The film project mixing superheroes and war film Sgt Rockled by Luca Guadagnino and envisaged with Colin Farrell in the main role, would have been canceled by DC Studios.
While the DC Universe is preparing to make its entry on the big screen with Supermanscheduled for July 2025, the new DCU developed behind the scenes with projects such as Supergirl : Woman of Tomorrowthe horror film Clayface and the series Lanterns (among others). Among these multiple initiatives, the film Sgt Rock Distinguished itself by a fairly unique approach in the Superheroic landscape, since it had to be a war film taking place during the Second world War, centered on the Sergeant Frank Rock, proto Rambo emblematic of DC comics.
Initially, rumors suggested that Daniel Craig could embody the SGT Rock, before he leaves production. Thereafter, it was Colin Farrell who was announced as the DC soldier, when he was already on board the DC stable, since he embodies Oz Cobblepot in the series The Penguin. Despite the arrival of Colin Farrell, the project would have simply been canceled by DC Studios.
Sgt Rock: Six feet underground
According to the exclusive information unveiled by The Wrap In an article of April 30, 2025, the Sgt Rock is stopped. According to a source close to the file, the producers have mentioned A calendar management problem (An explanation that seems a little – a lot – doubtful) The film should have started its production this summer, with a lot of outdoor shootings, and it would simply not have been completed on time. A priori, the film’s budget was not a concern, since it would have been estimated at less than $ 70 million, which is very little for a DC film. For the time being, we do not know if the film will be relaunched one day.
-The film, which was to be directed by Luca Guadagnino (Queer, Challengers) With a scenario by Justin Kuritzkes (faithful screenwriter of Guadagnino), was to be a daring rereading of the superheroic genre, focusing on characters all that is human in a world where the supernatural and superheroes appear. The story had to follow the sergeant rock in his quest for the spear of destiny (the same as in Constantine) Before she falls into the hands of the Nazis.
We could almost speak of a curse for Sgt Rock. Because The cancellation of Luca Guadagnino’s film is only the last episode of a long series of false starts. Since the 1980s, Hollywood has tried to wear Sgt Rock On the big screen, without ever managing to materialize the idea. At the time, Arnold Schwarzenegger had been envisaged to embody the famous sergeant, despite his Austrian accent to say the least from that of an American soldier. The project then passed through the hands of multiple writers and directors, without ever going beyond the stadium of fantasy.
Forty years later, the observation is bitter: Sgt Rock Stay stuck in the Hollywood trenches, unable to cross the no man’s land of production. Between studios changes, endless rewritings and creative disagreements,he character seems condemned to stay on paper, despite the repeated attempts to tear him from his comic book boxes, and some remarkable passages in Warner/DC cartoons (including Creature Commandos). A cruel irony for a hero supposed to embody perseverance and resilience on the battlefield.
The new DCU will take its first steps in the cinema on July 9, 2025 with Supermanwritten and directed by James Gunn.
