According to Deadline, Euphoria actor and Junior Olympic boxing prodigy Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton has landed a starring role opposite Sylvester Stallone in MGM’s superhero drama Samaritan.
Avery will direct from a script by Escape Room writer Bragi F. Schut, while Stallone and Braden Aftergood will produce via Balboa Productions.
In addition to Euphoria, Walton has also featured in the TV series Utopia.
The young actor will play a young boy who is out to discover if a mythic superhero, who vanished 20 years earlier following a tragic event, is still alive.