EXCLUSIVE: After establishing himself as one of the key pillars of the next phases of the MCU, Simu Liu is ready to show some edginess as sources tell Deadline he is set to play the antagonist in Netflix’s ‘Atlas’ starring Jennifer Lopez https://t.co/q2X6eCexnEpic.twitter.com/OJUSJZOPNN
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* Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown and Abraham Popoola are joining Jennifer Lopez in Atlas, a sci-fi thriller for Netflix;
* Brad Peyton will direct Liu as a villain;
* The movie follows Atlas (Lopez), a woman fighting for humanity in a future where an AI (artificial intelligence) soldier has determined the only way to end war is to end humanity. To outthink this rogue AI, Atlas must work with the one thing she fears most — another AI.
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