after Batman v Superman and also set up that team clashing with the Suicide Squad. As Wayne does not approve of Waller's methods, the threat brought about the idea that the Justice League would eventually stop Task Force X. However, this plan again never came to fruition, with the Suicide Squad being soft-rebooted by James Gunn in 2021.
Justice League 2017 Set Up The Legion Of Doom With Justice League marking the fifth installment of the DCEU, more elements were set up for future movies. Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor was arrested at the end of Batman v Superman, and his character was revealed to have broken out and in touch with Deathstroke by the end of Justice League. The post-credit sequence for that film showed the two meeting aboard Luthor's yacht, which set up the Legion of Doom appearing in the DCEU at some point in the future.


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