DC Studios could have discovered its Sgt. Rock on the soiled streets of Gotham Metropolis. Colin Farrell, at the moment basking within the accolades of playing another DC character on The Penguin, is at the moment circling the function of Sgt. Rock, a film that’ll be directed by Challengers helmer Luca Guadagnino.
Deadline broke the information of the potential casting and cleared up the query you’ll have proper now. No, it’s not a difficulty if Farrell is each Sgt. Rock and the Penguin. The previous shall be a part of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe and the latter is a part of Matt Reeves’ Epic Crime Saga. So it’s two completely different DC worlds—and this casting information all however solidifies that these worlds is not going to be crossing over. Sorry to anybody who thought Robert Pattinson would be the new DC Batman. That’s not occurring.
As for Sgt. Rock, the venture was a contented shock to Gunn and Safran who explained earlier this year that Guadagnino and Challengers author Justin Kuritzkes got here in with one thing distinctive and so they bought on board. “[Guadagnino and Kuritzkes] had a extremely attention-grabbing tackle the right way to inform this story inside the DCU,” Safran stated. It’s “a extremely compelling story about heroism in a time of armed battle…. we love the thought of having the ability to inform one thing that, it’s a battle film.”
Unique rumors stated Daniel Craig would play the function however Gunn and Safran defined he was by no means formally in talks. This, nevertheless, appears far more actual. If Farrell can discover the time to do it in his busy schedule, that’s. io9 reached out to DC Studios for remark or clarification and can replace this story if or after we hear again.
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