Daniel Craig is no longer attached to make his DC Comics debut in Sgt. Rock, the feature project that would have reunited him with his Queer director Luca Guadagnino. The feature hails from a script by Justin Kuritzkes, who also served as screenwriter on Challengers and Queer. Reasons for Craig’s departure are still unconfirmed.
Plot details for Sgt. Rock are still unknown. The character is a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. army who leads his unit, Easy Company, through the European theatre of World War II. He first appeared in comics in 1959, created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert. Variety reports that DC Studios’ co-chiefs, James Gunn and Peter Safran, are excited about the film as a straightforward war picture.
Craig’s upcoming projects include Netflix’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, which would see him return to the role of private investigator Benoit Blanc. He’s also attached to star opposite Charlize Theron in Two for the Money for director Justin Lin. Guadagnino’s next film to hit cinemas will be the Julia Roberts thriller After the Hunt. He’s also attached to direct a new adaptation of American Psycho with Austin Butler, and an adaptation of the gay romance Separate Rooms with Josh O’Connor.
DC Studios is still hoping to begin filming this summer, so the hunt to replace Daniel Craig is already on the way.