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Monkei wrote: They seem to be doing something cool with him in the comics at the moment, according to an IGN review from earlier this month at least:

http://m.ign.com/articles/2016/08/24/deathstroke-1-review-3

It's been great to see Deathstroke's popularity soar in recent years thanks to projects like Arrow and Arkham Origins, but DC's master assassin hasn't had a comic worthy of his reputation in some time. That appears to finally be changing thanks to DC Rebirth. Leave it to the writer who dramatically overhauled Black Panther in the late '90s to do the same for Slade Wilson now.

Sep, 08 2016
DC Films' Geoff Johns and Jon Berg on Lightening the Tone of Their Upcoming Movies
“We accelerated the story [of Justice League] to get to the hope and optimism a little faster."
by Jim Vejvoda

DC Entertainment President and Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and veteran Warner Bros. executive Jon Berg, who came aboard to co-run DC Films in May, have a clear mission: To make the DC Extended Universe lighter and more hopeful going forward.

“Mistakenly in the past I think the studio has said, ‘Oh, DC films are gritty and dark and that’s what makes them different.’ That couldn’t be more wrong,” Johns told the Wall Street Journal. “It’s a hopeful and optimistic view of life. Even Batman has a glimmer of that in him. If he didn’t think he’d make tomorrow better, he’d stop.”

And although the now-filming Justice League was, according to the paper, always meant to be "less depressing than Batman v Superman," Johns and Berg, along with Justice League director Zack Snyder and screenwriter Chris Terrio, nevertheless made changes to the screenplay after the negative backlash towards the gloomy BvS.

“We accelerated the story to get to the hope and optimism a little faster,” said Berg.

Johns will apply the same approach he took to spearheading DC Comics' successful "Rebirth" relaunch to his work on the DCEU. “We’re trying to take a really hard look at everything to make sure we stay true to the characters and tell stories that celebrate them."

Along with with star-director Ben Affleck, Johns is co-scripting a solo Batman movie, which WSJ says could hit theaters as soon as 2018. Johns also informed the paper that Magic Mike and True Blood's Joe Manganiello will play the film's villain, Deathstroke.

OL wrote: Cyborg looks awesome as fuck, and he was the character everyone cared the least about before

OL wrote: Yeah, Aquaman is gonna be a serious highlight, and I've been saying that since the moment Momoa was cast.