The DC Extended Universe can either be watched in order of release date or in chronological order. Despite a couple false starts, Warner Bros. finally kick-started their own shared universe, the DCEU, with 2013's Man of Steel, and have since brought dozens of characters from the pages of DC Comics into live-action. Encompassing both feature films and TV shows, the DCEU followed in the footsteps of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, and often came under far more scrutiny than its rival franchise. Although the franchise will be soft-rebooted with James Gunn and Peter Safran's DC Universe, the DCEU is currently the longest period of continuous storytelling in DC's cinematic history.