Joe Manganiello will no longer be create a Deathstroke line graphic novel with Jim Lee at DC Comics . Not now , anyway .
Joe Manganiellois no longer return to the function of Deathstroke in any labor at Warner Bros. now . After appearing in the end credits of both versions of theJustice Leaguemovie , he also planned to seem oppositeBen Affleckin that adaptation of theBatmanmovie that did n’t take place . So he wrote his own movie script that tell the origin of Deathstroke and that he would make for . And that did n’t happen either . So he worked with DC Comics Publisher , COO and legendary comic book creative person Jim Lee to sprain that playscript into a new Deathstroke comic book . Turns out even that was a no - go .
Joe Manganiello toldComic Bookthat he wo n’t be playing Deathstroke , and that James Gunn told him to let it go , but that " Jim Lee over at DC Comics want me to create a graphical novel series based on the screenplay that I pen for the Deathstroke origin film that , when they were strip the DCEU , that plump to the wayside as well . "
But there is of course still the possibility that this could be revived , DC Comics has whole line of comics based on previous media versions of their lineament , such asSuperman ' 78 , Batman ' 89andWonder Woman ' 77 . Is there aDeathstroke ' 21 in the mix in the future ?
Deathstroke was create byMarv WolfmanandGeorge Pérez , and debuted inThe New Teen Titans#2 in 1980 as Deathstroke the Terminator . As an elite operative in the Army who clear enhanced strong-arm and mental power , though lost an center , Slade Wilson became pitiless mercantile Deathstroke , the superlative bravo in the DC Universe .
In the post - credits scene of the originalJustice Leaguemovie , Lex Luthor recruits Joe Manganiello ’s Deathstroke to form their own team in response to the Justice League . InZack Snyder ’s version of Justice League , Deathstroke learns of Batman ’s secret identity from Luthor , and an revelatory next version of the character also appears .
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