He is starring in Hobbs and Shaw and he has been lined up to replace Will Smith as Deadshot in Suicide Squad. And now Mouse Guard is calling Elba.
According to Variety, Elba is in talks to join the Wes Ball to-be-directed film, appearing alongside Andy Serkis and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Elba will play Celanawe, who is described as “an Obi-Wan Kenobi-like figure who was once a legendary champion and now thought long gone”.
The original comic, published by Boom Studios is written by David Petersen. The movie has no set release date, but production is slated to begin in May of this year.
Mouse Guard is a movie adaptation of the Mouse Guard comics, which has been published bi-monthly since 2006.
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