This one seems to have flown under the radar a little, but we now have a first official look at Robert Rodriguez's new Netflix superhero flick, We Can Be Heroes.
The children's adventure movie is actually a "spiritual sequel" to the director's 2005 hit The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, and is set in the same universe. The story focuses on members of a superhero team called the Heroics being captured by alien invaders, leaving their kids to save the day.
Pedro Pascal will play the group's leader Marcus Moreno, who's daughter Missy (YaYa Gosselin) rounds up 10 fellow super-powered youngsters to rescue the Heroics. Christian Slater (Mr. Robot), Boyd Holbrook (Logan), and Sung Kang (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) will play some of the other supes, but we have no details on their characters. Priyanka Chopra is believed to be playing the villain.
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Here we see Logan actor Boyd Holbrook as an unnamed Heroic member being captured by what appears to be a giant robot.
“A lot of families have spent a lot of time together,” Rodriguez explains to EW when asked why he chose We Can Be Heroes as his next project. “I’ve been getting calls from all kinds of studios: ‘Reboot Spy Kids.’ ‘Reboot Sharkboy.’ Of course they want to. They’re all sitting at home with their kids.”
Pedro Pascal as Marcus Moreno, who is on the verge of retirement when his team is kidnapped.
“I’ve wanted to work with Pedro since forever,” Rodriguez says. “[Marcus] can be a badass if he needs to. He takes the glasses off, and he looks legit.”
Prianka Chopra as the mysterious Ms. Gradenko. Is she playing the villain? Based on this pic, it's probably a safe enough assumption.
Missy and her crew. We don't know much about any of the other young heroes, but one of 'em is named Facemaker, and has the ability to alter his appearance. “[For] a kid, that’s an amazing power,” says Rodriguez. “What if you could become anyone else?”
We Can Be Heroes doesn't have a premiere date yet.