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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Actor Lewis Pullman Top Choice To Play Sentry In Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts’ Movie After Steven Yeun Exit

With the production of Marvel’s “Deadpool 3” wrapping this week, it means that the studio can continue pursuing the other steam of projects that have been delayed such as “Blade,” “Fantastic Four,” “Thunderbolts,” and some reshoots for “Captain America: Brave New World.” You might remember that actor Steven Yeun (“Nope,” “Burning”) had been set to play the character Sentry in “Thunderbolts” until some scheduling issues led him to exit, and a casting search began to replace him.

There is finally a solid update that was first pointed out by insider Daniel Richtman on Twitter that Lewis Pullman (“Salem’s Lot”), who played the fighter pilot Bob in “Top: Gun Maverick,” has been offered Sentry. That reporting is now being backed up by The Hollywood Reporter calling Pullman a “top choice” to replace Yeun. Pullman can be seen starring alongside Captain Marvel actress Brie Larson in the Apple TV+ series, “Lessons In Chemistry” and the upcoming Stephen King vampire film “Salem’s Lot.”

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UPDATE: Deadline reports that not only has Lewis Pullman landed the Sentry part in the upcoming Marvel Studios’ feature film ahead of production but has also seen the exit of recent Emmy-winner Ayo Edebiri with Aussie actor Geraldine Viswanathan (“Miracle Workers”) taking over that supporting role. Viswanathan recently co-starred with “She-Hulk” actor Jon Bass (Hulk King) in the comedic time-jumping anthology series “Miracle Workers.”

This won’t be the first cast member from “Top Gun: Maverick” to land a part in the MCU as Danny Ramirez plays Joaquin Torres, aka, Falcon in “The Falcon & The Winter Soldier” and reprises the part in “Captain America: Brave New World.”

Jake Schreier (“Beef”) will direct an impressive lineup of returning MCU characters such as Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), U.S Agent (Wyatt Russell), and Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen). Julia Louis-Dreyfus will also reprise her role as CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine with Emmy-winner Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”) taking a supporting role as well.

“Thunderbolts” is set to begin shooting soon in Atlanta with an adjusted release date of July 25, 2025.

SOURCE: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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‘Salem’s Lot’: James Wan-Produced Vampire Pic Taps ‘Top Gun: Maverick’s Lewis Pullman As Lead Of The Stephen King Adaptation

New Line Cinema, producer James Wan, and writer/director Gary Dauberman are teaming up for a new feature film adaption of the Stephen King novel Salem’s Lot, which features vampires in a small town.

Salem’s Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples. A stranger had also come to the Lot, a stranger with a secret as old as evil, a secret that would wreak irreparable harm on those he touched and in turn on those they loved. Author Ben Mears returns to Salem’s Lot to write a book about a house that has haunted him since childhood only to find his isolated hometown infested with vampires. While the vampires claim more victims, Mears convinces a small group of believers to combat the undead.

There is finally some casting news to share on the project.

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the horror film’s protagonist, Ben Mears, will be played by Lewis Pullman (son of Bill Pullman), who is likely best known from Bad Times At The El Royale and will be seen in Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick.

Filming on Salem’s Lot begins next month in Boston, according to the report.

It’ll be interesting if they’ll end up hiring bigger names or seasoned actors to surround Pullman in the supporting cast.

You might remember that Gary Dauberman previously wrote the scripts for Andy Muschietti’s It and It: Chapter Two for director, another Stephen King adaptation. He’s also wrote stuff such as the Swamp Thing series, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Homes, Annabelle: Creation, and Annabelle.

The Ronin previously confirmed that cinematographer Michael Burgess would be the film’s director of photography. With extensive horror credits such as Annabelle Comes Home, The Nun, The Conjuring 2, The Curse of La Llorona, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, and James Wan’s upcoming horror pic Malignant.

SOURCE: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER