New details the "Justice League" live-action movie will feature the possible characters for John Cleese and Ray Fisher explains Cyborg's origin story.
"Monty Python's Flying Circus" actor John Cleese has been hinted to join the cast of "Justice League" after several people noticed that Cleese followed the Twitter pages of the "Justice League" film and Ben Affleck. While it is still unknown and unconfirmed if Cleese will appear in the film or in Affleck's take on "The Batman", several comic book fans theorized which DC character will he portray in the DC Extended Universe
First of these is these is the Green Lantern member Tomar-Re, followed by the magician and Zatanna's father Gioanni Zatara, anchorman and anti-Justice League hate monger G. Gordon Godfrey, the New God and New Genesis leader Highfather and lastly an medieveal knight who is probably burried one of he Mother Boxes after Darkseid's invasion on earth in ancient earth, Cinemablend reported.
In other news, cast member Ray Fisher talks about the origins of Victor Stone/Cyborg in the "Justice League" as he stated during the Rhode Island Comic Con that he cited several DC animated series such as "Batman: The Animated Series", "Justice League" and the "Teen Titans".
Fisher added that Cyborg in the "Teen Titans" animated series "speaks to him" because of how they deal with teenage issues at the same time saving the world. When Fisher landed the roled of Cyborg, he stated that Warner Bros. and DC send him a bunch of comic book issues related to the character and instantly got hooked on him. Perhaps viewers will likely see the DCEU version of Cyborg that is closer to both comics and "Teen Titans" animated series, ComicBook reported.
Cyborg's origins was teased during "Batman V Supeman: Dawn of Justice" as one of the metahumans found in Lex Luthor's (Jesse Eisenberg) metahuman thesis along with Barry Allen/The Flash (Ezra Miller), Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and Arthur Curry/Aquaman (Jason Momoa).
Bruce Wayne/Batman (Affleck) will be recruiting these metahumans to form a team to defend the world from an invading alien threat led by Steppenwolf (Ciaran Hinds). Kal-El/Superman (Clark Kent) will be brought back to life and join Batman and his team to fight the forces of Apokolips.
Previous reports revealed a member of the Green Lantern Corps. will appear in the film and it is hinted to be Hal Jordan or John Stewart, while Kyle Rayner will star in the standalone film. DC and comic book fans will likely see a new "Justice League" movie trailer soon before the year ends.
"Justice League" movie is scheduled on Nov. 17, 2017, while the sequel will launch on June 14, 2019.