Think what you will of actor Ed Skrein in place of Jason Statham for the upcoming trilogy reboot, The Transporter Legacy. Sure, it’s not Statham, but knowing promise in store for another actor to take the helm in a prequelized setting could open the floodgates for something fresh and even possibly better, particualrly for Skrein‘s career following his stint on Game Of Thrones.
For this, we now learn that the actor is currently forging a path through talks with 20th Century Fox for the forthcoming first of the studio’s three planned X-Men universe movies for 2016, director Tim Miller‘s Deadpool, starring Ryan Renyolds. We also learn that Transformers: Age Of Extinction co-star T.J. Miller is up for a role, and while the details aren’t being made public just yet, report are already hinting that Skrein and Miller may be up for the respective villain and comedy roles, and some sites like Cinema Blend have a few ideas. Needless to say, speculation is all we have until then.
It’s another pretty good year for action movies regardless of how you feel, and hopefully many of current expectations will be met with some upworthy reviews. Skrein very well could be the next face of action cinema in the same vein of Statham circa 2002, so hopefully Deadpool will be an extension of that come February 12, 2016.
H/T: The Wrap