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The ghost of the great Caesar, Perry White, has been found.
Wendell Pierce, perhaps best known for his work as a detective on HBO’s seminal police series. The wirehas been chosen as the iconic editor-in-chief of He Daily Planet in James Gunn Superman.
The new movie based on the DC Comics character began filming in Atlanta on Thursday. Previously titled Superman: legacy.
David Corenswet plays Clark Kent/Superman, with Rachel Brosnahan playing Daily Planet Reporter Lois Lane. The cast also includes Nicholas Hoult as classic villain Lex Luthor.
The character of Perry White is a fixture of the Man of Steel, first introduced in a Superman radio series in 1940. He is the boss of both Kent and Lane and, depending on the incarnation, can be a tough boss like a nail, the harassed. -by his-chief-reporter, or by a boss-father figure. The character has been played on the big screen by Jackie Cooper (in the Christopher Reeves films), Frank Langella (in the Bryan Singer version), and Laurence Fishburne (in the Snyderverse films of the 2010s).
Rounding out the cast of Gunn are Skyler Gisondo (Jimmy Olsen), Sara Sampaio (Eve Teschmacher), Edi Gathegi (Mister Terrific), Terence Rosemore (Otis), Anthony Carrigan (Metamorpho), Isabela Merced (Hawkgirl), Nathan Fillion (Guy Gardner) . and María Gabriela de Faría (The Engineer).
The film marks Superman’s first solo project in more than a decade after Zack Snyder’s. Iron Man, starring Henry Cavill. Warner Bros. has set a release date for July 11, 2025.
Pierce was most recently seen in the Amazon series. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, where he played Clancy’s main character, James Greer. He also did a stint on Starz. Book of Power III: Raising Kanan. The actor is represented by Paradigm and Essential Talent.