Jonathan Majors to star in Spike Lee's next movie

Jonathan Majors as Damian Anderson in Creed 3 — (Image credit: Ser Baffo/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

Jonathan Majors is set to star in Da Understudy, which Spike Lee is in talks to direct.

Majors will play a Broadway actor who finds the role of a lifetime – and one that he's willing to kill for. The feature will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Lee is in early talks to direct, but is confirmed to executive produce, from a screenplay by Tom Hanada (Just Like Heaven, She's the Man), Zach Strauss (SMILF, NCIS: New Orleans), and Tyler Cole (Stranger, Between the Miles) (H/T The Hollywood Reporter). Majors will produce under his Tall Street Productions banner, with Will Smith also producing under his Westbrook umbrella.

Majors can currently be seen in Creed III and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, playing two very different types of antagonists. The actor's tenure as Kang the Conqueror in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is only just beginning, as the new villain's arc is set to stretch all the way into Marvel Phase 6.

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ based in New York City. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.