Dwayne Johnson may not get to play Black Adam again, but someone from that movie may get to reprise their role in the new DC movie universe.
During a recent interview with GQ, Pierce Brosnan said he’s more than willing to play Doctor Fate again, should the call come: “I enjoyed that, the philosphy of that character very much, and I would be open to it.” Interestingly, he then told GQ how he heard “that Fate was going to have his own show, or his own movie. I’ve heard that he’s going to be in the next Superman.”
Days after Superman came out this past July, James Gunn told the Happy Sad Confused podcast he was “pretty sure” Doctor Fate was in the mural seen in the Hall of Justice, or at least the Justice Society in general. (Kent Nelson, the incarnation played by Brosnan, is one of its original founding members in the comics and other incarnations.) Once we got a clearer look at the mural, it turned out the man fans speculated was him was actually Maxwell Lord, but Gunn’s comment still means Fate is part of this universe’s history.
Whether this means Doctor Fate actually is part of 2027’s Man of Tomorrow, we’ll have to wait and see. Yeah, the guy died in Black Adam, but if Brosnan’s back and wearing the Helmet of Fate again, would anyone really complain?
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