{"id":423478,"date":"2026-01-19T15:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423478\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:36:08","slug":"the-dcu-is-officially-casting-its-first-thanos-level-villain-years-after-the-snyderverse-wasted-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423478\/","title":{"rendered":"The DCU Is Officially Casting Its First Thanos-Level Villain, Years After the Snyderverse Wasted Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

The DC Universe has gotten off to a strong start, with Superman kicking the franchise off with a live-action bang in 2025. Under an all-new DC Studios led by James Gunn and Peter Safran, the heroes and villains of DC Comics have been given a new lease of life in the movie and TV spheres. After the repeated failures of the DCEU, casting the characters of the DCU<\/a> is something of a sensitive issue, as fans are eager to see their most beloved comic book figures finally done justice. While the franchise has so far cast its characters well, there remains a wariness regarding as-yet-unconfirmed characters.<\/p>\n

Naturally, with a continuity as expansive as DC\u2019s, adapting its characters to the screen is no simple task. However, it would appear that the DCU has set up a major villain<\/a> casting that is likely to become key in the near future. Ahead of the release of the DCU show Mister Miracle, showrunner Tom King has revealed that Darkseid is officially being cast as part of the show. Speaking with wordballoon<\/a>, King said: \u201cI can confirm that Mister Miracle is a DCU show that has huge implications for the DCU at large. We are doing it right. Mitch [Gerads] is a producer on it and a designer. We got to cast Darkseid.\u201d Considering that James Gunn has repeatedly stated that the DCU\u2019s animated actors will reprise their roles in live-action, King\u2019s comments set up Darkseid\u2019s potential future as a major figure in the DCU.<\/p>\n

What Mister Miracle Means For Darkseid\u2019s DCU Future<\/p>\n

\"DarkseidImage Courtesy of DC Comics<\/p>\n

Of course, the reveal that Mister Miracle has potentially already cast Darkseid in the DCU \u2014 or will do so soon \u2014 is incredibly exciting. Darkseid is one of the most powerful villains in the DC Universe<\/a> and is most often compared to Marvel\u2019s Thanos in terms of his general role within the comics\u2019 continuity. Considering the way the DCEU attempted and failed to introduce Darkseid as a major antagonist, the news regarding his impending arrival in the new franchise is interesting, to say the least.<\/p>\n

James Gunn has previously stated that he doesn\u2019t want to use Darkseid as the DCU\u2019s big bad<\/a>, and with the DCEU\u2019s handling of the character to go by, it\u2019s easy to see why. While this somewhat dampens excitement around the reveal that the franchise is close to revealing who will play Darkseid in the DCU, it\u2019s still possible that he\u2019ll appear in live-action in the franchise sooner than expected. He may not prove to be one of the franchise\u2019s major villains, but his casting is undoubtedly a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n

There are many stories in which Darkseid could potentially appear. If nothing else, the knowledge that the voice actor for the character in Mister Miracle will almost certainly play Darkseid in live-action only serves to add further interest in the upcoming DCU show. Regardless of his eventual place in the DCU\u2019s hierarchy of villains, Mister Miracle casting the franchise\u2019s Darkseid actor is still majorly exciting for DC fans.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The DC Universe has gotten off to a strong start, with Superman kicking the franchise off with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,139976,6138,134,344,22577],"class_list":{"0":"post-423478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-darkseid","11":"tag-dc-universe","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-regular-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}