Pedro Pascal’s actually been protecting busy this 12 months. Along with starring within the 2025 motion pictures Eddington, Materialists and The Improbable 4: First Steps, this 12 months has additionally seen him filming Avengers: Doomsday, which can come out on the finish of 2026. Whereas Doomsday as a complete is a methods off from wrapping principal pictures, Pascal has reportedly completed his work on the upcoming Marvel film, and now The Mandalorian’s lead actor is outwardly lining up a brand new film that includes some fellow Star Wars expertise.
The most recent replace about Pedro Pascal’s profession is that he’s in talks to star Searchlight Footage’ Behemoth!, which comes from the thoughts of filmmaker Tony Gilroy. With a resume that features writing the primary 4 Bourne motion pictures, State of Play and Nightcrawler, in addition to directing Michael Clayton, Duplicity and The Bourne Legacy, Star Wars followers know Gilroy co-writing and directing the reshoots for Rogue One. He then went on to create the prequel sequence Andor, which ended its two-season run in Could.
In keeping with Deadline, “issues are on target” with Pedro Pascal coming aboard Behemoth!, which Tony Gilroy will write, direct and produce. Particular plot particulars are being stored secret, however Gilroy has beforehand mentioned it can observe a cellist, whom I assume Pascal would play. Behemoth! will start filming this fall, however a launch date hasn’t been set but.
It’s cool to see that these two males who labored in separate corners of the Star Wars franchise are gearing as much as work collectively on this upcoming film. Since The Mandalorian is ready a number of years after Return of the Jedi, and Andor covers the final 5 years of Cassian Andor’s life main as much as Rogue One, there was no method Pascal and Gilroy had been ever going to have the ability to collaborate in a galaxy far, distant. Now Behemoth! is right here to convey them collectively, assuming Pascal is ready to work out a take care of Searchlight.
This Behemoth! information follows on the heels of Pedro Pascal each incomes an Emmy nomination for his efficiency as Joel Miller in The Final of Us and making his MCU debut as Reed Richards/Mister Improbable in The Improbable 4: First Steps. The latter co-starred Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Lady, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Factor and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch. This quartet will group up with the Avengers, New Avengers, X-Males and extra when Avengers: Doomsday comes out on December 18, 2026.
Earlier than that, Pedro Pascal will return to the Star Wars universe for The Mandalorian & Grogu, the franchise’s first theatrical film since 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker. It arrives to the 2026 motion pictures schedule on Could 22, and we’ll let as soon as Behemoth! is slotted on the cinematic calendar too.