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Joe Manganiello Will Play Deathstroke In Batman Solo Movie

It’s official - Joe Manganiello is Deathstroke.

According to The Wall Street Journal, DC Entertainment president Geoff Johns confirmed that Joe Manganiello will star as Deathstroke in Ben Affleck’s first solo Batman movie.

“Batman will face comic book villain Deathstroke, played by ‘True Blood’ star Joe Manganiello, in Ben Affleck’s first solo movie playing the Dark Knight,” they revealed. “Geoff Johns confirmed the casting in his first interview discussing his new role overseeing Warner Bros.’ movies based on DC Comics characters.”

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Of course, Ben Affleck recently teased the appearance of Deathstroke in a rather cool video clip he shared via Twitter… and it wasn’t long before speculation began about who might be behind the mask.

Now it looks as though Joe Manganiello has landed the role.

The 39-year-old actor is perhaps best known for his role on ‘True Blood’ - starring as the werewolf, Alcide Herveaux. But he’s appeared in numerous American TV shows, including ‘ER’, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and ‘One Tree Hill’.

He’s also had a brush with superhero movies before - appearing as Flash Thompson throughout Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ trilogy.

But now he’s taking on a much darker role.

Deathstroke first appeared as a ‘Teen Titans’ villain in the comic books, in The New Teen Titans (Vol. 1) #2 back in 1980. But he’s since gone up against some of DC’s biggest heroes, including Batman and Green Arrow.

Will he make a cameo in the ‘Justice League’ movie? That remains uncertain…

“[Geoff Johns] declined to comment on whether Deathstroke has a cameo in ‘Justice League’, which is currently shooting in London.”

As for the Batman solo movie, Geoff Johns also declined to comment on when the movie would be released… but it’s thought that we won’t see it until 2019 at the earliest.

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Picture Credit: DC Entertainment, WENN.