EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing that Greg Mottola , who is already in the DC Studios family having helmed episodes of Peacemaker, is a front-runner to potentially direct the untitled Deathstroke and Bane feature . There are others in the mix.

Triple note that it’s still very early days on this project. A script hasn’t come in yet, and no contracts have been papered yet as the project remains in development.

Word of a Deathstroke and Bane movie began in September 2024 under the James Gunn- and Peter Safran-led DC Studios. The initial screenplay reportedly was penned by Matthew Orton, who wrote for the Marvel Studios/Disney+ series Moon Knight .

The villain-combo movie would put the breathing-apparatus Batman baddie, Bane, back on screen for his first appearance since 2012’s Christopher Nolan-directed The Dark Knight Rises , then portrayed by Tom Hardy.…