Following the latest casting of Demetrius Grosse as Grim Reaper, Westworld vet Ed Harris has reportedly been tapped to affix the solid of Marvel Studios’ Marvel Man collection.
Throughout a latest episode of The Sizzling Mic podcast, trade scooper Jeff Sneider revealed that Harris would doubtlessly play the important thing function of Neal Saroyan. Saroyan is described because the agent of Simon Williams, who, within the comics, additionally grew to become a well-known Hollywood superstar.
The Marvel Man collection is being developed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) and writer-producer Andrew Visitor (Brooklyn 9-9, Group), with Visitor serving as the pinnacle author and Cretton govt producing and directing some episodes. The challenge can be part of Cretton’s general cope with the studio. Along with Cretton, The {Photograph} filmmaker Stella Meghie may also be directing a number of episodes.
The collection can be led by Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams/Marvel Man. He can be joined by Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, who can be reprising his fan-favorite function as Trevor Slattery. The character first appeared because the washed-up actor in Iron Man 3, the place he pretended to be the terrifying villain The Mandarin. In 2021, MCU followers unexpectedly met Trevor Slattery once more in Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings, the place it was revealed that he had been imprisoned by the true Mandarin.
Marvel Man is among the oldest characters in Marvel’s lengthy historical past and was first launched in 1964 in an early difficulty of Avengers. The character — named Simon Williams — was created by Stan Lee, Don Heck, and Jack Kirby, and was initially launched as a supervillain who fought the Avengers.
Within the late Nineteen Seventies, Marvel Man was was a hero and ultimately ended up becoming a member of the Avengers all through varied iterations of the staff. Imbued with “ionic” vitality by Baron Zemo, Marvel Man has powers much like different superheroes, together with enhanced power, velocity, stamina, sturdiness, reflexes, and agility.
Manufacturing on Disney+‘s superhero drama is anticipated to start out this coming spring.