Credit: Marvel Studios/Sony PicturesFollowing the success of the MCU’s Spider-Man trilogy, a star has revealed her involvement in an upcoming blockbuster.
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) shocked audiences when actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield reprised the role of Peter Parker, joining Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon in the third installment of the Spider-Man trilogy developed by Columbia Pictures in collaboration with Marvel Studios.
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Since the release of the last Spider-Man installment, Disney and Marvel Studios have continued to lean into expanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe — creating an all-new branch for a series of upcoming projects — with movies and Disney+ original series like The Marvels (2023), Loki (2021 – 2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), and Echo (2024), to name a few.
However, following her disappearance from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a star from the Spider-Man trilogy has been targeted to join the cast of an upcoming blockbuster.
American actress and model Laura Harrier, known for her roles in Universal Pictures’ BlacKkKlansman (2018), and Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), recently revealed that she would join the cast of the upcoming biographical musical drama film about the life of the legendary singer and dancer Michael Jackson, taking the role of pioneering female music executive Suzanne de Passe in the Lionsgate movie.
In an Instagram post revealing her casting, Harrier wrote: “I’m so honored to be a part of this thank you to the icon Suzanne de Passe for seeing yourself in me. thank you @antoinefuqua for your guidance and leadership. so excited ahhhhh!!!”
Laura Harrier will join Colman Domingo, Nia Long, Miles Teller, and Jaafar Jackson, Michael Jackson’s nephew, who will be making his film debut, in the cast of Michael. The Michael Jackson biopic will be directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan.
The movie is scheduled for release in the United States on April 18, 2025, by Lionsgate and Universal Pictures internationally.
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