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Marvel director Matt Shakman has spotlighted one actor he thinks has the same potential as Robert Downey Jr. Shakman's upcoming superhero film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, will be released in just a few weeks and bring four new Marvel heroes and subsequently four new actors to the MCU. The titular quartet is played by Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and the director has revealed that one of these four has the same star power as the McU's original Iron Man superstar.

While appearing on the Marvel Official Podcast, Shakman shared his stories of casting the core Fantastic Four cast members. When it came to Joseph Quinn's role as Johnny Storm (aka Human Torch), Shakman praised the performer, saying he's "a phenomenal actor" and "has a spark that feels like a young Robert Downey Jr." 

"I think Joe Quinn's a phenomenal actor. He's so alive.

Will Poulter has never been afraid to get rough on screen and the same apparently applies to his work process as well. Starring in action adventure films like “The Maze Runner” and “The Revenant,” the English actor has had his share of dangerous productions, but in a recent interview on “The Jonathan Ross Show,” Poulter admitted it was “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” that made him recognize the importance of letting professional stunt people get their hands dirty instead of himself.

“We’re doing this fight sequence and I grew up watching Dave [Bautista] — as a wrestler and then as an actor — I’m a bit nervous,” he said. “I haven’t done a ton of fight choreography. Anyway, we’re doing this fight scene and I accidentally punched Dave straight in the face.”

At point of contact, Bautista was “whisked away” on a wire as the scene called for,...

There was a particular state director Ray Mendoza wanted to keep his “Warfare” cast in at all times: “Never comfortable.”

That may have been the experience on-set of the new A24 war movie (co-directed by Alex Garland) and based entirely on Mendoza’s own memories of an incident from the Battle of Ramadi in Iraq in 2006. But meeting the cast in person and conducting a Q&a with them following a screening of the film in Tampa on March 22, it’s hard not to be struck by just how comfortable they are with each other.

For the first time since A24 took the film on the road for select advance screenings — to date, in Chicago, Washington D.C., Atlanta, and Miami, among others, with San Antonio, Austin, and San Diego among those cities still to follow — the Tampa screening gathered a large number of “Warfare” actors: D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai (who plays Mendoza), Will Poulter,...

This article contains spoilers from A Quiet Place: Day One.

Michael Sarnoski discusses Eric's fate in A Quiet Place Part II after surviving the events of Day One. The prequel director believes that Eric and Frodo the cat are unlikely to appear on the island in the sequel. Sarnoski jokes about a potential CG inclusion of Eric in future re-releases.

A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski discusses where Eric (Joseph Quinn) is in A Quiet Place Part II. There has been speculation about Eric's fate and whether he could reappear in the franchise following his survival in the prequel.

While speaking with Cinema Blend, Sarnoski addressed whether Eric and his companion, Frodo the cat, may be on the island shown in A Quiet Place Part II. Read Sarnoski's comments below:

I mean, probably not. But the way that I imagined it was that it's not like we meet...

After A Quiet Place and its sequel established a world where humans are being killed by noise-sensitive creatures and must stay silent to stay alive, A Quiet Place: Day One takes audiences back to the beginning of the alien invasion.

Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn star in the prequel, with John Krasinski — who wrote and directed the first two — on board as producer. At the film’s NYC premiere on Wednesday, the pair explained what it was like to do a film with so little dialogue, relying moreso on their facial expressions and physical movements.

“As human beings we’re always communicating with more than our words, so for us as actors, when we’re reading a script we’re always looking for what’s happening between the lines. Then you get rid of the dialogue and all you have is what’s between the lines, and there’s a...

Pedro Pascal is excited to play Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four. Pascal's experience in huge franchises makes him a great choice for the role. The movie was delayed to July 25, 2025, and details about the plot remain under wraps.

Pedro Pascal has opened up about playing Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four. After months of rumors regarding who would lead the highly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, the cast for Marvel's The Fantastic Four has finally been revealed. Pascal will get to play Reed Richards, with John Krasinski's variant of the character in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness not translating into him playing the McU's main Mr. Fantastic.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Pascal revealed how excited he is to join Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four.

Pedro Pascal's lips are sealed when it comes to when production will start on #FantasticFour but he does reveal that his...

Actor Pedro Pascal has had a stellar awards season thanks to his performance as Joel Miller in HBO’s The Last of Us. Aside from Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, Pascal recently won the SAG Award in Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for the role. During the awards ceremony, Pascal ran into Succession star Kieran Culkin, and the duo engaged in some bromance.

Pedro Pascal in a still from The Last of Us

While giving an interview backstage, Pascal revealed how he felt about the award, particularly because of the other nominees who were in contention. Pascal also reacted to the Succession cast cheering him on after the win while he had a slight brain freeze when he was accepting the award. Here is how Pascal summarized his experience of the award.

Suggested“It was like meeting a king”: Pedro Pascal Had a Life-Altering...

If you even glanced at social media in the days leading up to the release of Volume 2 of Stranger Things Season 4, one thing was blatantly clear: Fans were terrified that one or more of their beloved characters were going to bite the dust — particularly, Eddie Munson.

Devastatingly, that fear was realized. In the Season 4 finale, Eddie (Joe Quinn) goes out in a moment of metal glory, battling a horde of Demobats to protect a town that vilified him for a crime he didn’t commit.

Despite Matt Duffer warning us that fans were likely to be “more frightened than they are normally for our characters” come Volume 2, and the bloodthirsty Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) killing Hawkins teens for sport all season, Eddie’s death left diehards around the world distraught. The Duffer brothers expected nothing less. Before the finale dropped, the co-creators texted Quinn saying, “We’re kind...