Matchbox Cast: Black Panther’s Danai Gurira Joins John Cena Mattel Movie

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Actress Danai Gurira, best known for her role in Black Panther, has now officially joined the cast for the live-action film adaptation of Matchbox, a movie based on Mattel Films’ real-world die-cast car toy line. At this time, specifics about the character that The Walking Dead star will portray have not been revealed yet.

The initial summary presents the story as a thrilling journey around the world, where a band of old friends join forces to prevent a catastrophic event from happening globally. In the process, they rekindle their long-lost camaraderie.

Who is in the Matchbox cast?

In the upcoming Matchbox film based on live action, John Cena (playing Peacemaker), Jessica Biel (portraying Candy), Sam Richardson (in the role of Ted Lasso), Teyonah Parris (from WandaVision), and Arturo Castro (hailing from Broad City) will take the lead. The production is under the guidance of director Sam Hargrave, renowned for his work on Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction series.

1953 saw the inception of Matchbox by Jack Odell, an automotive expert, under Lesney Products. Fast forward to 1997, when Mattel officially took over the toy brand. The script for this production is a collaboration between David Coggeshall (The Family Plan) and Jonathan Tropper (The Adam Project). This film is a joint venture by Apple Original Films, Skydance, and Mattel Films, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, and Robbie Brenner serving as producers.

For around seven decades, Matchbox has held significant cultural impact, sparking the creativity of countless children by merging their real-world observations with their dreamed-up worlds. As stated earlier when the project was initially unveiled in 2022, we are thrilled to collaborate with Skydance Media to develop a cinematic tale that captures the same, imaginative essence of this cherished Mattel brand and appeals to fans from every age group.

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2025-02-01 02:10