After recently shutting down his potential to play a Batman villain, Dave Bautista says he would be down to play Lex Luthor in James Gunn's DC Universe. Gunn, who made his franchise debut with The Suicide Squad, was tapped to lead DC Studios this past November alongside The Conjuring Universe producer Peter Safran, with the two crafting a 10-year plan for how the DCU, formerly known as the DC Extended Universe, would move forward. After offering plenty of tidbits for what's to come from the franchise, Gunn finally unveiled the roster of projects slated for Chapter 1 of the DCU, named "Gods & Monsters," though kept casting plans largely under wraps.
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