It appears that Marvel has gotten tired of all these jive honkies in their movies, and have finally decided to bring back the one man who can rock a tiara. After years of speculation on a Luke Cage movie, the Los Angeles Times reports that some Hollywood star is in talks for the role. OK, that really doesn’t give us much at this point besides a new rumor, but it does give me a chance to post this picture:
That guy in the canary yellow shirt and tiara could be the next big hero that your kids look up to. With the quality of the movies Marvel has been putting out recently I seriously doubt that the main character, Luke Cage, (often rumored to be played by Tyrese Gibson FYI) will wear this original outfit, except maybe as a throwaway gag. We can expect to see an outfit more like this:
All modern and 50 Cent-ish, that’s the way to bring a crowd. I think the best thing they could do is have Stan Lee wear that first outfit during his compulsory cameo. At this point though, it is simply a new rumor. After seeing Iron Man 2 have such a successful opening weekend it has become more clear than ever that comic movies can draw in a crowd. It would not be surprising to hear more about the progress of a Luke Cage movie, after all, Marvel wants to strike while the iron is hot. Or something like that. I don’t know proper blacksmith techniques. What I do know is Nicolas Cage actually chose the “Cage” part of his name because of Luke Cage. Could that be a hint to the identity of the rumored Hollywood star in talks for the role? That would be hilarious.
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