Denzel Washington has never had so many projects since he announced his upcoming retirement! In early October, the American actor, currently starring in Gladiator II, told the magazine Empire :”I have very few films left to make, I’m doing what I’m really interested in, I need a filmmaker to inspire me.”
Many projects before retirement
Since then, the actor has been making announcements of projects one after the other. He is already slated to star in the remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Between Heaven and Hell alongside his accomplice Spike Lee and Hannibal Barca, the general of Carthage’s armies, in director Antoine Fuqua’s ambitious film. .
While promoting Gladiator II, Denzel Washington said on the microphone of the program Today Show on ABC That Ryan Coogler, the director of the Marvel Black Panther films, has written him a role in Black Panther 3. Hence the actor will join the MCU.
In addition, the actor revealed on the microphone of the radio show Classic FM He recently spoke with filmmakers Paul Thomas Anderson (there was blood, licorice pizza…) and Steve McQueen.
Equalizer 3
Washington specifies : “I only want to work with the best. That’s why I’m going to work with Ryan Coogler. I had a two-hour conversation with Steve McQueen last night and I had a great conversation with Paul Thomas Anderson. I talk big. Guns, people who inspire me.“
Two more Equalizer movies announced!
Whether these projects will see the light of day is yet to be seen, but the actor seems enthusiastic. And action fans are assured, Denzel Washington is also set to reprise his role as Robert McCall in the Equalizer saga! He actually revealed it on the microphoneEsquire That two more Equalizer movies were in the works.
“I told them I’m going to do another Equalizer and eventually we’re going to do four and five. A lot of people in the audience are happy with it – people love the damn Equalizer. But I realized that the Equalizer is movies. They are also for me because they love the audience. Wait there. I immediately I’ll be back!”
It is still unknown if Antoine Fuqua and screenwriter Richard Wenk will return. The release date is not known. The saga’s three feature films, which began in 2014, have grossed $573 million worldwide.
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