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  • Harrison Ford boards ‘Captain America: New World Order’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood veteran Harrison Ford has joined the cast of “Captain America: New World Order”, starring Anthony Mackie in the title role.

    According to the entertainment website The Hollywood Reporter, the actor will take on the role of General Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross.

    Oscar-winner William Hurt originally played the character in films ranging from 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk” to “Black Widow” (2021).

    Hurt died in March at the age of 71. The “Captain America 4” casting of Ford, already the star of long-running spectacle franchises like “Indiana Jones”, “Star Wars” and “Blade Runner”, had been in the rumour mill for some time.

    The plot of the upcoming feature, which falls under Marvel Studios’ Phase 5, is being kept under wraps.

    Mackie will reprise his role as Sam Wilson, who assumed the mantle of Captain America in the hit Disney+ series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”.

    Julius Onah will direct the movie, which also stars Shira Haas, Tim Blake Nelson and Carl Lumbly.

    Malcolm Spellman, creator of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, co-wrote the script for the upcoming superhero picture with series staff writer Dalan Musson.

    Spellman will also produce the film alongside Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.

    “Captain America: New World Order” is slated to be released on May 3, 2024.

    Ford will next reprise his role as the globe-trotting archaeologist Indiana Jones for the franchise’s untitled fifth film, slated to be released on June 30, 2023.

    He will also topline the upcoming Apple comedy series “Shrinking”.

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood veteran Harrison Ford has joined the cast of “Captain America: New World Order”, starring Anthony Mackie in the title role.

    According to the entertainment website The Hollywood Reporter, the actor will take on the role of General Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross.

    Oscar-winner William Hurt originally played the character in films ranging from 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk” to “Black Widow” (2021).

    Hurt died in March at the age of 71. The “Captain America 4” casting of Ford, already the star of long-running spectacle franchises like “Indiana Jones”, “Star Wars” and “Blade Runner”, had been in the rumour mill for some time.

    The plot of the upcoming feature, which falls under Marvel Studios’ Phase 5, is being kept under wraps.

    Mackie will reprise his role as Sam Wilson, who assumed the mantle of Captain America in the hit Disney+ series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”.

    Julius Onah will direct the movie, which also stars Shira Haas, Tim Blake Nelson and Carl Lumbly.

    Malcolm Spellman, creator of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, co-wrote the script for the upcoming superhero picture with series staff writer Dalan Musson.

    Spellman will also produce the film alongside Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.

    “Captain America: New World Order” is slated to be released on May 3, 2024.

    Ford will next reprise his role as the globe-trotting archaeologist Indiana Jones for the franchise’s untitled fifth film, slated to be released on June 30, 2023.

    He will also topline the upcoming Apple comedy series “Shrinking”.

  • Chris Evans refutes rumours about return, backs Anthony Mackie as Captain America

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Chris Evans who is famous for his portrayal of Steve Rodgers also known as the Cap in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has shown his support for Anthony Mackie amid speculations about his return in the fourth ‘Captain America’ movie.

    The Hollywood Reporter tweeted about Julius Onah being tapped to direct ‘Captain America 4’.

    In one of its tweets, the site posed a question if Evans would reprise his role as the titular superhero in the upcoming movie.

    “It is unclear if Chris Evans would reprise his role as the first #CaptainAmerica (though if the question of who is entitled to carry the shield continues, all bets are off),” read the tweet, which prompted a response from Evans himself.

    “Sam Wilson is Captain America,” the 41-year-old star simply wrote.

    Sam Wilson is Captain America
    — Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) July 9, 2022
    Evans made his first appearance as Steve Rogers a.k.a. Captain America in 2011’s ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’.

    He continued to portray the character in two other ‘Captain America’ movies and ‘The Avengers’ films.

    In ‘Avengers: Endgame’, Evans’ Steve Rogers appears to pass the torch to Sam Wilson or Falcon (Mackie) as he hands over his Captain America shield to the veteran United States Air Force Pararescueman.

    However, Sam didn’t immediately embrace his new alter ego on Disney+’s series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, on which he starred alongside Sebastian Stan.

    After much self-doubt due to him questioning how “a black man (can) represent a country that does not represent him,” Sam finally takes up the shield and embraces his new alter ego in the last episode of the series.

    Plot details are still unknown, but Malcolm Spellman, the creator and head writer of “Winter Soldier”, has been tapped to pen the script of the upcoming film with Dalan Musson, a staff writer on the show. No start date has been revealed either.

  • Stephanie Beatriz boards Anthony Mackie-led ‘Twisted Metal’ series

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Stephanie Beatriz will feature with actor Anthony Mackie in the series adaptation of “Twisted Metal” video game.

