BOYEGA as BISHOP?! Marvel X-Men Casting Buzz!
The Kristian Harloff Show
Kristian Harloff
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2025
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
Could Star Wars star John Boyega be heading to the MCU as Bishop?! In today’s episode of The Kristian Harloff Show, we break down the viral comments from Boyega himself, who revealed that he once spoke with Kevin Feige and now wants to play the time-traveling mutant Bishop in Marvel’s upcoming X-Men reboot. Could this be the perfect role for him?
Boyega reflects on his journey from Attack the Block to The Force Awakens and why joining the MCU now — as Bishop — might be exactly what he needs. We also explore how X-Men '97 is reigniting interest in Bishop’s live-action debut.
Plus, we cover a jam-packed lineup of entertainment news:
🔹 The Last of Us Season 2 premiere sees a big ratings jump — what does this mean for the future of the franchise?
🔹 Ryan Gosling is producing a remake of Killer Klowns from Outer Space — yes, really!
🔹 A sequel to Godzilla Minus One is officially happening — and we couldn’t be more excited.
🔹 Will the Revenge of the Sith re-release outpace Phantom Menace's 25th anniversary haul?
🔹 The next Fantastic Four trailer drops in less than two weeks — major reveals coming!
🔹 Cate Blanchett hints she may retire from acting — could we be losing a screen legend?
🔹 And as always, Roxy Striar shares her top TV picks of the week!
Would you like to see John Boyega as Bishop in the MCU? Could X-Men: The Animated Series help set the stage? And what does this mean for Marvel’s future plans?
Let us know in the comments and don’t forget to subscribe for more Marvel, Star Wars, DCU, and pop culture news every week.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | So John Boyega was talking and he said, |
| 0:04.9 | Listen man, I've been talking to Kevin Feigy. |
| 0:07.0 | I want to play Bishop. |
| 0:08.6 | What's that mean? |
| 0:10.1 | He wants to play Bishop or he's going to play Bishop? |
| 0:12.7 | Talking to Kevin Feige is he's kind of putting it out there in ether? |
| 0:16.0 | Awesome. |
| 0:16.9 | Lilo and Stitch is yet another movie that is tracking to do very, very well. |
| 0:21.1 | So much so that comicbook.com says it's going to do more in one weekend than I guess Snow White has done thus far. |
| 0:29.1 | TV picks, got a ton of them. |
| 0:31.0 | There's a lot of news. |
| 0:32.4 | Kate Blanchett said she's going to retire. |
| 0:34.4 | You know how I feel when people in the acting and directing profession say they're going to retire we'll talk about that um there's a lot |
| 0:40.7 | of conversation to have and we're going to do it all so let's get into it it's |
| 0:44.7 | myself and Roxy strier on the show day Ken Roxy beat Rocha once again and I |
| 0:49.3 | still have forgotten tell I'm gonna have to do it on the air with um roxy i forgot to tell mike |
| 0:56.0 | and stuff that they won last week you completely forgot and i got to tell them that's not nice |
| 1:00.0 | all right let's do this |
| 1:01.0 | welcome back ladies and gentlemen to the show here on Tuesday, Christian Harlov's show. |
| 1:14.5 | I'm so happy that you guys joined us today on this show and joining me as always Roxy Stryor. |
| 1:20.1 | Hello, Roxy. |
| 1:20.6 | How are you? |
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