Overview
- Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Colin Farrell called Justin Kuritzkes’ Sgt. Rock screenplay “fantastic” and said it “should be made.”
- Farrell said he is “in the dark” about the project’s status and indicated he is no longer attached after initially discussing the role with Luca Guadagnino.
- DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has said the script “wasn’t getting better” after multiple drafts and that the studio ultimately “killed” the project.
- Sgt. Rock was removed from DC’s 2026 slate, has no director after Guadagnino moved on to Artificial, and at different points had Daniel Craig and then Farrell eyed to star.
- The film’s status reflects DC’s narrower slate strategy prioritizing finished scripts, while Farrell remains set to reprise the Penguin in The Batman Part II in 2027.