DC's magic heroes composed of the "Dark Justice League" has long been expected by many people to appear in film and television dramas, but although such a movie has been prepared before, it is a pity that this "Dark Justice League" movie created by the "Shape of Water" and "Pacific Rim" director "Gyro" director has long been confirmed to be aborted.
However, thanks to the rapid development of streaming media, some projects that Warner has no patience or confidence have been reborn on streaming, and the episodes of "Justice League dark" have also been confirmed before, and the big director who directed "Star Wars" and "Star Trek", J. J. Abrams and his team will create a series of "Dark Justice League" related series for Warner's streaming HBO Max, which is not only a collection series of "Justice League Dark", but also "Constantine" (that is, "Hell Detective"), "Zatana" and other single-player series, and not only that, it is said that there will be some movies, but these movies are directly on the streaming platform HBO Max, not released in theaters.
These projects have been reported for a long time, but there has been no update for a long time, considering that James Gunn's "Suicide Squad 2" spin-off "Messenger of Peace" has been filming for a long time, and these projects that were established earlier have advanced more slowly.
Two days ago, there was finally new news about the "Hell Detective" episode, foreign media reported that the screenwriter of the "Hell Detective" episode was confirmed as Guy Bolton, and the style of the series would be different from the style of the previous related works, and more attention would be paid to horror elements, and religious factors would no longer be the focus of the film. And most importantly, about the choice of the film's protagonist, Warner is looking for a person of color to play the protagonist Constantine, whose image refers to the actor Ritz Ahmed, whose role is positioned in his 20s.
Ritz Ahmed is a British actor, but he comes from a Pakistani immigrant family, and has made frequent appearances in Hollywood blockbusters in the past two years, and everyone should be more impressed that he played the villain in "Venom". Although the casting requirements reported by foreign media are people of color, since Ritz Ahmed is used as an image reference, this range is not too broad, so it may not be selected for a black or Asian.
In addition to this "Hell Detective" episode, some people should also be concerned about the previously reported film version of "Hell Detective 2", which is the sequel to "Hell Detective" starring Keanu Reeves in 2005, which was revealed online by its actor Peter Sternman (who played Satan), but in addition to saying that the sequel is in preparation, there is no further news about this project. But keanu Reeves and the original director have said they are willing to return to the sequel.
Rice Drawing:
Regarding these two Hellbuller projects, there must be a big question, will they be integrated into today's DC Cinematic Universe? Of course, there is no answer to this, but judging from Warner's plans for the future DC Cinematic Universe, whether it is a movie or a series, it is very easy to integrate into the DC family.
Warner has confirmed the introduction of a multiverse in DC films, with Wonder Woman taking place in the mainstream worldview of Earth 1, the universe of the new Batman being Earth 2, and the two parallel universes linked in The Flash. Therefore, the new works launched in the future, the setting is not conflicting into the old universe, and the conflict is set to the new earth, and the linkage is also very simple. Of course, all of this has to wait for these works to really be filmed, and in this regard, Warner really has more than enough ability to draw cakes, and the spirit of hard work is insufficient, and I hope that the two "Hell Detective" projects can be promoted quickly.