Joe Manganiello I never had the opportunity to really immerse myself in the DC character Deathstroke. He only appeared once as a character briefly Justice Leagueand this should have defined his role Ben Affleck’S The Batman. But, in the end, things didn’t go as the actor hoped The Batman the film project fell apart.
Manganiello actually ended up writing a script for a Deathstroke movie after all of this, and it’s a script he was pushing at Warner Bros. In fact, the script actually had some fans at the studio before they decided to take it on. James Gunn AND Pietro Safran to reboot the DC cinematic universe.
After years of trying to get this film made, Gunn had to convince Managaniello to let it go. During an interview with CB, he explained:
“James [Gunn] he’s my friend, and James and I talked about it because Jim Lee at DC Comics wanted me to create a graphic novel series based on the script I wrote for the Deathstroke origin movie which, when they were dismantling the DCEU, that also went ‘he on the side of the road. Jim read it and wanted it to be a graphic novel series, but no one could assure me that if it got the attention of directors and producers, I wouldn’t be able to get attached. So I had to let him go. James Gunn was just like, ‘Forget it.'”
James Gunn is now in the position of having to be the dream assassin, even when it comes to his friends. It’s not a fun situation to be in, but business is business. Hopefully, somewhere, Gunn finds a role for Manganiello in the DCU.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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