Deathstroke actor Joe Manganiello reveals Batman characters would have died in Ben Affleck's movie

Deathstroke in Zack Snyder's Justice League
(Image credit: Warner Bros./DC/HBO Max)

Joe Magnaniello, who plays Deathstroke in the DCEU, has revealed that key characters were set to die in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ben Affleck's scrapped Batman movie.

"Some of the regular characters who showed up 💙in Batman, in Batman films, were not going to make it through. So it was going to be a cleaning house in a lot of ways," he said at the fan-organized event.

While there were no f♕urther hints as to who wouldn't have made it out of the movie alive, "regular Batman characters" calls to mind figures like Commissioner Go🌜rdon or Alfred Pennyworth.

Manganiello has been very open about 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查🌠询:canceled 🔴plans for his character in the DCEU, including what the scrapped Batfleck movie would have involved. The film would have seen Deathstr🎐oke doing his best to destroy Bruce ꦐWayne's life, because the mercenary 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:blamed Batman for the d🅠🦂eath of his son.

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While the Batman film seems unlikely to happen, fans have been busy campaigning to bring a separate scrapped project detailing Deathstroke's origin story back to life as a HBO Max series, with the hashtag #DeathstrokeHBOMax trending on Twitter. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Manganiello himself joined in, and posted a new picture of his character to accompany the hashtag. The campaign is part of the wider 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:#RestoreTheSnyderVerse movement, which aims to get 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Justice League 2 and 3 made, as 🧜well as projects like the Deathstroke origin story and Affℱleck's scrapped film.

What was originally the Batfleck movie is now the Matt Reeves-directed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson. It's set for release March 4, 2022. In the meantime, check out how to watch 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:DC movies in order for the ultimate movie marathon.

Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

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