Luca Guadagnino's surprising DC movie, Sgt. Rock, will sadly no longer star Daniel Craig as the titular character.

Daniel Craig isn’t enlisting into the DC Universe after all. The actor has dropped out of consideration for the title role in “Sgt. Rock,” the DC Comics adaptation from Craig’s “Queer” director Luca Guadagnino and screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes.

We remain extremely confused by this project, which sounds odd even by the standards of James Gunn’s fairly diverse approach to developing projects for his nascent DC Comics movie universe. The old Sgt.

DC Studios' Sgt. Rock movie has lost star Daniel Craig but not director Luca Guadagnino, who reportedly wants to shoot it this year.

The studio is now looking for a replacement and The Bear star Jeremy Allen White is now in the running, per THR. DC fans are feeling optimistic about the choice, with one taking to Reddit to write, "I like Daniel Craig but this would be an upgrade as Jeremy is younger and closer in age to the character."

Released in 2024, Queer featured Craig as William Lee, a washed up and boozed out expat living in Mexico City in the 1950s. There, he met a young man played by Drew Starkey, and together they went on an ayahuasca-fueled trip through South America.

Hollywood star Daniel Craig has exited DC Studios war movie "Sgt Rock", which would have reunited the actor with director Luca Guadagnino after "Queer". According to The Hollywood Reporter, reasons for Craig's departure remain unclear.