‘Deathstroke’: Gareth Evans discusses his plans for the DC movie that never was

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The 'Justice League' character was set to be played by Joe Manganiello Director Gareth Evans has revealed the plans he had for the shelved Deathstroke movie.

The origin story, for the character introduced at the climax of 2017’s Justice League, was all set to happen at Warner Bros, with Joe Manganiello to play the lead role.

After the box office failure of Justice League, and the DC Extended Universe largely severing ties with director Zack Snyder, plans for the Deathstroke movie were put on hold, and remain that way now. “I was actually quite enthused and excited about [Deathstroke] back in the day, when it was first pitched to me,” Evans told Yahoo. “I met with them, and talked to them about it, and was certainly attached to it at a