Quentin Tarantino reveals that following his 1992 directorial debut with Reservoir Dogs, he considered making a Luke Cage, Hero for Hire movie with Laurence Fishburne in the lead role.
Writer/producer Melissa Rosenberg confirms ABC’s planned AKA Jessica Jones takes place in the cinematic Marvel Universe, pledging, “as much as I can I’m going to pull everything in from there that I can use.”
Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg says AKA Jessica Jones, the planned ABC series based on the Marvel character created Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, remains true to its comic roots.
Isaiah Mustafa makes his case for a future Luke Cage role with a short “trailer” showing off the former Old Spice pitchman as Marvel’s premier Hero for Hire.
The “Old Spice guy,” who launched a campaign to play the superhero in the long-discussed film adaptation, says he’s met with studio executives, who “have something in mind” for the character.
Following in the footsteps of Donald Glover, charismatic actor Isaiah Mustafa, better known as “the Old Spice guy,” has launched his own campaign to play Luke Cage in the long-in-development superhero movie.
With the announcement on Monday that Marvel has at last established a television division, with veteran writer Jeph Loeb at the helm, our thoughts turn to which of the company’s characters are ready to make the leap to live-action television.
Who wants to be Marvel’s Luke Cage? Sweet Christmas, we wish we knew.
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