DC fans now campaigning for #DeathstrokeHBOMax, actor Joe Manganiello joins
Hot on the heels of Zack Snyder's Justice League release, popularly known as the Snyder Cut, DC fans are now campaigning for a new series or movie based around True Blood actor Joe Manganiello's Deathstroke. The hashtag #DeathstrokeHBOMax is currently trending on Twitter. Fans are hoping that WarnerMedia will once again answer their call just like they green-lit Snyder's version of Justice League.
To add fuel to the raging fire, Manganiello himself seems aboard the Deathstroke campaign. He shared a photo on Twitter of himself in the character, with the #DeathstrokeHBOMax hashtag. Manganiello was cast as the DC supervillain back in 2016. He was part of a post-credit sequence in the original release of Justice League. He was also featured in Zack Snyder's version of Justice League.
#DeathstrokeHBOMax pic.twitter.com/F0YmCl3tbz
— JOE MANGANIELLO (@JoeManganiello) April 5, 2021
Prior to Justice League, there were multiple plans for Deathstroke in the DC Extended Universe. The character was slated for a solo film directed by Gareth Edwards but the project fell through. Deathstroke was the main antagonist in the now-canceled Ben Affleck's The Batman. There were even plans for him to appear in a Suicide Squad sequel, but there were scheduling conflicts.
Snyder, who was directing the 2017 Justice League, pretty much until post-production, stepped down after his daughter's suicide. That's when Joss Whedon took over and shortened the run-time significantly and replaced many moody scenes with a more cheery and brighter tone. The film turned out to be a box-office dud grossing over $657 million worldwide against a break-even point of $750 million.
Ever since fans came to know that an alternate cut of the movie exists, they started campaigning for it on social media. The film was finally green-lit after not just fans but industry insiders too petitioned for Snyder's version. Warner Bros. had a lot cut out for them to make Zack Snyder's Justice League, as he had already shot most of the film.
