In addition to the all officially announced upcoming DC movies and upcoming DC TV shows that will exist within the DC Universe franchise, there are a handful of projects for this franchise that have been reported on by reputable sources, but not yet confirmed. One of those is Sgt. Rock, which was supposed to star Daniel Craig and re-team him with Queer director Luca Guadagnino. But as of today, Craig is no longer attached to Sgt. Rock, though there’s already an award-winning actor that DC Studios may end up snagging to take his place.
That actor is reportedly Jeremy Allen White, the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning star of The Bear, which can be streamed with a Hulu subscription. THR has heard White, who’s also well known from Shameless and The Iron Claw, is among the names “making the rounds” as Craig’s replacement. So this is far from a done deal, assuming the information is accurate, but regardless, DC Studios will need to find someone soon, as production on Sgt. Rock is reportedly beginning in the United Kingdom this summer.
Should Jeremy Allen White board Sgt. Rock, this would make yet another high-profile movie for him to star in. Next up on the cinematic front, he’ll play Bruce Springsteen in Deliver Me from Nowhere, which is expected to come out sometime on the 2025 movies schedule. Then come 2026, he’ll appear in The Mandalorian & Grogu, reportedly as Rotta, Jabba the Hutt’s son. Lining up a DC movie after a major biopic and the next of the upcoming Star Wars movies keeps an impressive streak going, assuming it works out.
As for why Daniel Craig won’t appear in Sgt. Rock anymore, THR said there are conflicting reports about the reason. Some of the outlet’s sources stated there were scheduling issues with that of his wife’s, fellow actor Rachel Weisz, while others claimed that Craig “soured on the role” after Queer underwhelmed at the box office and failed to get much attention during the awards season. Whatever the case, we’ll now have to keep waiting for his comic book movie debut.
Although the DC Universe only just got started a few months ago with the release of the Max subscription-exclusive animated series Creature Commandos, we’ve already spent some time with the DCU’s Sgt. Rock. He was voiced in that series by Maury Sterling and led the US Army Infantry unit known as Easy Company in World War II, which included Sean Gunn’s G.I. Robot. Despite DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran having said that actors who voice roles in DCU projects will also play them in live action, this doesn’t appear to be the case with Sgt. Rock given all the effort being poured into finding a lead actor.
Once word comes in on who will be tapped to play Sgt. Rock in Daniel Craig’s place, we’ll let you know. For now, the DCU will pick back up with the release of Superman in theaters on July 11, 2025, followed by Peacemaker Season 2 debuting sometime in August on the 2025 TV schedule.
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