Overview
- Trades on Tuesday reported Arjona’s casting after Atlanta screen tests for a final mystery role, with no comment from DC Studios or Gunn.
- Deadline, Variety and Empire identify the part as Maxima, while The Hollywood Reporter and TheWrap say the character has not been confirmed.
- Arjona acknowledged joining the film on Instagram without naming her role, sustaining fan theories about who she will play.
- Production is ramping in Atlanta for a July 9, 2027 release, with David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult returning, Lars Eidinger as Brainiac, and Aaron Pierre reprising Green Lantern John Stewart to link with HBO’s Lanterns.
- Gunn recently labeled an earlier casting shortlist “shoddy and incorrect,” prompting outlets to hedge on the character and reflecting a tighter-than-usual information flow.