Why Joe Manganiello Deathstroke Movie Never Happened?

One of the most anticipated DC movies that fans were eager to see was the Joe Manganiello Deathstroke Movie, but the film was canceled. Read on as Joe Manganiello reveals why his Deathstroke movie never happened…

CelebnMovies247.com reports poor Joe Manganiello, who might just be the unluckiest man to have ever signed on to join the DCEU.

After making his onscreen debut as Deathstroke in the post-credits scene of Justice League, the franchise clearly had huge plans in store for the actor, precisely none of which came to fruition.

Luckily, Joe Manganiello’s scenes as Deathstroke were placed back in Zack Snyder’s Justice League cut.  The only bad thing is that Manganiello set up for a major role in Zack Snyder’s Justice League Part 2, as well as being cast as the big bad in Ben Affleck’s The Batman.

In addition to that, he was poised for a solo movie directed by The Raid‘s Gareth Evans in what would have been the filmmaker’s Hollywood debut. Joe Manganiello was even part of The Suicide Squad when Task Force X’s second outing was in the earliest stages of development.

After Justice League bombed, and Affleck dropping out of The Batman, Matt Reeves stepped in to rework the project from the ground up.

Then, Slade Wilson’s spinoff fell apart once James Gunn took over The Suicide Squad, Manganiello was left completely out in the cold until he was brought back for Zack Snyder’s reshoots.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League has Deathstroke only in the Knightmare timeline along with fellow new recruit Jared Leto.

In a recent interview, Manganiello elaborated on why his Deathstroke movie never happened, and there are certainly hints of Todd Phillips’ Joker in the studio’s decision to simply abandon the project.

Joe said:

When the dust settled, it was not seen as a priority to make a $40 million movie about a villain origin story in which you show the backstory.

Warner Bros. was famously reluctant to hand Joker the green light, to the extent that they slashed the budget in the hopes that Phillips would give up, and Deathstroke appears to have suffered a similar fate.

This is a real shame because a $40 million martial arts comic book actioner from the director of The Raid sounds as though it would have been guaranteed to turn a healthy profit had it been made.

Source: ComicBook.com