his son, Jericho sacrifices himself to save Grayson before transferring his consciousness into Slade's body, inadvertently trapping himself within his father's mind. In the present day narrative, Slade comes out of retirement upon learning that Dick has assembled a new team of Titans, vowing to kill them for "destroying" his family. To tear the Titans apart, Slade plants Rose as a double agent within their ranks and briefly forms an alliance with Dr. Light. His plan ultimately fails as the Titans reunite and Rose defects to their side and impales Deathstroke in the chest, leaving his fate uncertain. He gets a mentioned by Hank Hall in the episode "Souls" when Hank unfavorably compares Jason Todd's Red Hood suit to Slade Wilson's suit. Film Live-action Joe Manganiello portrays Slade Wilson/Deathstroke in the DC Extended Universe: The character first appears in the post-credits scene of Justice League (2017). After Lex Luthor escapes from Arkham Asylum, he recruits Slade Wilson to form their own league in response to Superman's resurrection and the formation of the Justice League. Deathstroke was also featured in Zack Snyder's director's cut of the film, Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). Instead of recruiting him for a league, Lex reveals Batman's true identity to Slade. Slade also appears in Bruce Wayne's vision of the future where Darkseid has enslaved the Earth and corrupted Superman into being his minion. Slade has joined Batman's resistance force, and expresses disgust at the Joker also being a member. Deathstroke was originally slated to appear in the Batman solo film, The Batman, which was to star and be directed by Ben Affleck. Since Affleck's departure from the project, however, Matt Reeves was hired as director and re-wrote the script, terminating the DCEU connections of the film (and, by extension, Deathstroke's involvement in the film as well). Gareth Evans was in talks to write and direct a Deathstroke film in 2017, with Manganiello reprising the role of Deathstroke. Warner Bros. greenlit the film after Evans impressed executives with his story pitch, which he described as dark and unforgiving, similar to Korean noir films. However, in October 2018, Evans stated that he is yet to be attached to the project contractually. By April 2020, Evans announced that the project had been delayed, and that he was no longer actively involved with its development. The filmmaker revealed that the story that was developed was to portray the character's