    The project, which received a series order from American streamer Peacock, comes from Sony Pictures TV and PlayStation Production, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    In the series, Mackie will portray John Doe, a milkman with no memory of his past who’s offered a chance at a better life – if he can deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

    With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.

    Beatriz will star as Quiet, a ferocious, bad-ass car thief who acts purely on instinct.

    “Coming from a community that oppressed her into silence, Quiet wishes to find her place in this dark, chaotic world.

    But when she becomes clouded by her need for revenge, Quiet forms an unlikely, antagonistic bond with John Doe,” the character description read.

    “Twisted Metal” is based on an original idea by Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.

    Michael Jonathan Smith will write and executive produce the series alongside Reese, Wernick, Will Arnett and Marc Forman.

    PlayStation Productions and Universal Television are also attached to the co-production.

  • Anthony Mackie, Priyanka Chopra team up for Ending Things

    By Express News Service

    It has been announced that actors and Priyanka Chopra will be teaming up for a film titled Ending Things.

    The film, which is currently in development at Amazon Studios, tells the story of a hit-woman who decides to quit the assassination business and end her relationship with her business partner. She quickly realises that she is not wholeheartedly willing to end the relationship, and the couple must team up for one last job.

    According to Deadline, Davis Entertainment’s Jeremy Stein and Lit Entertainment will produce the film along with Mackie’s production house, Make It With Gravy Productions and Jason Spire of Inspire Entertainment. Chopra Jonas will also be serving as the executive producer through her banner, Purple Pebble Pictures.

    Further details related to the project, such as the director and other cast members, are currently under wraps considering the nascency of the project.

    In addition to this film, Mackie has Desert Warrior coming up. He will also headline the fourth Captain America film. Chopra Jonas, on the other hand, will be seen in Text For You alongside Sam Heughan and the limited series, Citadel.

  • Kelsea Ballerini, Anthony Mackie to host 2022 CMT Music Awards

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini and actor Anthony Mackie have been tapped to lead the next country music awards ceremony.

    As per Variety, Ballerini and Mackie will host the 2022 CMT Music Awards live from Nashville April 11, CBS announced on Thursday.

    This year marks Ballerini’s second time as CMT host after hosting the 2021 awards show. Last year, the singer co-hosted with fellow country star Kane Brown, who was then in his second year in the role.

    Mackie, widely known for his roles in Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ franchise, is a surprise choice to host a country music awards show, although he did present an award on last year’s telecast.

    Apart from announcing Mackie and Ballerini as this year’s hosts, the networks said that nominations will be revealed on March 16, a little less than a month prior to the show’s air date.

    While the CMT Music Awards have mostly been hosted by country music figures in recent years, the show does have a long history of bringing in actors to share the gig.

    Sarah Hyland co-hosted with Brown and Ashley McBryde in 2020; prior to that, Brittany Snow, Kristen Bell, Pamela Anderson, and Kathy Najimy had been drafted at various points.

    Coming back to this year’s CMT Music Awards, it was originally announced for April 3, but then another CBS show, the Grammys, took over that slot after being delayed from January, and the CMTs were bumped back eight days.

    The telecast will be based at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium, with remote performances from other locations, after long having the much larger Bridgestone Arena as its home turf. No performers have yet been announced. 

  • Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Anthony Mackie to star in ‘Ending Things’ 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actors Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Anthony Mackie have signed on to star in the upcoming action film ‘Ending Things’.

    According to Deadline, the movie will be written and directed by Kevin Sullivan.

    ‘Ending Things’ is said to be similar to James Cameron’s 1994 action-comedy ‘True Lies’.

    The film will revolve around a hit-woman who wants out of the assassin business and tells her business partner that she’s ending their personal relationship as well.

    But she comes to realise she doesn’t want to end that part of their bond.

    In order to survive the breakup – and their last job together – they must join forces for one last night out, read the official synopsis.

    Davis Entertainment and Lit Entertainment will produce ‘Ending Things’ with Inspire Entertainment and Mackie’s Make It With Gravy Productions.

    Chopra Jonas’ recent release was ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ and she wrapped the romantic comedy “Text For You” opposite Sam Hueghan, as well as the AGBO Amazon limited series “Citadel”.

    Mackie, the star of Disney Plus series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, is set to make his directorial debut with “Spark”, a drama in which “King Richard” actor Saniyya Sidney stars as Claudette Colvin, an unsung pioneer of the Civil Rights era.

    He also finished shooting for Rupert Wyatt’s “Desert Warrior” and is attached to play Captain America in the fourth movie in the Marvel franchise. 

