Is Cody Rhodes set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
The Street Fighter star and former WWE Champion shared a photo of himself at Marvel Studios HQ in Burbank, California, on his Instagram stories. He didn't provide any additional context, but the image has obviously led to speculation that Rhodes may have met with the studio about potentially joining the cast of an upcoming project.
There are other possibilities, of course, but it's not hard to imagine Rhodes following in Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, John Cena, and Dave Bautista's footsteps as the next WWE Superstar to suit up for a major superhero franchise.
Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins also filmed scenes for Eternals and Captain America: Brave New World, respectively, that ultimately ended up being cut.
Rhodes did actually make several appearances in the fifth season of The CW's Arrow as a drug dealer named Derek Sampson.
Back in 2016, Rhodes revealed that he was "pursuing" certain superhero roles, including Black Bolt in the ill-fated Inhumans series.
"I will fully disclose that I have been actively pursuing a couple of roles, that being one," he told Bleeding Cool. "I now have uprooted, moved to LA, to look into acting more, especially after the Arrow episode and all that. So that would be the world to me if that were to happen. And we're actively looking into it. I'm all about it."
"I was really excited when I read that they're excited about Inhumans in general. Taking a chance on that. That's not something the casual comic reader really knows about, so that's really cool. Plus, Black Bolt is like one of the best characters in all comics. The idea that a simple, spoken word could blow a room up is just… I dig everything that is Black Bolt."
Assuming Rhodes is up for a specific MCU role, which heroes or villains would you most like to see him play? Let us know in the comments.
Sakura (The Eric Andre Show, Twisted Metal) signed on to direct Street Fighter after Talk to Me filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou parted ways with the project.
“Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don’t, it’s GAME OVER!”
The movie stars Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Andrew Koji as Ryu, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Orville Peck as Vega, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, Jason Momoa as Blanka, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i as Akuma, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Eric André as Don Sauvage, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, and Alexander Volkanovski as Joe.