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Colman Domingo, Nicholas Hoult, Noah Jupe and Emma Corrin will star in THE SERVANT, a reimagining of the 1963 classic written by Harold Pinter, a psychological thriller set in 1950s New York as a privileged British man gets caught in a power play with his butler. Francis Lee (Ammonite) is writing and directing. Cate Blanchett, Selena Gomez and Michael Fassbender will star in Brady Corbet's mysterious new project THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD, with a story that's said to span 150 years but is primarily set in the 1970s. Apparently, the film will be 4 hours long. Filming starts this summer in Portugal. Amy Madigan and Chris Cooper will star in I PASSED THIS WAY, based on the 1927 novella about lawman Pat Garrett and his deputy as they search for a bank robber in New Mexico. Costars include Thomas Mann, Ron Perlman, Cameron Monaghan and Ted Levine. Writer-director John Sayles will start filming in the autumn. David Jonsson, Connor Storrie and Tom Burke are joining Gracie Abrams in PLEASE, the next project from filmmaker Halina Reijn (Babygirl). Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it's rumoured to be a dark comedy about masculinity and violence. Will Smith will star in the action thriller SUPERMAX, as an FBI agent who is investigating a murder that took place in the world's most secure prison. David Gordon Green is directing from a script by David Rosen and David Weil. Melissa Leo will star in the thriller THE MANNEQUIN, which is described as a propulsive serial killer procedural with a big twist in the tale. Sean Byrne (Dangerous Animals) is writing and directing. Ben Stiller, Nicholas Galitzine and Bella Maclean will star in A MATTER OF TIME, a fantasy in which an unlikely angel convinces a shut-in to sacrifice himself for the greater good, sparking a romance. Harry Bradbeer (Enola Holmes) is directing. James Franco has joined the cast of JOHN RAMBO, the First Blood prequel starring Noah Centineo as the young soldier fighting in Vietnam. Costars include David Harbour, Yao, Jason Tobin, Quincy Isaiah, Jefferson White and Tayme Thapthimthong. Jalmari Helander is directing. Natalie Dormer is joining Riz Ahmed and Mark Wahlberg in the thriller THE BIG FIX, about an Interpol agent who uncovers a major match-fixing scandal and launches an investigation of Fifa. Balthasar Kormakur is directing from a script by Justin Haythe and Guy Bolton. And Adam Sandler and friends are taking another holiday to make a third GROWN UPS movie. There's no word yet on who from the ensemble will return: Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Maya Rudolph, Kevin James, Maria Bello, David Spade, et al. Kyle Newacheck is directing.
Florence Pugh will produce and star in THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, about a woman who finds herself in a library in between life and death, exploring the various lives she could have lived. Garth Davis (Lion) is directing from a script by Laura Wade and Nick Payne. Jonathan Bailey will join Natalie Portman in PUMPING BLACK, a psychological thriller about an aging cyclist whose partnership with a power-hungry doctor takes a dark turn in the run-up to the Tour de France. Mimi Cave is directing. Olivia Colman and Russell Tovey will team up for WILD BIRD, playing 1990s fashion editor Isabella Blow and her designer protege Alexander McQueen. Set during an imagined road trip, the short film will be directed by Andrew Haigh from a script by Tovey. FKA Twigs will play Josephine Baker in a biopic that traces the life of the iconic jazz artist and civil rights activist. Maimouna Doucoure is directing. The project has the support of Baker's children. Filming is scheduled to start in the autumn. Renee Zellweger, Sissy Spacek and Mia Threapleton will star in A WOMAN IN THE SUN, a drama about a bartender whose life is upended when her mother becomes seriously ill just as her daughter unexpectedly returns to live at home. Julia Cox (For My Forever) is writing and directing. Isabelle Huppert, Adam Bessa, Dali Benssalah and recording artist Raye will star in LINEAGE, about a man trying to rebuild his life after a stint in prison, but his brother pulls him back into the criminal underworld. Director Yann Demange plans to start filming in London in August from a script by Edna Walsh. Ayo Edebiri, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista, Finn Wolfhard, Rachel House and Alex Jayne Go will voice characters in Bong Joon Ho's first