Open Channel: Who Should Play Marvel’s Nova?

The month of March has been fairly good for Marvel followers. Last week noticed the primary trailer for this June’s Ms. Marvel, and in a number of days, we’ll lastly get to see Oscar Isaac step into the supernatural aspect of the MCU and turn out to be the Moon Knight. Just earlier than the weekend, the information broke that one other of Marvel’s heroes is on the horizon: Nova, the Human Rocket, is receiving a solo undertaking courtesy of Moon Knight author Sabir Pirzada.

Fans of the cosmic aspect of Marvel’s comics have been hoping for Nova to indicate up within the MCU any day now: after the Nova Corps have been introduced in for the unique Guardians of the Galaxy and later worn out offscreen in Avengers: Infinity War, the hope was that probably the most well-known Nova, Richard Rider, would present up in Endgame to assist kick Thanos’ butt. (He didn’t.) Despite being a non-entity within the MCU to this point, Marvel’s been giving the character a gentle stream of comedian appearances after his demise in 2013 and subsequent resurrection a number of years later. He headlined a short-lived Nova comedian alongside together with his successor, Sam Alexander. Once that guide ended and Sam was completely transferred over to the teenager superhero workforce the Champions, Rich grew to become a consultant of the Nova Corps all through the galaxy and has turn out to be an lively participant in current cosmic Marvel occasions. (See: Empyre and Annihilation: Scourge.) 

For Richard, getting his personal TV present or movie is a giant deal. Outside of comics, his appearances largely quantity to video video games, as he was a playable character in each Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. More just lately, he was identify dropped within the Guardians of the Galaxy sport, however he didn’t have a personality mannequin or voice connected to him. In Marvel’s varied animated sequence pre-Disney+, Nova both doesn’t exist or is explicitly Sam, making this reside motion property the primary actual expertise that many can have with the character.

With that in thoughts, we need to know: who do you suppose ought to play Dick Rider when Nova lastly hits? Whether it’s an actual reply or a whole shitpost (simply rehire Chris Pratt!), tell us your casting suggestion within the feedback under.

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