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Idris Elba would like a DC movie in which Bloodsport meets Superman!
Interviewed by Variety for his latest film, Beast, Idris Elba said he wanted to return to playing the killer who appeared in The Suicide Squad (2021), Bloodsport. The actor, during the interview, referred to a potential feature film that would see him clash with Superman.
In James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad (2021), Bloodsport was sent to prison for sending Superman to ICU after hitting him with a kryptonite bullet. Bloodsport was one of the few remaining members of Task Force X who survived the battle against Starro in the DC movie. It remains to be seen where the killer currently stands in the DC cinematic universe, given the recent changes.
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“I would definitely like to tell the story of Superman. There is no doubt, ”Idris Elba told Variety. “Bloodsport versus Superman. It has to happen “.
In Beast, arriving in theaters on September 22, Elba stars as Doctor Nate Daniels, a father who takes his two daughters on a safari in Africa after their mother’s death. The family later find themselves hunted by an angry lion. Iyana Halley (The Courage of Truth – The Hate U Give, This is Us) plays Daniels’ 18-year-old daughter Meredith, and Leah Sava Jeffries (Rel and Empire) plays 13-year-old Norah.
Idris Elba plays Dr. Nate Daniels, a recently widowed husband who returns to South Africa, where he met his wife, for a long-planned trip with his daughters to a game reserve run by Martin Battles, an old friend of the family. and wildlife biologist. What begins as a healing journey turns into a frightening struggle for survival when a lion, who has survived bloodthirsty poachers, begins to haunt them feeling threatened by humans.
Source: Variety