animated feature ALLY, which recounts the adventures of a piglet squid who dreams of starring in a wildlife documentary. Felicity Jones will play Agatha Christie in ELEVEN MISSING DAYS, a noir thriller based on the true story of the British author's mysterious disappearance at the height of her fame in 1926. Vincent Cassel costars; Bertie Ellwood (Silo) is directing from a script by Ernesto Foronda (Better Luck Tomorrow). Stephanie Hsu, Hannah Waddingham and Guy Pearce will star in THE TELLER, a crime thriller about a bank teller who is manipulated by an FBI agent into robbing her own bank. But this is only part of a much larger con. Ben Ripley is making his feature writing-directing debut. Laurence Fishburne, James Badge Dale, Elena Anaya and Spencer Garrett will star in INTERFERENCE, a crime thriller set in Spain as an American expat finds his life upended when he's arrested for crimes he insists that did not commit. Mel Rodriguez II is writing and directing. Liam Neeson, John Cleese and Matthew Modine will star in the romantic fantasy THE SPLENDID THING, about a successful novelist who is struggling to finish his new book when characters from his previous books come to life around him. Modine is also directing and cowriting the script with Stephen Wallis. And Gerard Butler will star in THE NEST, an action thriller about a sniper who must face up to a terrorist threat in order to save his family and a stadium full of fans at the World Cup. The script is by newcomer Aaron Benjamin.
Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal will reunite for HOLD ON TO YOUR ANGELS, a thriller set in southern Louisiana as a frantic outlaw runs into a woman who collects lost souls. Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) is directing. Jane Fonda, Chris O'Dowd, John C Reilly and Tom Hollander will star in CEASEFIRE, a political thriller following an Irish-American journalist who helps negotiate a meeting between the Clinton administration and the IRA, leading to peace in Northern Ireland. Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) is directing. Rachel Zegler, Adrien Brody and Ben Platt will star in LAST DANCE, about a young woman who joins her Broadway composer dad on a gay Caribbean cruise in 1991. Karim Ainouz is directing from an autobiographical screenplay by Emily Ziff Griffin. Eddie Redmayne and Miles Teller will team up for STAR ONE, a spy thriller about mismatched CIA operatives covertly delivering arms deep into enemy territory. Doug Liman is directing from a script by David Coggeshall. Charlotte Gainsbourg and Edgar Ramirez will star in OH HOW FUN, a satirical comedy set on a Greek island holiday for a group of friends who have a tradition of playing pranks on each other. Argyris Papadimitropoulos (Monday) is directing. Rachel McAdams, Jeff Daniels, Joel Edgerton and Caleb McLaughlin will star in the new thriller written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the story apparently follows people fighting against artificial intelligence. Shailene Woodley will star in the thriller MOTHER'S HELPER, as a woman who hires a handsome young man to help her as she juggles marriage, children and a job. Of course, things take a turn. Bridget Moloney is writing and directing. Jeremy Strong will star in THE PASSENGER, based on the 1938 novel about a businessman who flees from Berlin and sees his identity further disappear with each train he boards. Magnus von Horn (The Girl With the Needle) is writing and directing. Richard E Grant, Dominic West, Emily Fairn, James Nelson Joyce, Joel Fry, Kim Bodnia, Nia Towle and Herbert Nordrum will star in THE MAN WHO STOLE PORTUGAL, based on the true story of the outsider who launched one of the biggest cons in history. Director Thomas Napper is currently filming. Rooney Mara will star in QUEST FOR LOVE, a psychological drama set in Paris, as a woman tries to make sense of the broken relationship she has with her 10-year-old son. Antonia Campbell-Hughes is writing and directing. Damian Lewis is joining Ella Purnell and Nicholas Galitzine in THE RETURN OF STANLEY ATWELL, a thriller about a young aristocrat who causes chaos by returning to claim his inheritance after being presumed dead. Brian Welsh is directing from a script based on a Steven Soderbergh story. And Sean Astin will star in SCRUGGS, a modern-day take on Dickens' A Christmas Carol in which he will play a greedy real-estate developer. Costars include Miles Barnes, Rylie Palazzolo and Donnel Clayton. Zachary Ruda is directing.
