That 'Deathstroke' Movie From Gareth Evans Probably Isn't Happening Now

That ‘Deathstroke’ Movie From Gareth Evans Probably Isn’t Happening Now

Hopefully you weren’t looking forward to thatGareth EvansdirectedDeathstrokemovie, because it’s not happening. At least, not anytime soon. Evans revealed that the film, which was set to starJoe Manganiello, is dormant, and has been for quite some time. That’s not to sayDeathstrokewon’t star in his own adventure sometime in the future. Just don’t hold your breath.

Remember this post-credit scene fromJustice League? I’m sure you do. Who could forget a single frame from that film?

Deathstroke!

Joe Manganiello’s Deathstroke shows up and has a few words with Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor. The plan, at the time at least, was for an entireDeathstrokefilm, directed byThe Raidfilmmaker Gareth Evans, but so far, nothing has come of it. Evans is out doing promotion for his brutal Netflix horror filmApostle, soComicBookdecided to seize the opportunity and ask: just what the heck is going on with theDeathstrokemovie? Evans' answer? Nothing.

“Nothing really went beyond [early conversations],” Evans said. “I haven’t heard anything for a really long time.” Evans then added:

“To be honest, every time I see an article written I keep wanting to ask, ‘Okay, what is it you guys know that I don’t know?’ Because I haven’t heard anything for a good while yet. So I don’t know if that will ever come back full circle at some point. But I know I haven’t had any conversation about that project for a long time now.”

I can’t say I’m very surprised about this news.Deathstrokewas part of the old DCEU, which is in a kind of limbo right now. AfterBatman v. Superman,Suicide SquadandJustice Leaguefailed to generate much positive reaction, Warner Bros. and DC are retooling things. That’s not to say the DCEU is dead, of course.Aquamanis arriving at the end of the year. And in 2019,Shazam!andWonder Woman 1984, both technically DCEU films, will hit theaters. ButAquamanandShazam!were already in a state of development, andWonder Womanwas the only really positively received DCEU film, which made its sequel inevitable. Everything else, though, is likely now on the back-burner.Birds of Preyis currently in development, which will featureSuicide Squad’s Harley Quinn, but will likely have little connection to the DCEU as we previously knew it. And then there’s the standaloneJokermovie with Joaquin Phoenix, which isn’t connected to the DCEU at all.

In short:Deathstrokeis probably dead, which is a shame. But hey, we’ll always have that beautiful, brief moment where the character got to talk to Lex Luthor on a yacht for a few minutes.