Harrison Ford Set As General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross For ‘Captain America: New World Order’, Will Star Opposite Anthony Mackie deadline.com/2022/10/harris…
He’ll star there opposite Anthony Mackie, with Shira Haas, Tim Blake Nelson and Carl Lumbly also amongst the ensemble deadline.com/2022/10/harris…
Ford’s General Ross is a top-ranking military official, first introduced in the Marvel comics in 1997, who comes to lead the team of anti-heroes known as the Thunderbolts bit.ly/3Tuj7kO
He takes the reigns from Oscar winner William Hurt, who played the character in films ranging from 2008’s ‘The Incredible Hulk’ through to 2021’s ‘Black Widow,’ prior to his passing this March, aged 71 bit.ly/3Tuj7kO
While the new film’s plot is being kept under wraps, Mackie will reprise his role as Sam Wilson, who assumed the mantle of Captain America in Disney+’s hit series ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ bit.ly/3Tuj7kO
#CaptainAmerica4 is the fourth film set for Marvel’s Phase 5, with titles including ‘Thunderbolts’ and ‘Blade’ to follow. Pic’s slated for release on May 3, 2024. Julius Onah will serve as the pic’s director bit.ly/3Tuj7kO
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Deadline’s 50 Classic Boxing movies Gallery From ‘Raging Bull’ And ‘Million Dollar Baby’ To ‘The Champ’ And ‘Rocky’ deadline.com/gallery/deadli…
There is no other sport that has produced more movies than the genre of boxing over the 20th century bit.ly/3eNzTwL
As the sport grew in popularity so did the genre dating back to the first boxing movie, ‘Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph’ filmed in 1894 bit.ly/3eNzTwL
Actress Anna Faris has claimed that the late director Ivan Reitman inappropriately touched her on the set of their 2006 rom-com ‘My Super Ex Girlfriend’ deadline.com/2022/10/anna-f…
Speaking on her podcast Unqualified, the actress disclosed that Reitman “slapped my ass” during the production and on her first day “yelled” at her, leaving her feeling “angry, hurt and humiliated” deadline.com/2022/10/anna-f…
“I was doing a scene where I was on a ladder and I was supposed to be taking books off a shelf and he slapped my a– in front of the crew so hard. And all I could do was giggle.” Faris said she didn’t know how to react, so humor was a defence mechanism deadline.com/2022/10/anna-f…
DC Films Boss Walter Hamada Has Departed Studio As Warner Discovery Finalizes Exit: The Dish deadline.com/2022/10/dc-fil…
After 15 years at Warner Bros and four as the president of DC Films, Walter Hamada has left the Burbank, CA lot. Sources tell Deadline the exec waits for the senior Warner Bros Discovery brass to finalize his exit payout deadline.com/2022/10/dc-fil…
Hamada has run DC since 2018, and re-upped in January 2021 with a contract that was supposed to take him through 2023 bit.ly/3eH80GH
Speculation has been growing that Sacha Baron Cohen has entered the MCU with a role in Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ series #Ironheart as a comic book villain deadline.com/2022/10/sacha-…
A source close to the production confirmed to Deadline that there has been talk on the set about Cohen being part of #Ironheart, possibly playing Mephisto bit.ly/3s3BEJa
Like with any major Marvel characters, word is that Cohen would appear in other projects. If the Mephisto alter ego is confirmed, that could include the upcoming #WandaVision spinoff ‘Agatha: Coven of Chaos’ bit.ly/3s3BEJa
NBCUniversal has launched an initiative designed to turn TikTokers into its next generation of television creators deadline.com/2022/10/univer…
TikTokers, the next generation of TV creators
The company has launched a Creator Accelerator that features 11 social media creators. The creators, who have over 10M followers on social media, have signed development deals with Universal Studio Group to create original series as part of the program bit.ly/3yN5TIf