The New Gods are a race of deities that exist in the DC Comics universe on the planets Apokolips and New Genesis.
The mythology of the New Gods gave DC some of their most memorable characters, from New Genesis’s Scott Free, Orion, and the High-Father to the greatest villain in all of DC, the dreaded ruler of the damned planet Apokolips, Lord Darkseid.
However, when Kirby had to leave Marvel in the middle of the process, he took the ideas and used them to establish the concept of New Gods in the DC Universe.
Recently, when a fan on Twitter implored DuVernay to give some update on New Gods, she obliged with the reveal of an obscure but interesting character from the movie’s script.