Bosco685 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) Quote It seems that the WWE Superstar and star of The Suicide Squad, John Cena, may have another comic-book project coming down the pipeline as he recently posted a cryptic image on his Instagram showing art from the Valiant comics series X-O Manowar. Considering Cena just recently wrapped production on The Suicide Squad and F9, X-O Manowar definitely seems like a plausible next step for John Cena to take in his acting career. X-O MANOWAR STORY AND CINEMATIC POTENTIAL The X-O Manowar comic series is about a man named Aric of Dacia, who is abducted by aliens in 5th century Europe, where he takes control of one of their greatest weapons the X-O Manowar armor. When he returns to Earth, he realizes that centuries have passed and he must now adjust to modern-day society, while possessing the galaxy’s most powerful weapon. A former Valiant Comics publisher, Dinesh Shamdasani, who also was a producer on Bloodshot has previously said that an X-O Manowar film was in development. So it’s certainly possible that they could be looking to cast their leading man. It’s currently unconfirmed whether or not John Cena is actually in talks for the role, or if he’s simply just interested in the part. Either way, the thought of John Cena in the role definitely has me intrigued, to say the least. This would definitely be one of the more complex roles he’s ever played, so I’m really hoping this is true. It will also be interesting to see if Valiant decides to connect this to Bloodshot that just released this year. While we wait for further announcements we have two of Cena’s upcoming films to look forward to in the coming year with F9 coming to theaters April 2nd, 2021 The Suicide Squad coming to theaters August 6th, 2021. Edited April 9, 2020 by Bosco685 kimik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ashsaytr Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Not having read X-O before... I enjoyed that! thanks! Bosco685 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 27 minutes ago, ashsaytr said: Not having read X-O before... I enjoyed that! thanks! X-O is honestly great. Many people mistake X-O as an Iron Man type thing where he is really a Captain America type thing in that Aric is a man out of his time. I love the character but as I have said, I just hope everyone else does as well... Bosco685 and littledoom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 I liked X-O and agreed with the sentiment I have heard that he is "Conan in a can". I really enjoyed the first wave Valiant X-O. Bosco685 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 On 5/26/2020 at 10:28 AM, Bird said: I liked X-O and agreed with the sentiment I have heard that he is "Conan in a can". I really enjoyed the first wave Valiant X-O. Yeah, it was awesome. One of my favorite comic reads of all time is X-O #0. The Quesada artwork was awesome at the time as well. Bosco685 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 On 4/9/2020 at 5:45 PM, Bosco685 said: John Cena can act a bit, not at the Rock level but still decent, and would be fine as Aric/X-O IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
