John Boyega Praises Marvel For Elevating Black Characters In ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’

Call us biased but we knew that Paul Mescal would nab the BAFTA TV Award for his blistering performance in the now globally acclaimed show Normal People.

Rebel Ridge mid-shoot due to “family reasons”.A spokesperson for the streaming platform confirmed the actor’s departure in a statement obtained by Deadline.Filming began on the project, directed by Jeremy Saulnier, on May 3 in Louisiana.

Jon Burlingame Marvel’s move into streaming with this year’s “WandaVision” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” conclusively demonstrated two things: that they didn’t skimp on the music budgets, and that theme songs could generate as much buzz as the unfolding mysteries surrounding the characters.Both series turned to Marvel vets for their lavish scores: Christophe Beck (the “Ant-Man” movies) for “WandaVision” and Henry Jackman (two “Captain America” films) for “The Falcon and the Winter

John Boyega has stepped away from Netflix’s “Rebel Ridge” mid-production.

Ethan Shanfeld John Boyega has left Netflix movie “Rebel Ridge” mid-shoot, citing “family reasons” as the cause for his sudden exit.While production is paused, Netflix is currently working to replace the “Star Wars” actor within the next few days. Filming for “Rebel Ridge” started on May 3 in Louisiana.“‘Rebel Ridge’ is pausing temporarily as we look to re-cast John Boyega who needed to leave the project for family reasons,” a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement.

John Boyega was set to take a leading role in filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier‘s next feature film, “Rebel Ridge,” for streaming giant Netflix. Plot details for the project have been kept under wraps and had originally planned on shooting in the spring of 2020 before the pandemic delayed filming.

Star Wars actor John Boyega has exited his current project, a Netflix movie called Rebel Ridge, in the middle of filming.

EXCLUSIVE: John Boyega has exited Netflix movie Rebel Ridge mid-shoot with “family reasons” cited by the streamer as cause for the abrupt departure.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaScreen Media has nabbed all North American rights to “Naked Singularity,” a heist thriller with John Boyega and Olivia Cooke.

In a galaxy far, far away, there is a chance that John Boyega would return to the “Star Wars” franchise.

John Boyega might consider returning to the Star Wars franchise under very strict circumstances.

While the U.S. Capitol January 6 riots shocked the world, they were equally jarring for the creative team behind Disney+/Marvel’s political action series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. 

Marvel Cinematic Universe for “elevating” black characters onscreen.The actor, speaking on NPR’s Fresh Air, shared his thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the “special moments” given to Anthony Mackie’s character.“The characters are only as good as the moments that you give them,” Boyega began.“When we talk about, you know, Captain America and him kind of facing off Thanos and his army, when you talk about these moments that are given to characters, it’s only because these moments

Sebastian Stan who plays the role of the Winter Soldier revealed to the podcast Just For Variety how he injured his foot while filming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. It was a huge undertaking to help kick off the fourth phase for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the titular duo (Sebastian and Anthony Mackie) were up for the task.

Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier dipped to the No. 2 spot on Nielsen’s streaming chart for the week its season finale arrived on Disney+.

Last year, after years of keeping mum about issues he had with the storytelling in the recent “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, John Boyega spoke out about the treatment that his character, Finn, received in those features. He mentioned how he felt that Disney and Lucasfilm shortchanged the character and didn’t give him powerful, showstopping “moments” to shine, which he felt was particularly troubling because Finn is one of the few Black characters in the franchise.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorOn this week’s Just for Variety, I invited Variety senior entertainment writer Adam B. Vary as my first guest co-host for my interview with Sebastian Stan.

John Boyega doesn’t regret being honest about his “Star Wars” experience.

Attack The Block 2.The original Attack The Block film, which was released in May 2011, was the Star Wars actor’s first major film role.Boyega will reprise his role as Moses in the forthcoming sequel, currently titled Attack The Block 2. The film’s original director Joe Cornish will write and direct the new movie, with Boyega producing along with Nira Park and James Wilson.“Yes Attack The Block 2 is happening!” Boyega wrote on Instagram last night (May 17) announcing the film news.