Arrow Star Manu Bennett Campaigning For Deathstroke Solo Series
After
Arrow's action-packed season finale last week, fans are seeing Deathstroke in a whole new light. The guy is becoming more of an anti-hero, and he's beginning on this new quest to find his son. With this storyline unfolding,
everyone online has started begging for a Deathstroke solo series.
When we say everyone, we mean everyone.
Deathstroke creator Marv Wolfman seemed excited by the idea, as did
Arrow star David Ramsey. Well, now it looks like Deathstroke himself is in on the action.
Manu Bennett has played the character since season 2 of
Arrow, although he hasn't been around much as of late. But now he's back in business, provided he's one of the chosen characters to survive
Arrow's finale cliffhanger.
On Twitter Wednesday afternoon, Bennett started urging fans to help get Deathstroke his own series. He called for everyone who wanted a Deathstroke show to "rally" together so they could make something happen. He also tagged DC Comics, WB, producers Greg Berlanti & marc Guggenheim, and Netflix, just to make sure they were aware of how much people wanted this to happen.
With this kind of support, maybe a Deathstroke series is possible. The only real hurdle in the process would be the DC films, which are set to begin featuring the same Slade Wilson character, portrayed by Joe Manganiello. That hasn't exactly gotten in the way in the past though, as The Flash and Captain Boomerang each have big-screen counterparts as well.
If you're in support of this potential series, be sure to back Bennett up on Twitter, he's loving the help fans are giving him.
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Deathstroke Creator Marv Wolfman Weighs In On A Potential Spinoff Starring Manu Bennett
Shortly after the Arrow season 5 finale, we wrote about how both Manu Bennett's performance and the writing for the character of Slade Wilson/Deathstroke had made us want a Deathstroke spinoff.
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We were far from alone; other fans, news sites, and the like have been chiming in with similar comments, and Bennett has been retweeting many of them, encouraging fans who want to see more of his take on Slade to reach out to executive producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and other potential players like Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment, and Netflix.
Bennett, who had tried and failed to preserve the surprise of his return in last week's episode ahead of its airing, isn't the first
Arrow actor to try to kickstart a movement; a few seasons back,
The CW mulled a
Suicide Squad miniseries or storyline that would put John Diggle and Lyla Michaels front and center, and Diggle's actor David Ramsey
was all for it.
Even Bennett, though, doesn't claim to be the ultimate authority on Deathstroke.
"I think the most important person to get behind any
Deathstroke original series is Marv Wolfman, who created the character,"
Bennett tweeted a short time ago.
A few minutes later, Wolfman responded.
"Much appreciated, Manu,"
tweeted the writer of
The New Teen Titans and
Crisis on Infinite Earths. "I love Deathstroke and I was overjoyed to see your return and would love to see you do more."
The comment is just shy of an endorsement of a
Deathstroke spinoff, but it's possible that Wolfman is playing it cool, either because he knows about plans or because as someone who still regularly works for DC it's unwise to be seen as too vocal about Warner Bros. corporate strategy.
Wolfman has also recently been seen taking notes with Joe Manganiello, who will play Deathstroke in
The Batman.
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