Deathstroke, Jericho, To Appear in Titans TV Series

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Fans of the professional mercenary Deathstroke and his son, Jericho, will be pleased to hear that the duo will be coming to DC Universe’s upcoming live-action series Titans. The news was revealed today at New York Comic Con by one of the show’s executive producers, Geoff Johns. 

While Johns confirmed that Deathstroke will be showing up in Titans given enough time, he did make the curious addendum that the series’ Deathstroke might not be one fans are familiar with. 

“You’ll see Deathstroke in Titans eventually, but it’ll be a new version,” said Johns. “You’ll definitely see it in the show.” 

What exactly this means is anyone’s guess, but any changes made to the character could be meant to differentiate him from his various live-action incarnations in both the Arrowverse and the DC Extended Universe. 

Deathstroke was a fixture on The CW’s Arrow for some time, where he was played by Manu Bennett. The character was also featured in an after-credits stinger for the film Justice League, where he was played by Joe Manganiello. Manganiello is rumored to be reprising that role for Matt Reeves’ upcoming Batman solo movie. 

Deathstroke’s son, Joe Wilson, otherwise known as Jericho, has far less live-action representation. The character was played by Liam Hall on Arrow, but only appeared for a brief time. At the DC Universe panel, DC Co-Publisher Jim Lee revealed that Jericho will likely be making his way into the show, too. 

“Last night at dinner, Geoff and I were talking about Jericho,” said Lee. “So yes, definitely.” 

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There’s no telling what form Deathstroke and Jericho will take in DC Universe’s Titans series, but, if the trailers for the series are any indication, there will likely be ample cussing and lots of blood when they show up. 

As there should be!

I just happened to read that a second Titans season is already planned so it may be a while until we see out favourite merc but it's great news nonetheless. I couldn't care less about Jericho, to tell the honest truth, but since Deathstroke's daughter Rose was once a Titan, the dark and violent tone would appear to make her a natural no-brainer of a fit. Fingers crossed.

Also, comicbook.com added that the quote above was said in reference to adapting The Judas Contract storyline.

When talking about a possible adaptation of "The Judas Contract," Johns told the audience at the panel that they "would be fools not to," Johns said. Given that Deathstroke is the major villain in that comic storyline, Titans would have to introduce him on the series sooner than later.

Titans debuts October 12th on the dcuniverse.com streaming service.