Imploding DC Studios is keeping these three hero actors for now

The struggling DC Studios has skilled loads of current shakeups.

“Batgirl” was unceremoniously shelved by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav final yr, and actor Henry Cavill was fired from the function of Superman shortly after. On the field workplace, DC has delivered flop after flop.

Now, because the DC Prolonged Universe is about to be rebooted by new studio co-chairs James Gunn and Peter Safran, Gunn has confirmed at the least three actors from the previous regime will keep on for the slate of recent movies.

“Xolo Maridueña will proceed taking part in Blue Beetle within the DCU, as Viola Davis will Amanda Waller, and John Cena will Peacemaker,” Gunn said on Threads in response to a consumer’s query about “Blue Beetle.” 

That trio joins David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan as Superman and Lois Lane, respectively, who will star in “Superman: Legacy,” in theaters July 11, 2025.

However the performers Gunn didn’t point out are simply as notable.

It’s nonetheless unclear if Ezra Miller will return as “The Flash” following the film’s poor field workplace efficiency and the actor’s erratic habits and authorized woes. 

Jason Momoa, who performs Aquaman, additionally didn’t get a shoutout. The actors said in an interview with Total Film, “I completely assume Aquaman will likely be concerned within the DCU.”

However that’s doubtless depending on the success of “Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom,” out Dec. 20. No future Aquaman tasks have been introduced.

“Surprise Girl” actress Gal Gadot told Flaunt magazine this yr that Gunn and Safran advised her, “We’re going to develop ‘Surprise Girl 3’ with you.” However insider sources advised Selection that’s not true and {that a} third “Surprise Girl” shouldn’t be in improvement. 

In the meantime, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson tweeted that his Black Adam character, whose title movie was an enormous bomb, “won’t be of their first chapter of storytelling” of the brand new DCEU. However that doesn’t essentially exclude Johnson from future entries.

And Gunn additionally didn’t title Zachary Levi, whose “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” was crushed by critics. Levi told The Hollywood Reporter, “I hope it’s not my final.”