Deathstroke

November 26, 2017

Marv Wolfman Approves Of Justice League Deathstroke

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Sorry, if you haven’t seen Justice League, you’re a bit out of luck here, because it’s been two weeks and this is too cool not to talk about. So, at the very end of Justice League, Warner Bros and DC Comics decided to give what could be one of the coolest end-credits sequences ever. For in it, a free Lex Luthor summons none other than Deathstroke to his yacht to discuss the newly formed Justice League. Right before teasing fans with, “Don’t you think we should have a league of our own?” Fans immediately went nuts over the prospect of a live-action Injustice League, or, a more expanded (and comic book accurate) take on the Legion of Doom. Whatever comes first. But, fans can’t stop talking about Deathstroke, played in the scene by Joe Manganiello. But fans aren’t the only one talking, for the characters co-creator Marv Wolfman had this to say on Facebook: “Over a week has passed so I think I can safely post this. If you haven’t yet

August 21, 2017

Arrow EP Reveals Deathstroke’s Return Episode

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One of the biggest things that happened in the season finale of Arrow in May was that Manu Bennett returned to play Deathstroke after years since his last “true” appearance. He was a major character since season 01, and was the villain of season 02. He returned in season 03 for one episode…but it wasn’t an episode that fans like because of its depiction of Deathstroke. But, in “Lian Yu”, he was more the true Slade Wilson, and fans were grateful. What’s more, the upcoming season 06 of Arrow will feature multiple appearances of Bennett as Slade Wilson, and Arrow EP has tweeted out that episode 05 of the season will be just that, a return. Because the episode name is literally, “Deathstroke Returns.” Not much is known about the context, however, we do know that it’ll be a multi-part arc, and that Oliver and Slade will be teaming up for it. Given that Oliver gave Slade information on how to find his long lost son Joe (mentioned in season

July 9, 2017

Deathstroke To Return “Multiple Times” To Arrow

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Arrow Season 05 was a pivotal turning point for the character known as Deathstroke. On one hand, the character returned in the show’s 100th episode…but it was only in costume, it wasn’t voiced or portrayed by the original actor Manu Bennett. But then, in the season finale “Lian Yu”, Bennett did indeed return, and fans rejoiced as the one true Deathstroke came back to form. You see, in Season 03, he was treated kind of badly by the writers, even Bennett noted how far the character was from when we saw him in Season 02, but the Season 05 finale seemed to indicate things would be better for the character. Things got even more intriguing though when a potential storyline was brought up by Oliver Queen, as he gave Slade Wilson information about his son if he agreed to help him take down Prometheus. Leading many to wonder whether Slade would return in Season 06. Well, at a Heroes and Villains Fest event, Stephen Amell confirmed he would be returning:

September 8, 2016

Joseph Manganiello Set to Play Deathstroke in Batman

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Late last month, Ben Affleck tweeted out a video that had the internet buzzing. It was a video of what appeared to be a live-action version of Deathstroke for the DCEU movies. Some fans wondered if it meant the longtime DC Universe rogue would be appearing in Justice League. Well today, The Wall Street Journal reports that actor Joseph Manganiello has been officially cast in the role of Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke. In addition, Deathstroke will be the villain in the upcoming, planned solo Batman movie starring Ben Affleck. DC Entertainment president and chief creative officer Geoff Johns personally confirmed the casting news. Johns wouldn’t comment on whether Manganiello might show up as Deathstroke in Justice League. Johns and Affleck are currently co-writing the upcoming Batman script, and Affleck is also attached to direct the project. Manganiello’s previous credits, besides his work in the acclaimed TV series True Blood, also include the original 2002 Spider-Man movie, where he played Flash Thompson, and the Magic Mike films. The character of Deathstroke