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EMPIRE – Every good hero needs a wingman. And as The Falcon, Sam Wilson was always there to provide that for Steve Rogers’ Captain America. Now, with Wilson stepping up as the new Cap – post-Avengers: Endgame and The Falcon And The Winter Soldier – he’s got a wingman of his own. As introduced in Falcon on Disney+, Wilson’s brand-spanking-new star-spangled Cap has a Falcon of his own, Danny Ramirez’s Joaquín Torres, strapping on his own set of high-tech soaring gear to fight for justice.

While the prospect of two flying heroes brings much opportunity for big-screen spectacle (yes, Anthony Mackie is still donning his wings too), it’ll also provide some heart in a Marvel movie aiming for political-thriller intrigue. “There’s this incredible big brother/little brother dynamic between them,” director Julius Onah tells Empire of the new Cap-Falcon relationship. “It’s going to be one of the key emotional centres of the film.”

As they prepare to face all kinds of subterfuge – and Harrison Ford’s Red-Hulk-ed-up President Ross – Sam and Joaquín will need to have each other’s backs. And by all accounts, they’re ready to step it up when the action comes calling. “These guys are incredible fighters,” says Onah. “And Sam has been there and back. He’s got some tricks up his sleeve, and over the course of the film there are things he comes to learn that become other tools in his arsenal, when he’s facing even the most impossible of threats.” In other words: he could do this all day.

A brand new trailer for Captain America: Brave New World premiered at the D23 Expo in Brazil. The film hits theaters on February 14th!

DEADLINE – EXCLUSIVE: Danny Ramirez, the fast-rising star soon to be seen in Captain America: Brave New World, will make his feature directorial debut with Baton, a sports drama that he’ll star in and also wrote.

Baton follows a soccer player, relentlessly pursuing his dream of playing professionally, who threatens his relationship with his sister after he is kicked off the team and exiled back to Miami. As they battle over their mother’s legacy, he will stop at nothing to get another chance at soccer glory, even if it means losing the only family he has left.

Victoria Alonso, former President of Physical and Post-Production, Visual Effects, and Animation at Marvel Studios, will produce in her first outing since departing the studio, in association with soccer superstar David Beckham‘s Studio 99. Also producing are Ramirez and Tom Culliver for Pinstripes and Sergio Lira for Luz Films. CAA Media Finance reps rights to the film.

One of the more in-demand actors in town at the moment, Ramirez is known for his role of Joaquin Torres aka Falcon in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which he reprises in the aforementioned Brave New World, out February 14. He played Lt. Mickey ‘Fanboy’ Garcia in Top Gun: Maverick and has also appeared in the films Winner, No Exit, and Assassination Nation. Also upcoming for the actor is the highly anticipated second season of The Last of Us at HBO.

With Marvel from the beginnings of the MCU through last year, Alonso recently produced the Golden Globe winner Argentina 1985 and is still being credited as EP on assorted Marvel projects. She’s a three time Emmy nominee, having been recognized for her work on WandaVision, What If… ? and X-Men ’97.

Last year sitting down as the subject of Netflix docuseries Beckham, which garnered five Emmy nominations, Beckham previously exec produced both that project and sports doc Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything.

Ramirez is represented by CAA, Anonymous Content, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Alonso by Del Shaw Moonves; and Beckham by DB Ventures, WME, and 19 Entertainment.

VARIETY – Danny Ramirez was set to star alongside Joaquin Phoenix in a gay romance film from director Todd Haynes. But Phoenix dropped out of the untitled project just five days before shooting began in Guadalajara, Mexico.

“It’s definitely disappointing,” Ramirez told Variety‘s Marc Malkin at the Academy Museum Gala Saturday night in Los Angeles. He later added, “If anything, it just gave me more inspiration to keep driving, keep pushing, and knowing that I’m on the right path and approaching the work the right way. So that’s what I’m excited about.”

After news broke in August that Phoenix had left the project, sources told Variety that the film, which hinged on Phoenix’s casting, was in peril. The NC-17-rated film was set to focus on two men in love in the 1930s who flee L.A. and go to Mexico.

“It’s definitely a very complicated situation,” Ramirez said. “The audition process was extensive, and so what I walked away with that was just the artistic validation of throwing down opposite of [Phoenix] in this chemistry read… There was a moment that I was like, ‘Oh, I’ve arrived as a performer.’”

When asked if the film is still happening with director Haynes, Ramirez replied, “The most recent update is ‘hopefully.’”

Phoenix had developed the screenplay with Haynes and Jon Raymond, but, according to a source close to the production, the actor got “cold feet.”

The movie, produced by Killer Films and backed by sales agent M2K Film, had already sold to international distributors ahead of production. In addition, entire sets had been built in Guadalajara before Phoenix’s last-minute exit. Variety reported in August that losses could exceed seven figures.

Danny attended the 4th Annual Academy Museum Gala last night, photos from the red carpet have been added into the photo gallery.

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Danny sat down to talk with Thomas Manning on Meet Me at the Movies: Open Dialogue.

On behalf of myself, The Danny Ramirez Network visitors, and the rest of Danny’s fans, I would like to wish him a very happy 32nd birthday! We all are wishing you a great year full of happiness, joy, love, luck, success, health and peace. And most importantly, thanks for being such an amazing person and inspiration to all of us.

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