Last month, DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran revealed a rejigged release slate for their burgeoning new cinematic universe, teasing everything from Mike Flanagan's Clayface movie to a live-action Teen Titans joint. During the presentation, Gunn also confirmed that a long-since whispered about Luca Guadagnino Sgt. Rock film is indeed in the works over at the DCU — and that the feature could shoot this summer "if [they] find the perfect actor." And lo and behold, it looks like Gunn and Safran have found their man. According to Deadline, none other than The Penguin himself, Colin Farrell, is being lined up to play DC's eponymous Nazi fighting war hero.

Now, we know what you're thinking: "How can Colin Farrell be DC's Sgt. Rock when he's already DC's Penguin?" Well, technically Colin Farrell is DC Elseworlds' Penguin, meaning his Oz Cobb belongs to a standalone pocket of the DC Universe that The Batman's Matt Reeves presides over. Guadagnino's planned WWII actioner Sgt. Rock on the other hand would fall under the mainline DCU's umbrella, existing in the same continuity as the likes of Gunn's own upcoming Superman and next year's Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow. At this point in time, we don't know exactly what Guadagnino has in store for his take on Sgt. Rock, a fearless character born of the post-war comics boom who leads his Easy Company unit in the fight against the Third Reich with neither batarang nor heat vision to his name. What we do know however is that his Challengers and Queer scribe Justin Kuritzkes has already polished off a screenplay, and that Farrell is reportedly very keen on the gig — so long as he can squeeze it in around his prior commitments to Sugar Season 2 at Apple TV+ and shooting on Conclave director Edward Berger's The Ballad Of A Small Player.