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Man Of Steel 2 casts the Rock as Aquaman or Doomsday? - SciFiNow

Man Of Steel 2 casts the Rock as Aquaman or Doomsday?

Aquaman, Lobo and Doomsday rumours follow Dwayne Johnson talks with Warner Bros

Aquaman is now unbelievably bad-ass in DC's New 52
Aquaman is now unbelievably bad-ass in DC’s New 52

Fast & Furious star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson revealed on Twitter that he’s entered talks with Warner Bros for a role in a DC Comics-related movie – possibly Zack Snyder’s Batman Vs Superman-smackdown, Man Of Steel 2.

The Rock DC Superhero Lobo

An obvious bit of casting would be for Kryptonian-crippling bone-faced beefcake Doomsday, Johnson certainly has the acting chops physique for that, but perhaps the “cool bad assery” is in fact another member of the Justice League to go with the recently cast Wonder Woman and rumoured Green Lantern.

Maybe Johnson will be playing Aquaman, who has undergone a more recent transformation into a brutal warrior king.

While the wrestler-turned-actor doesn’t fit the blonde-haired, blue-eyed look of the King of Atlantis, the character’s not so iconic that this particularly matters from a branding point of view.

There was a time when Johnson was linked to a Lobo movie, based on the anti-hero alien bounty hunter of the same name, so perhaps this is now back on the cards? After all, with Sinister Six, Guardians Of The Galaxy and Big Hero 6 movies all in development, there’s definitely more obscure characters making the journey to the big screen…

Read our review of Man Of Steel here and our defence of Ben Affleck’s casting here and of Gal Gadot’s casting hereMan Of Steel is out now, get it on Blu-ray for £18.50DVD for £12.75 or 3D Blu-ray for £20.50 from Amazon.co.uk