When Sterling K. Brown isn’t portraying the astute and grief-stricken Secret Service agent Xavier Collins in Hulu’s Paradise, the actor (recently nominated for his sixth Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy for the role) was filming Amazon MGM Studios‘ live-action film adaptation of Voltron.
Speaking at a San Diego Comic-Con panel for the political thriller opposite series creator Dan Fogelman, the three-time Emmy-winning Brown took a moment to tease the upcoming movie, also starring Rita Ora, John Kim, Daniel Quinn-Toye and Henry Cavill.
“Rawson Marshall Thurber is the director, the screenwriter. I think he’s come up with a really wonderful vision to reintroduce something that we grew up with in the ’80s to the 2027 crowd,” Brown told the audience. “It’s heartfelt. It is big. It’s big, bodacious and dynamic, and that’s why it takes probably about 48 weeks of post-production to finish the thing off and get it together. I think things will be wildly entertaining.”
The Academy Award nominee added, “God-willing we’ll get the chance to do another one,” saying he would “sign a contract” for a sequel.
Plot details remain under wraps, and the This Is Us alum remained mum concerning details about his character, not answering questions about whether he would be playing one of the five pilots, alongside helper Coran, who form the mighty Voltron in the 1984 animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe. However, Brown maintained he would be playing “someone from the original IP.”
Elsewhere during the panel, Fogelman and Brown teased Season 2 of the acclaimed dystopian drama, premiering an extended first look featuring new cast member Shailene Woodley.
