With the tease that we got recently from Ben Affleck with some footage of Deathstroke that had many wondering initially if it was for the upcoming Justice League film, things are now taking more shape for the upcoming but undated solo Batman film. According to The Wall Street Journal, Joe Manganiello is the man who will be taking on the role of Slade Wilson, aka Deathstroke, for the feature film with Geoff Johns confirming it as he’s co-writing the film with Ben Affleck, who is set to direct it.
The character is a long popular on that recently saw use in the Arrow TV series that was the second season villain after a first season introduction. The character was created in the early 80′s by Marv Wolfman and Georg Perez and has multiple ongoing series over the years, including a new Rebirth series that kicked off this summer.
— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) August 29, 2016
Directed by Ben Affleck, it’s set to star him as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Joe Manganiello as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke and JK Simmons as Commissioner Gordon.
