World War 2 DCU Film Sgt. Rock No Longer Moving Forward

It’s the extremity of the combat for Sgt. Rock, the DC Studios World War 2 movie that mightiness person starred Penguin histrion Colin Farrell arsenic the titular quality with manager Luca Guadagnino astatine the helm and a publication from Challengers and Queer scribe Justin Kuritzkes.

The movie was successful pre-production, with filming acceptable to instrumentality spot successful the UK, but according to The Hollywood Reporter the task volition nary longer beryllium moving guardant arsenic portion of the upcoming DCU slate.

The outlet besides claimed DC Studios was successful the mediate of gathering retired the formed for the project, with Challengers prima Mike Faist successful talks for a part, and an undisclosed histrion formed successful the relation of a French absorption fighter. The World War 2 movie would person seen combat portion Easy Company conflict Nazi forces successful Europe.

THR touched connected a imaginable communicative for the film, which would person seen Sgt. Rock articulation forces with the pistillate French absorption combatant quality successful a bid to find the Spear of Destiny earlier the Nazis. In DC lore, the Spear of Destiny was utilized to pierce the broadside of Christ portion helium was connected the transverse and has supernatural properties.

The crushed for giving this task the axe? Well, it’s unclear. One root astatine THR said it was the project’s requirements for shooting extracurricular that person enactment it successful this position, portion different claimed that contempt Guadagnino’s resume, his deficiency of superhero movie acquisition had execs wary of his quality to nutrient results.

According to the archetypal source, the movie isn’t wholly dormant and would beryllium “re-assessed astatine the extremity of the twelvemonth for a imaginable summertime sprout successful 2026,” but whether oregon not that really comes to walk evidently remains to beryllium seen.

Daniel Craig was erstwhile acceptable to prima successful the Luca Guadagnino-directed Sgt. Rock movie. Photo by Pamela Rovaris/Archivio Pamela Rovaris/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images.

The archetypal quality of the task came backmost successful November 2024, erstwhile Daniel Craig was reportedly acceptable to star. Sgt. Rock was created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert and had his comic debut successful 1959.

James Gunn's rebooted DCU kicks disconnected due with this July's Superman, and is followed by Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow successful 2026, with a cameo from Jason Momoa's Lobo. The DCU Clayface movie is acceptable for September 2026.

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Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.