Is Oscar winner J.K. Simmons leaving The Daily Bugle for Gotham City’s top cop job?
Simmons has joined the cast of Justice League as Commissioner Jim Gordon according to The Hollywood Reporter. The two-part film is the follow up to Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, which sets up the new DC Comics Universe with Warner Brothers.
The super-powered sequel will feature new Batman Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman with Cyborg, Flash and Aquaman on the team. The film begins production next month.
Simmons played Peter Parker’s boss and Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy for Sony.
Justice League part one is scheduled for November 17, 2017 and part two June 14, 2019 with director Zack Snyder and script by Chris Terrio.
Gordon was played by Gary Oldman in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. Ben McKenzie plays the character (a young Detective Gordon) on the television series Gotham.
In the comic books, Gordon stepped up as the new Batman (in a suit of armor) when Bruce Wayne lost his memory and the Dark Knight was presumed dead.
By Editor