'Game of Thrones' Actor Kit Harington to Join Marvel Cinematic Universe - thewrap

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  • Author: Umberto Gonzalez
  • August 24,2019

'Game of Thrones' Actor Kit Harington to Join Marvel Cinematic Universe - thewrap

“Games of Thrones” headliner Kit Harington will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in his next on-screen role, an insider with knowledge of the situation tells TheWrap.

Details about which project Harington will join is not currently known.

Harington would follow his fellow “Game of Thrones” co-star Ricard Madden into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, who is set to play Icarus opposite Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, and Kumail Nanjiani in Marvel’s “The Eternals,” which focuses on a group of ancient human beings.

“The Rider” director Chloe Zhao will direct the film. Matthew and Ryan Firpo (“Ruin”) are writing the script. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige is producing. TheWrap also first reported South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok, also known as Don Lee, will make his American film debut in the film. 

Created by comic legend Jack Kirby in 1976, the Eternals are a race of ancient human beings created a million years ago by the cosmic entities known as the Celestials.

Deadline first reported the news.

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