Colin Farrell May Go From The Penguin to Sgt. Rock

DC Studios may have found its Sgt. Rock on the dirty streets of Gotham City. Colin Farrell, currently basking in the accolades of playing another DC character on The Penguin, is currently circling the role of Sgt. Rock, a film that’ll be directed by Challengers helmer Luca Guadagnino. Deadline broke the news of the potential casting and cleared up the question you may have right now. No, it’s not an issue if Farrell is both Sgt. Rock and the Penguin. The former will be part of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe and the latter is part of Matt Reeves’ Epic Crime Saga. So it’s two different DC worlds—and this casting news all but solidifies that these worlds will not be crossing over. Sorry to anyone who thought Robert Pattinson would be the new DC Batman. That’s not happening. As for Sgt. Rock, the project was a happy surprise to Gunn and Safran who explained earlier this year that Guadagnino and Challengers writer Justin Kuritzkes came in with something unique and they got on b ... Read full article.