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\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>We are hearing that Greg Mottola, who is already in the DC Studios family having helmed episodes of Peacemaker, <\/em>is a frontrunner to potentially direct the untitled Deathstroke and Bane feature. There are others in the mix. Triple note it\u2019s still very early days on this project. A script hasn\u2019t come in yet, and no contracts have been papered yet as the project continues to remain in development.<\/p>\n \n\tWord of a Deathstroke and Bane movie began in September 2024 under the James Gunn and Peter Safran led DC Studios. The initial screenplay was reportedly penned by Matthew Orton, who wrote on the Marvel Studios\/Disney+ series Moon Knight<\/em>. <\/p>\n \n\tThe villain combo movie would put the breathing apparatus-Batman villain, Bane, back on screen since his first appearance in 2012\u2019s Christopher Nolan directed Dark Knight Rises<\/em>; then portrayed by Tom Hardy. The character was created by\u00a0Chuck Dixon,\u00a0Doug Moench, and\u00a0Graham Nolan and first appeared in\u00a0Batman: Vengeance of Bane<\/em>\u00a0#1 (January 1993).<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: \u2018Supergirl\u2019 New Footage: Tech Pirates & Spider Droids Make For A Rough Ride On An Interplanetary Space Bus \u2013 CinemaCon<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tIn the comics, Bane was born and raised in the Pe\u00f1a Duro prison on the Caribbean island of Santa Prisca. He\u2019s the son of King Snake and was a test subject for a super-steroid known as \u201cVenom.\u201d After breaking out of prison he ventures to Gotham, and gets entangled with Batman, breaking the Dark Knight\u2019s back, a moment known as \u201cBreaking the Bat.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBad guy Deathstoke debuted in 1980 from scribe Marv Wolfman and artist George Perez in 1980\u2019s The New Teen Titans<\/em>\u00a0#2 (1980) as\u00a0Deathstroke the Terminator. Aka Slade Joseph Wilson, Deathstroke is a former U.S. Army soldier and mercenary who is further boosted following a super-soldier serum. He\u2019s battled Dick Grayson and the Teen Titans, Batman, Green Arrow and the Justice League. He\u2019s had it out for the Titans when he swore revenge for his oldest son Grant. His other two kids, Joseph and Rose, would go on to oppose him by joining the Titans. Esai Morales has voiced Deathstroke in the Titans <\/em>live-action series with Joe Manganiello making cameos as the bad guy in the Zack Snyder\u2019s DC titles.<\/p>\n \n\tMottola is an EP and director on the Peacock series, The Miniature Wife <\/em>starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen which is currently streaming. He\u2019s directed such comedy movies as Adventureland, Superbad <\/em>and The Daytrippers. <\/em><\/p>\n \n\tDC was unavailable to be reached for comment. Mottola is repped by UTA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n