Daniel Craig Could Be Becoming a member of James Gunn’s DC Universe

Daniel Craig might not be James Bond anymore however he could possibly be getting again to these heroic methods. The Knives Out star is claimed to be in talks to reunite with director Luca Guadagnino to make a movie for DC Studios, Sgt. Rock.

Sgt. Rock, a highly skilled ex-soldier, has been part of DC Comics for the reason that Fifties. He’s simply sort of a badass and never superheroic, which is why this each is smart and doesn’t. You perceive Craig and Guadagnino desirous to make a film like that. DC, nonetheless, is currently co-run by James Gunn and Peter Safran, whose intention has been far more on the fantastical aspect of the comedian ebook model. Who’s going to say no to James Bond and the person behind Challengers and Name Me By Your Identify making a film for you, although?

Based on Deadline, which broke the story, no offers have been put in place but, so this nonetheless isn’t 100% occurring. Nonetheless, if it does, it could possibly be the subsequent movie Craig and Guadagnino make. The director was lately introduced to be making a brand new adaptation of American Psycho however this screenplay, written by Justin Kuritzkes, is additional alongside. Kuritzkes additionally wrote Challengers for Guadagnino and this month’s Queer, which Guadagnino directed and Craig stars in.

And whereas Sgt. Rock is certainly one of DC’s extra lifelike characters, there are a number of methods he may doubtlessly match into the brand new DC Studios. The film may simply find yourself being Elseworlds, a model the studio has lifted from the comics as a method to develop movies that aren’t a part of the bigger universe–like how Matt Reeves’ Batman movie and Penguin TV sequence occupy their very own distinct house away from different DCU initiatives. Or possibly that is only a grounded method to deliver a personality like Rock into the DCU–though Rock was initially developed as strictly a warfare tales anthology comics hero, he’s appeared alongside DC superheroes a number of instances in his lengthy publication historical past. At one level he was even a part of Lex Luthor’s presidential administration! So possibly this turns into only a cool, tangential spinoff from that character, who’ll be performed by Nicholas Hoult within the upcoming Superman reboot. Rock’s additionally managed the Suicide Squad so, possibly, that will get wrapped in there.

io9 reached out to DC for remark or clarification and can replace this put up if or once we hear. Both approach, Craig and Guadagnino are unimaginable and that they might make a DC film is wild, however superior, information. Tell us what you suppose beneath.

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