EXCLUSIVE: María Gabriela de Faría, the Venezuelan actress best known for roles in Fox comedies Animal Control and The Moodys, has landed a breakout part on the film side, joining the cast of James…
It might be a mistake by Deadline or they are casting The Authority as the villains of the film which suggests they are taking the place of The Elite, probably drawing from “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?” The Engineer would then be replacing Menagerie.
and isn’t The Authority another property on the film list?
It is indeed. With the wealth of characters in this film it looks like it will be laying a lot of the foundations for the Gunnverse.
What I was unsure about was how they’d make The Authority work. Gunn knows his comics, so he presumably understands that having the team as part of the main DC Universe just doesn’t work (they are a commentary on the Justice League and have too many analogues). So he either needs to have them in their own universe but using The Bleed to bring them over as needed, possibly in an antagonistic way (at least initially as they are anti-heroes) or he first introduces them as The Elite or a version of it which leaves the door open for a (semi?) self-contained Authority film.
As he knows his comics, and is clearly taking inspiration from the best of them, it shouldn’t be any surprise that he’s eyeing “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?”
I’m assuming the movie will have to have Jenny Quantum instead of Jenny Sparks since they represent the turn of each century.
It may have Manchester Black instead.
Left-right: The Hat, Menagerie, Manchester Black and Coldcast
The Engineer is not a villain though… and isn’t The Authority another property on the film list?
From left to right:
Swift
The Doctor
Apollo (in white)
Midnighter (bottom, in black)
Jenny Sparks
The Engineer
Jack Hawksmoor
I’m assuming the movie will have to have Jenny Quantum instead of Jenny Sparks since they represent the turn of each century.
It might be a mistake by Deadline or they are casting The Authority as the villains of the film which suggests they are taking the place of The Elite, probably drawing from “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?” The Engineer would then be replacing Menagerie.
It is indeed. With the wealth of characters in this film it looks like it will be laying a lot of the foundations for the Gunnverse.
What I was unsure about was how they’d make The Authority work. Gunn knows his comics, so he presumably understands that having the team as part of the main DC Universe just doesn’t work (they are a commentary on the Justice League and have too many analogues). So he either needs to have them in their own universe but using The Bleed to bring them over as needed, possibly in an antagonistic way (at least initially as they are anti-heroes) or he first introduces them as The Elite or a version of it which leaves the door open for a (semi?) self-contained Authority film.
As he knows his comics, and is clearly taking inspiration from the best of them, it shouldn’t be any surprise that he’s eyeing “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?”
It may have Manchester Black instead.
Left-right: The Hat, Menagerie, Manchester Black and Coldcast