With multiple triumphs on either side of the camera, his career would be thriving even if he weren't about to take on
the biggest superhero role out there.
Not exact matches
So unlike most of the
biggest stars playing
superheroes, Boseman did not have anything to get the
role.
She has some kind of
role in the DC
superhero ensemble, though we're not sure how
big it will be.
The actor plays the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Big Bad Thanos in the upcoming Avengers sequels, but he also landed the coveted
role of Cable in 20th Century Fox's
superhero sequel Deadpool 2, which paves the way for Brolin's Cable to lead the in - development X-Force movie to be written and directed by Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods).
Everything we know about Spider - Man: Homecoming suggests that Iron Man will serve in a mentor style
role for the young Peter Parker, learning the ropes (or webs, as it were) as a freshman
superhero in the
big city.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening May 7, 2010
BIG BUDGET FILMS Iron Man 2 (PG - 13 for profanity and intense sci - fi violence) Robert Downey, Jr. reprises his
role as the genius, billionaire inventor with a
superhero alter ego.
The trend continues after Marky Mark, as the list is mainly comprised of actors who've starred in uber - lucrative franchises or
big - budget
superhero movies, films for which there are conspicuously few female
roles.
She's been in
superhero flicks (2016's Suicide Squad) and Oscar worthies (a cameo as herself in 2015's The
Big Short); there are some fascinating supporting
roles coming up, not least as Elizabeth I in Josie Rourke's Mary Queen Of Scots.
With Scarlet Witch making an appearance in the next Avengers film, Rogue, Storm and Kitty Pryde returning in X-Men: Days of Future Past it seems the next wave of
superhero flicks will see ladies taking on a
bigger role.
Together these two
superheroes join the
biggest roster of comic book characters ever assembled in a live - action feature film and both have an essential
role to play.
Silver Surfer first jumped on the
big screen in 2007's lesser received Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer with Fishburne providing the voice for the
superhero while Doug Jones playing the physical embodiment of the
role.
While Robbie has steadily climbs the mainstream ladder with
superhero roles or stereotypical babe parts, she's never been taken seriously as an actress (that cameo in «The
Big Sick» proves my point).
Intriguingly, the
role of Spider - Man has not yet been cast — it is the first time that the new depiction of the web - slinging
superhero will make an appearance on the
big screen — so could it be Freeman?
... First out of the gates on the
superhero movie front in 2018 is Black Panther, and this week brought us some comments from Letitia Wright and Lupita Nyong» o about their
roles as Shuri and Nakia [read their comments here], as well as a
big batch of promotional posters [see here], and fourteen new images featuring T'Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Nakia (Lupita Nyong» o), Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), Okoye (Danai Gurira), Zuri (Forest Whitaker), W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya), Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Ayo (Florence Kasumba), Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis), Shuri (Letitia Wright), and director Ryan Coogler [check them out here]...
Well today is Paul's 46th birthday and here on the verge of what's probably his
biggest role ever (a literally little
superhero movie called Ant - Man) it seems a good time to look back...
2018 is set to be a
big year for Marvel, with Black Panther — Marvel's first
superhero film with a black actor in the lead
role — and the almost overwhelming star - studded Avengers: Infinity War on the docket.