Daniel Craig and Challengers filmmaker Luca Guadagnino are eyeing an adaptation of Sgt. Rock for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios.
After teaming up for the biographical interval drama Queer, filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, Suspiria, Bones and All) and Daniel Craig (No Time to Die, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller, Logan Fortunate) might pull the pin on an adaptation of Sgt. Rock for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios. Based on Deadline, Guadagnino would go behind enemy traces for this undertaking earlier than taking pictures his American Psycho movie for Lionsgate. No offers are in place, however reviews say Challengers and Queer scribe Justin Kuritzkes is answerable for the screenplay.
Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert created Sgt. Franklin John Rock, with the character debuting in DC Comics circa 1959. Bursting out of the pages of Our Military at Conflict, Sgt. Rock is a WWII soldier who served within the infantry. The character headed to the entrance line in 1977 along with his first solo sequence, which ran till 1988. On the identical time, he’s not infused with Tremendous Soldier serum, Sgt. Rock is a beast on the battlefield, capable of shoot down German planes with a single submachine gun and lob grenades with lethal precision. Armed with a “Combat Antenna,” which permits him to sense incoming enemy assaults, Sgt. Rock is simply as environment friendly along with his fists as he’s with a loaded weapon.
Sgt. Rock joins Gunn and Safran’s checklist of movies deliberate for DC Studios. The initiative begins with the duo’s Gods and Monsters arc, which incorporates Superman, The Authority, The Courageous and Daring, Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow, and Swamp Factor. On the tv finish of the spectrum, DC plans to unleash Creature Commandos, Waller, Lanterns, Paradise Misplaced, and Booster Gold. The primary of the bunch, Creature Commandos, starring the voices of David Harbour, Viola Davis, Anya Chalotra, Alan Tudyk, Sean Gunn, Frank Grillo, Maria Bakalova, Zoe Chao, Steve Agee, Indira Varma, Russ Bain, Benjamin Byron Davis, and extra, marches onto Max on December 5, 2024.
Once more, no offers are in place for Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig to deal with Sgt. Rock, however our fingers are formally crossed. So long as issues go in line with plan, this dynamic duo might discover themselves within the DC Universe, which is already shaping as much as be totally different from the DCEU. Let’s go!
