Is Crossbones Actor Frank Grillo Teasing A Jump From The MCU To DC Studios?

Is Crossbones Actor Frank Grillo  Teasing A Jump From The MCU To DC Studios?

Barring multiverse shenanigans, Frank Grillo's time in the MCU as Crossbones appears to be done. However, is the action star preparing to team up with James Gunn and DC Studios?

By MarkJulian - Feb 18, 2023 04:02 PM EST
Filed Under: DC Studios
Source: Instagram

Over on his Instagram Story, Frank Grillo is potentially teasing involvement in the DC Studios cinematic universe reboot. With the DC Comics logo as a backdrop, Frank Grillo wrote, "The only constant in life is change...Something's coming." As Instagram Stories only last 24 hours, we've included a screenshot for after the post disappears.

Frank Grillo

Previously, Grillo made it known that he was unhappy with the direction the MCU took his Crossbones character. In a 2021 interview, Grillo shared, "The trajectory of Crossbones took a turn and he was out of the series really quickly, right? And I was a little pissed off about it."

This of course is in reference to the fact that Crossbones' major moment in Marvel Comics is the assassination of Captain America Steve Rogers, during the aftermath of the 2006-07 Civil War comic book event. Obviously, the MCU chose to "retire" Steve Rogers in a completely different fashion.

Grillo did briefly return to the MCU to voice Crossbones in the animated What If...? Disney+ series but it looks as if Grillo might be ready to jump ship to the competition. 

Currently, the DC Studios project that appears to be furthest along is the animated Creature Commandos series, so perhaps Grillo will portray one of those characters? 

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tmp3
tmp3 - 2/18/2023, 4:21 PM
rick flag sr. makes sense but idk how it’d transfer over to live-action unless all of his appearances are well in the past
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 2/18/2023, 9:34 PM
@tmp3 - peacemaker killed him?
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 2/18/2023, 9:35 PM
@tmp3 - ah. Sr. Got you
santoanderson
santoanderson - 2/18/2023, 4:21 PM
Everybody in those comments is theorizing he’ll play Rick Flag Sr. Grillo somewhat resembles the character from the Creature Commandos artwork that Gunn released, and Gunn said he wants to cast the same actors to play both the live action and animated versions of those characters.
Blergh
Blergh - 2/18/2023, 4:22 PM
Creature Commandos or Superman?
I think it might be a vocal role in the first as Rick Flagg Sr.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 2/18/2023, 4:22 PM
Maybe he will be the next flash....
JFerguson
JFerguson - 2/18/2023, 4:22 PM
yeah alright rick flagg sr. pretyy obvious from the artwork
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/18/2023, 4:26 PM
If not Flagg Sr, maybe someone like Parasite
Scarilian
Scarilian - 2/18/2023, 4:28 PM
Ras Al Ghul or Black Mask honestly.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/19/2023, 5:12 AM
@Scarilian - Hoping they cast somebody vaguely Arabic or other worldly for Ra's, somebody fully Arabic for Talia and half-Arabic for Damian.
JobinJ
JobinJ - 2/18/2023, 4:31 PM
Sorry Frank that Crossbones was killed. Not a really interesting character and Marvel doesn’t owe you anything.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 2/18/2023, 4:33 PM
@JobinJ -


Exactly. Do these guys expect to live forever? Like foreal. Someone's got to die💁
JobinJ
JobinJ - 2/18/2023, 4:46 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - yup. Mad cause their 3rd rate character died.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 2/18/2023, 4:33 PM
Thought he would've been a good Punisher but I wouldn't mind seeing him as Deathstroke.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 2/18/2023, 5:59 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - Deathstroke was my first thought as well. Although that might also be because I often confuse Grillo with Manganiello
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 2/18/2023, 4:34 PM
Alright. Grillo does straight to streaming Bruce Willis jacked old guy cop movies other than his stint as Crossbones which was whatever also. Not a huge get for DC or anything. Honestly not impressed by anything Gunn announced at all. I wish DC would get their shit together especially as Marvel is a bit lost lately. But Gunn writing a Superman movie is one of the worst possible outcomes in my opinion
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 2/18/2023, 4:47 PM
@SpideyPuffsMJ - He was a pretty hot actor during the early 2010s but it seems he thought the MCU would catapult him to new heights and that wasn’t the case. But its not unheard of for actors to have a resurgence.
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/18/2023, 4:35 PM
Could see him as Deathstroke.
B89
B89 - 2/18/2023, 6:35 PM
@marvel72 - yeh, plus he would bring some good skills with him to the fighting/stunts side of it.
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/18/2023, 9:57 PM
@B89 - Even better, definitely the right choice for that character.
ScaryTerry
ScaryTerry - 2/18/2023, 5:15 PM
Good. Marvel did him dirty.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 2/18/2023, 5:16 PM
I don't know if it means anything or if Grillo just grabbed a random DC logo for this tweet, but that logo clearly has Harley Quinn's diamonds in it...
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