Scarlett Johansson will star in SCAPEGOAT, the next movie from Midsommar writer-director Ari Aster. There's no word yet on the plot for this one, but it's most likely to have elements of horror in it. Michelle Williams and Mark Rylance will star in the comedy NICE FISH, based on the play by Rylance and poet Louis Jenkins, which follows two old friends who go ice fishing. Rylance is also making his feature directing debut, and writing the script with costar Jim Lichtscheidl. Isabella Rossellini is joining Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan and Josh O'Connor in Alice Rohrwacher's drama THREE INCESTUOUS SISTERS, based on the novel about siblings whose isolated life is disrupted by the arrival of a lighthouse keeper's son. Rohrwacher is currently filming on the island of Stromboli. Channing Tatum is joining Tessa Thompson, Eddie Redmayne and Patsy Ferran in LATER THE WAR, about a dream maker who begins manufacturing nightmares that leak into his own life. Charlie Kaufman is writing and directing. Kevin Hart will team up with director McG to make a still-untitled action comedy about rival spies whose paths cross at a prenatal class where their wives become close friends. Jonathan Tropper is writing the script with Adam and Aaron Nee (Masters of the Universe). Patrick Schwarzenegger will play twin brothers in THE BOOKIE AND THE BRUISER, which follows two WWII veterans, a thoughtful accountant (Theo James) and a tough guy (Vince Vaughn), who launch a dangerous gambling ring. S Craig Zahler is writing and directing. Keke Palmer and Zack Gottsagen will star in the road trip comedy LOTTERY, which follows a man with Downs syndrome who wins the lottery and goes on the run with a new friend. David Permut is directing. Brendan Fraser will lead the sci-fi adventure STARMAN, as a tech genius whose pioneering mission to Mars becomes a fight for survival far out in space. Director Josh Wakely is making his feature debut. Dave Franco and Sophie Wilde will star in the thriller SOON YOU WILL BE GONE AND POSSIBLY EATEN, about a young couple whose mountain resort wedding is interrupted by an alien invasion. Egor Abramenko (Altar) is directing. Isla Fisher, Colin Firth and Florence Hunt will star in BARE, about a young runaway who finds herself when she discovers other people like her. Documentarian Lorna Tucker is writing and directing the film, which is based on her own experiences. Filming is underway in London. Berenice Bejo and Nassim Lyes will return to chasing sharks in the sequel UNDER PARIS 2, in which their characters will track the predator from the first movie to a surprising discovery. This one is being directed by Alexandre Aja, who is currently filming in France. And HOCUS POCUS 3 is officially in the works, with original stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy back on board for more magical wackiness. There's no word yet on the plot. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | |||
 Rage against the machine DANCE: Jefta van Dinther brings his hypnotic music and dance piece Remachine to Sadler's Wells East...  Joyful mischief DANCE: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo celebrate their 50th anniversary on a delightful UK tour until 24th June...  Art, absinthe and anarchy STAGE: The Lost Estate immerses us in 1890s Paris for Chat Noir!, in West Kensington through the summer...  We own this city STAGE: Mark Gatiss leads Brecht's electrifying The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at RSC Swan until 30th May...  April TV Roundup SCREEN: Beef 2, Jury Duty 2, Bridgerton 4, Starfleet Academy, Bait, The Madison, Paradise 2, Rooster, more... INTERVIEW: talking with Bill Condon and Tonatiuh about Kiss of the Spider Woman... DANCE: Shobana Jeyasingh's We Caliban, a twist on The Tempest at Sadler's East... DANCE: Dorrance Dance's explosive The Center Will Not Hold at Sadler's Wells... STAGE: Stephen Brower's Palatable Gay Robot at Udderbelly Boulevard... FEB TV: The Beauty, Heated Rivalry, Stranger Things 5, The Night Manager 2, Wonder Man, Industry 4, more... INTERVIEW: Rohan Kanawade talks about his acclaimed romance Cactus Pears... STAGE: Where There Is No Time grapples with art and commerce, at Seven Dials... DANCE: Pina Bausch's evocative Sweet Mambo at Sadler's Wells... STAGE: The Wedding explores social contracts at Sadler's Wells East...
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The Hollywood Reporter.
Variety.
Deadline.
The industry.
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