With all the changes at Warners around the current DC Cinematic Universe, we have a few new bits of info.
Firstly, it seems that The Social Network and, em, Fifty Shades of Grey’s Michael De Luca will be producing Suicide Squad 2 along with Charles Roven. It also seems like, as reported before, The Accountant’s Gavin O’Connor will write and direct the movie and, interestingly, Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and Jared Leto are all back… that’s Deadshot, Harley, and Joker for those not in the know.
As reported earlier tonight, Mark Strong looks likely to step into the villain role for the Shazam! movie.
In Batman related news, director Matt Reeves has the story worked out (here) but we’re also hearing rumours that Reeves’ Batman will be part of a new banner at Warners that means the movie may not be prat of the shared universe (we’ve heard this below we still doubt this to be true though) and that Affleck’s Batman will be given a final farewell in either Flashpoint (we’re reported this for a loooooong time now) or Suicide Squad 2.
In related news, David Goyer has also confirmed that the Green Lantern Corps movie is still gong ahead and hasn’t been chained due to the restructure at Warners, although when it’ll happen is another story: “I don’t know. Who knows, especially with what’s currently going on with the DC universe? There’s obviously a whole recalibration happening with that right now.”
And, finally, Joe Morton who played Silas Stone, father of Victor Stone AKA Cyborg in both Justice League and Batman V Superman, seems confident we’re still getting a Cyborg standalone movie.
“From what I understand, there will be a Cyborg movie. It will be about him and I, and about the family that he came from, how he becomes the Cyborg, et cetera. But from whence he came, as well,” he says.
On why Cyborg is important to modern superheroes, he said: “I think it’s exciting because there aren’t that many, if any, black superheros, and in his case in particular, because there is no alias, because there is nothing for him to hide behind, and that he has to be who he is all the time. I think it’s a great kind of allegory for what it means to be black in this country.”
So there you have it… what make you of all this news? Let us know.
Source: Variety
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