James Gunn, writer-director of “Superman: Legacy” and co-director of DC Studios, is expanding the new DC Universe with three new actors joining the cast: Nathan Fillion (“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”) will play Guy Gardner, l one of the characters known as Green Lantern; Isabela Merced (“Dora and the Lost City of Gold”) will play Hawkgirl; and Edi Gathegi (“X-Men: First Class”) will play Mister Terrific.
Gunn cast David Corenswet (“Hollywood”) as the titular Man of Steel two weeks ago, alongside “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane.
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During a press presentation of DC Studios’ new slate in January, producer and DC co-head Peter Safran said the film would focus “on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. He is the “embodiment of truth, justice, and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks kindness is old-fashioned.”
Fillion has appeared frequently in Gunn’s films, beginning with the filmmaker’s 2006 horror comedy “Slither.” its wearer the powers of the Green Lantern: “Lanterns,” a streaming series for Max, will follow Hal Jordan (first played on screen by Ryan Reynold in 2011’s ill-fated “Green Lantern” and John Stewart (an ex -marine who was one of DC’s first black superheroes).
Merced first rose to prominence as a child actor in Nickelodeon’s “100 Things To Do Before High School,” and she also appeared in 2017’s “Transformers: The Last Knight” and “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” from 2018. As Hawkgirl – masked, winged and a fan of medieval weapons like swords and maces – Merced will play one of DC’s oldest superheroes, who first appeared in 1940 (Aldis Hodge played Hawkgirl’s counterpart Hawkman in the character’s live-action feature debut in 2022’s “Black Adam.”)
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