Roughly 10,000 years ago, ripped Dungeons & Dragons enthusiast Joe Manganiello appeared in the after-credits scene of Justice League as DC's deadliest assassin, Deathstroke. The DCEU clearly had big plans for the character, placing him in the big-screen Legion of Doom alongside Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor and planning a standalone film directed by Gareth Evans. Things have certainly shuffled around since then, leaving that Deathstroke movie all but tanked, but in a recent interview with Yahoo, Evans gave a glimpse of what could have been. The director, who made a name for himself with the …

After The Raid and The Raid 2 absolutely annihilated action fans in the freaking face, we all waited with bated breath for a third. And thus far... none has come out. But while appearing on a recent podcast for Empire, director Gareth Evans detailed what would happen in a potential The Raid 3. Better find something to hold onto, I don't want your freaking face to get annihilated again. Warning: Some spoilers for the first two Raid films follow. [caption id="attachment_315712" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via Sony Pictures Classics[/caption] The first two films star Iko Uwais …

Gareth Evans exploded into our filmic consciousness with a pair of hard-sliced pieces of badass action: The Raid and The Raid 2. These films crack open the skulls of whoever watches them with bananas fight choreography, impressive inclusion of Indonesian performers and martial arts styles, and a hyperkinetic, grungy approach to shot construction. Then, Evans gave us the underrated Netflix horror film Apostle, slowing things down while still turning up the heat. Now, with the upcoming Sky Atlantic television series Gangs of London, Evans seems to have combined all of these impulses. The newly released trailer promises deep, family-…