After the DC debacle with Ryan Reynolds: cult star “The Rookie” becomes the new Green Lantern in “Superman: Legacy”.

“Guardians Of The Galaxy” director James Gunn is currently busy building a new universe around the characters of the Superman and Batman comics smithy following his retirement from Marvel as the newly appointed boss of DC Studios, who will focus on films, series and video games will stretch . And so the heroes for the DCU are slowly taking shape. While the comic reboot featuring the “Creature Commandos” and “Waller” series will be announced on the small screen as early as 2024, “Superman: Legacy” will be the definitive launch on the big screen a year later.

And with David Corenswet (“The Politician”) and Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) recently cast in the two pivotal roles of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, there are now three exciting new additions to James Gunn himself Written and Directed cinematic adventures of The Man of Steel: Nathan Fillion becomes Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Isabel Merced plays Hawkgirl and Ed Gathegi Mr Awesome. That reported first and has since been personally confirmed by Gunn via Twitter.

Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner…

The casting of Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner in particular should cause a stir, and not just because he’s already lent his voice to a Green Lantern (albeit a different one) in DC animated films. The cult star of the sci-fi highlight “Firefly” and the hit series “Castle” and “The Rookie” has appeared on camera several times in the past for his friend James Gunn, for example as the lead in his feature film directorial debut “Slither” or most recently as guardian of a space station in “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3”.

Gunn’s first DC extravaganza, The Suicide Squad, also featured Fillion in a cameo as TDK (The Detachable Kid) – essentially giving him a dual DC role now, though it’s likely we’ll meet TDK again in the DCU someday (despite his seemingly obvious demise, Fillion has hinted in the past that the character is still alive).

But the fact is that despite the DC reboot, some characters from the “Suicide Squad” cosmos are being hoisted into the DCU, such as the spin-off series “Waller” starring Viola Davis and the upcoming second season of the “Peacemaker” offshoot. to see. But since TDK was actually more of a joke than an actual character, it’s likely that Fillion will now focus entirely on his role as Guy Gardner in the new DCU.

…but probably not as the DCU’s main Green Lantern

According to Gunn, Fillion should appear not only in “Superman: Legacy” but also in other DCU projects such as the already announced series “lanternsjoin in as Guy Gardner. However, it remains to be seen how big the gigs will be.

Because even though many Nathan Fillion fans may now be happy that the actor can finally play a comic book hero on the big screen, it is to be feared that he will not become the main Green Lantern of the new DC Universe. This feature will likely be shared between the two best-known incarnations of the comic book character, Hal Jordan and John Stewartwho will also lead the cast of characters in Lanterns (Hal Jordan also starred in the flopped 2011 Ryan Reynolds starring Green Lantern).

It would be conceivable that Gardner would rather prepare their performances and then supervise them, with the two taking center stage. Even in the comic templates, Gardner, as a not-so-heroic Green Lantern backup, was always overshadowed by the other two human members of the Green Lantern Corps, who protect the universe with amazing skills. However, the many fans of the police series “The Rookie” should calm down a bit, because Fillion could hardly continue to star there if he also took on a central heroic role in the DCU at the same time.

More heroes for “Superman: Legacy”: Hawkgirl and Mister Terrific

At least the fact that the casting was announced and confirmed so early indicates that Guy Gardner’s appearance in “Superman: Legacy” will be more than just a brief cameo. The same should also apply to the other two figures announced.

Bee Mister Terrific aka Michael Holt, who is now known as “Dr. House, The Blacklist, Twilight and X-Men: First Class Ed Gathegi embodied (who also starred in the 2022 Netflix superhero spoof The Guardians Of Justice), is a genius inventor and strategist who is also an excellent fighter, thanks in no small part to the floating bullet weapons he developed.

Hawkgirl (played by Dora and the Golden City and Transformers 5 young star Isabel Merced) while is a bird costumed, sword-and-spear-fighting heroine who has previously appeared in live-action roles in the Superman prequel series Smallville (played by Sahar Biniaz) and the Arrowverse (played by Ciara Renée). .

How exactly Guy Gardner, Hawkgirl and Mister Terrific will be built into the plot of James Gunn’s new DC blockbuster is something we’ll find out in two years time: “Superman: Legacy“ will be shown in German cinemas from July 10, 2025.