  • Anthony Mackie set to make directorial debut with Spark

    By Express News Service

    The Falcon and the Winter Soldier-star Anthony Mackie is all set to make his feature directorial debut with a drama titled Spark. The film has actor Saniyya Sidney attached to star.

    Sidney will play the role of Claudette Colvin, an unsung hero of the Civil Rights era. At 15, Colvin was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a crowded, segregated bus in Mongomery, Alabama. 

    Notably, the incident happened nine months before the Rosa Parks incident, which elevated Parks as a symbol of Civil Rights movement. Though she was first embraced by history, Colvin had ultimately brushed aside as the face of the civil rights movement.

    Spark has a script written by Niceole R Levy. Mackie will also produce the film with Kellon Akeem, Jason Michael Berman and Marc Ambrose. The film will be a co-production between Make it with Gravy Productions, Mansa Productions, Mandalay Pictures in Association with Ambergreen Entertainment.

    Sidney, who was last seen opposite Will Smith in King Richard, will be seen next playing Sasha Obama in The First Lady. Mackie, on the other hand, recently starred in Desert Warrior. He is set to play Captain America in the upcoming fourth Captain America movie in the Marvel franchise.

  • Anthony Mackie, Aiysha Hart to star in Rupert Wyatt’s Saudi-set ‘Desert Warrior’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” star Anthony Mackie and “Mogul Mowgli” actor Aiysha Hart have boarded the cast of actioner “Desert Warrior”.

    British filmmaker Rupert Wyatt, best known for “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”, will direct the movie.

    Production on the film is underway in NEOM, a futuristic city being built in the Tabuk province of northwestern Saudi Arabia, reported Variety.

    Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, “The A-Team” actor Sharlto Copley and Ghassan Massoud (“Kingdom of Heaven”) also round out the cast of the big-budget period epic set in 7th century Arabia.

    The tale takes place at a time when Saudi Arabia was made up of feuding tribes forever at loggerheads.

    The stage is set for an epic confrontation when Arabian princess Hind (Hart) refuses to become the concubine of the ruthless Emperor Kisra (Kingsley).

    MBC Studios, the production arm of prominent Middle East broadcaster MBC Group, has teamed up with American producer Jeremy Bolt and Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios on the film.

    “Desert Warrior” is being touted as Saudi Arabia’s first tentpole movie and native MBC’s biggest production to date.

    The shoot is expected to continue for three more months, a statement said.

    Zeinab Abu Alsamh, MBC Studios KSA general manager, called the film “a testament to our ambition towards producing premium content for global audiences” and underlined that it is “a tale of adventure, with a fierce female hero at the forefront of the story”.

    “Attracting a production of the scale of ‘Desert Warrior’ as our first feature film highlights the confidence the film industry has in our ability to deliver a seamless production experience,” added Wayne Borg, managing director of media industries at NEOM.

  • Anthony Mackie to lead ‘Twisted Metal’ series

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” star Anthony Mackie is set to lead the series adaptation of “Twisted Metal” video game.

    The project comes from Sony Pictures TV and PlayStation Production, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    In the series, Mackie will portray John Doe, a milkman with no memory of his past who’s offered a chance at a better life — if he can deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

    With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.

    “Twisted Metal” is based on an original idea by “Deadpool” writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.

    Michael Jonathan Smith will write and executive produce the series alongside Reese, Wernick, Will Arnett and Marc Forman.

    Mackie most recently featured in Disney Plus series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, in which he reprised his Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) role of Sam Wilson aka The Falcon.

    He will next star in “Captain America 4” for Marvel Studios.

  • Anthony Mackie closes deal to lead ‘Captain America 4’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Anthony Mackie has officially come aboard “Captain America 4” at Marvel Studios.

    Mackie, who plays Sam Wilson aka The Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), recently assumed the title of Captain America towards the end of his Disney Plus series “Falcon and The Winter Soldier”.

    According to Deadline, Mackie has closed a deal to star in “Captain America 4”, which will see Wilson wield Captain America’s shield on the big screen for the first time.

    Malcolm Spellman is writing the script with Dalan Musson, who worked with him on “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”.

    Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige will produce the superhero movie, which does not have a director attached as of yet.

    Chris Evans played Captain America through his Steve Rogers’ character in all the three earlier films — “Captain America: The First Avenger” (2011), “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014) and “Captain America: Civil War” (2016) — as well as four “Avengers” movies.

    But at the end of the 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame”, Rogers retired and handed his shield to Mackie’s Sam Wilson, whose story is mapped in “Falcon and The Winter Soldier” along with Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/ Winter Soldier.