We had heard that Superman: Legacy was going to feature more super-powered characters than just the Man of Steel himself, but we didn't realize it would be this many more!
Following the recent news that David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan have been cast as Clark Kent and Lois Lane, Vanity Fair has announced that Isabela Merced will play Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi will play Mister Terrific and Nathan Fillion has signed on as Green Lantern Guy Gardner.
Mr. Terrific was mentioned in a previous report, but the other two will surely come as surprise additions.
Legacy is really starting to look more like a Justice League movie than a solo Superman adventure (remember, the Authority will also be involved), although we still don't know how significant a role these other heroes will have.
This report doesn't shed much light on the above, but does mention that Fillion will sport Gardner's signature bowl haircut from the comics! It also confirms that a Green Lantern TV series is still in the works for the Max streaming service, but that will feature Hal Jordan and John Stewart.
Fillion, who is a regular Gunn collaborator, previously played TDK in The Suicide Squad, and more recently has a small sole in GOTG Vol. 3. Merced will likely be best known for playing Dora the Explorer in The Lost City of Gold, while Gathegi played Darwin in X-Men: First Class and Laurent in the Twilight movies.
VF also notes that several characters from the previous era of DC-based films and shows, including Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), Peacemaker (John Cena) and Blue Beetle (Xolo Maridueña), will be "grandfathered in to the new universe."
“The good news is, if you've seen nothing that we've done before, you can watch Superman Legacy, you can watch Creature Commandos, you can watch Peacemaker season two, and you can watch Blue Beetle. All of that," DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran tells Vanity Fair. “We are trying to minimize audience confusion and maximize their enjoyment.”
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