After battling within the enviornment in “The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping” and directing the most recent installment of “Karate Child,” Ben Wang is taking over one other main franchise: Marvel Studios’ reboot of “X-Males.”
Wang is in negotiations to play Bobby Drake, aka Iceman, who was one of many founding X-Males. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in “The X-Males #1” in September 1963.
If the deal goes by, Wang would be a part of a sprawling forged together with Sadie Sink (as Jean Gray), Equipment Connor (as Cyclops), Samara Weaving (as Emma Frost), Inde Navarrette (as Rogue), Maya Boyd (as Storm), Asa Germann (as Angel), Christopher Abbott (as Professor Charles Xavier) and Adam Driver (as Mr. Sinister).
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige revealed the brand new “X-Males” forged on the D23 conference in August, following the debut of Sink’s Jean Grey within the blockbuster “Spider-Man: Model New Day.” The upcoming movie reboots the mutant workforce for the primary time because the 2019 Fox movie “X-Males: Darkish Phoenix” and for his or her first outing below the Marvel Studios umbrella. Jake Schreier, who oversaw “Thunderbolts” final yr, is directing the movie from a screenplay by Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo. “X-Males” is scheduled to be launched on Could 5, 2028.
In “Dawn on the Reaping,” Wang performs Wyatt Callow, one of many District 12 tributes alongside Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada), who’s the main focus of the “Starvation Video games” prequel movie. Wang additionally starred in Lionsgate’s “The Lengthy Stroll,” Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of the Stephen King traditional, in addition to the Will Ropp comedy “Brian,” the David Wain comedy “Gail Daughtry and the Movie star Intercourse Cross,” the 2024 reboot of “Imply Ladies,” and the Disney+ tasks “American Born Chinese language” and “Chang Can Dunk.” He’s repped by Stewart Expertise, Artists First and Schreck Rose Dapello.
Deadline first reported Wang’s potential involvement within the mission. Marvel Studios couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.