John Wick 4 Star Reportedly Joining James Gunn’s DCU
James Gunn and Peter Safran have already outlined the course of action for DC Universe in the upcoming years. New releases, new actors, and new stories are all being prepared as the new co-heads have greater plans to revamp the DC Universe. One such new addition to the DCU is probably John Wick: Chapter 4 actor Bill Skarsgard.
Bill Skarsgard is a Swedish actor who has worked in films like Simple Simon, Hemlock Grove, The Divergent Series: Allegiant, and John Wick: Chapter 4 and is also famous for his role as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the film IT.
All About James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe
DC Universe exists on the basic concept similar to real world but consists of superheroes and supervillains. It is a shared Universe in which majority stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics come into action. James Gunn and Peter Safran, the new co-heads of DC Studios announced their upcoming plans for the DCU in January 2023 during a press conference.
They elaborated about the characters and stories to be incorporated into the DCU and the two chapters. Chapter 1 of the new DCU has been named as Gods and Monsters and the DC Studios are currently developing five movies and five series focusing mostly on the mainstream characters.
Some of the famous superheroes of the DC Universe are Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Shazam, Cyborg, teams like The Justice League, Teen Titans and the renowned supervillains such as Lex Luthor, the Joker, the Cheetah, the Reverse-Flash, Black Manta, Sinestro, Deathstroke, Black Adam, Brainiac, and Darkseid.
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John Wick 4 Actor To Join James Gunn’s DC Universe
The four DCU movies lined for this year are Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Flash, Blue Beetle, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. As these movies were developed under the previous DC Studios management, Gunn and Sarfan have decided to use these movies for providing a clean slate for the Gods and Monsters Chapter.
The Flash movie will be majorly used to reset the timeline and will be followed by Matt Reeves’ BatVerse, Superman Legacy as Superman is the most important hero of the DCU, The Authority, The Brave And The Bold, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Swamp Thing, The Creature Commandos, Waller, Booster Gold, Lanterns, and Paradise Lost.
As per sources, there will be a new addition in the DCU star cast. John Wick 4 and Deadpool 2 actor, Bill Skarsgard is being approached for a different DC movie. Though the name of the movie is not yet revealed but it is anticipated that after MCU, Bill Skarsgard is all set to enter the DCU.
Source: The Direct
