According to a report, veteran and famous actor Harrison Ford will join the MCU. SlashFilm reports that Ford will play Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross in many upcoming MCU movies, including Captain America: New World Order and Thunderbolts. The original news comes from Hot Mic Podcastand SlashFilm backed up that report. Besides, Limit line currently backing up reports of Ford joining the MCU.
However, Disney and Marvel are not yet official announced that Ford will be joining the MCU as Ross in Captain America: New World Order.
Ross has been played by the late William Hurt in several Marvel films dating back to 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. Hurt passed away in March of this year at the age of 71.
According to the Hot Mic podcast, 80-year-old Ford will play Ross first in Captain America: New World Order (May 2024) before reprising the part in July 2024 Thunderbolts.
Ford is of course no stranger to major franchises. He starred in the Star Wars films as Han Solo and Indiana Jones in those movies. He will return to play the archeologist-explorer again in the next Indiana Jones movie in June 2023.
UPDATE via MIC HOT podcast: We’re hearing that Harrison Ford has been cast as General Thunderbolt Ross, who is supposed to make his first appearance in … CAPTAIN AMERICA 4.https://t.co/lCaywJyP6G
– Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) October 13, 2022
Marvel has yet to officially announce Ford’s involvement in the MCU, so this information should be taken as salt. What? To be confirmed that the cast of New World Order includes Anthony Mackie as Captain America, while the Thunderbolts movie brings together a cast that includes David Harbor, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sebastian Stan, Florence Pugh, etc.
The next MCU movie is Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which will release in November, followed by Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in February 2023.
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