Gareth Evans, who directed The Raid, The Raid 2, and co-directed the V/H/S/2 segment “Safe Haven” with Timo Tjahjanto, in early discussions to write and direct the DC Comics adaptation of Deathstroke, reports TheWrap.
“True Blood” and Magic Mike star Joe Manganiello is attached to star.
Deathstroke was previously attached to be the antagonist on the solo The Batman film when Ben Affleck was still attached to direct, noted the site.
Deathstroke was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. He is a mercenary and assassin who first appeared in “The New Teen Titans” #2 back in 1980. Wizard magazine rated him the 24th greatest villain of all time.
Deathstroke was meant to be a one-off villain for the Teen Titans, his story being that he took over a contract to kill the team after his son succumbed to his own superhuman enhancements. Instead, he became so popular that he ended up evolving into one of the Titans’ most frequent adversaries.
