Is there a nook of popular culture that Pedro Pascal will not stake a declare on? The man who’s Mando in The Mandalorian and Joel in The Last Of Us has loads of style cred (let’s not overlook his small however lethally memorable function in Game Of Thrones), but it surely seems he is closing in on one other massive chunk of the leisure sphere. According to SlashFilm, confirming a tip from Daniel Richtman, Pascal is in talks to play Reed Richards, AKA Mr. Fantastic, the principle man behind the Fantastic Four.
While the likes of Deadline and others warning {that a} deal is way from executed, these items often solely get reported like this when it is rather more of a chance. Part of the problem to be found out is the busy actor’s full schedule, together with ending work on Gladiator 2, filming the following season of The Last Of Us (each of which had been impacted by the actors’ strike) and his function in Zach Cregger’s Barbarian follow-up, Weapons.
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige confirmed on the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con that, due to Disney’s having purchased twentieth Century Fox and claimed all of its Marvel characters, the Four may come to the MCU formally.
Right now, WandaVision director Matt Shakman is about to make the film, with Josh Friedman writing the script.
If Pascal is formally confirmed, anticipate the opposite casting decisions to fall into place shortly. And assuming it could possibly maintain to its deliberate schedule, the movie ought to be in cinemas on 2 May 2025.
