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Adria Arjona has landed the role as antihero Maxima in MAN OF TOMORROW, James Gunn's sequel to Superman, again starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Isabela Merced and Nathan Fillion, plus Aaron Pierre and Lars Eidinger. Phoebe Dynevor and Patrick Schwarzenegger will star in the romantic comedy BEACH READ, based on the novel about a struggling novelist who runs into her university class rival at a writing competition. People We Meet on Vacation screenwriter Yulin Kuang is writing and directing. Matt Smith will join Imogen Poots in THE SALAMANDER LIVES TWICE, a mystery thriller about a man who washes ashore on an island with no memory. But he's taken in by a family that has some seriously dark issues. Ant Timpson is directing. Samantha Morton is set to star in LOVE AND WAR, about a woman who travels to war-torn Syria to find her daughter, who was taken there by her estranged husband. Lisa Mulcahy (Lies We Tell) is directing. Bill Nighy is joining the cast of IBELIN, replacing the departing Anthony Hopkins alongside Toni Collette, Stephen Graham, Charlie Plummer, Isabela Merced and Maisy Stella. It's an inspirational biopic about a disabled Norwegian man who connected with the world through online gaming. Morten Tyldum is directing. David Harbour will play the commanding officer in JOHN RAMBO, the First Blood prequel starring Noah Centineo as the young soldier fighting in Vietnam. Costars include Jefferson White, Jason Tobiun and Yao. Jalmari Helander is directing. Danny Trejo will be back for a sequel to his 2013 boxing drama COUNTERPUNCH. In this one, his boxer has retired to become a mental health counselor, and he is working with a young boxer who will be played by Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect). Charles Dance is lined up to join the cast of THE BATMAN PART II, playing the father of Harvey Dent (Sebastian Stan). The film stars Robert Pattinson, Scarlett Johansson, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis and Jeffrey Wright. Matt Reeves is directing. Simon McBurney, Liam Cunningham, Arieh Worthalter and Dmitrij Schaad will join Jasna Duricic for the sequel QUO VADIS, AIDA: THE MISSING PART. The film continues the story after the fall of Srebrenica in 1995 as Duricic's Aida learns that her sons may be alive in a prisoner-of-war camp. Jasmila Zbanic is back as writer-director. Zach Cregger will team up with Steven Spielberg to make the sci-fi thriller THE FLOOD. Cregger's script is apparently set on a distant space station, and will no doubt include horror elements. He will also direct the film, with Spielberg producing. Marielle Heller will direct a live-action remake of the 1992 animated hit FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST, which follows a group of tiny fairies who get into trouble when they inadvertently shrink a human logger to their size. And unsurprisingly, Tom Cruise will officially be back for a third TOP GUN adventure. There's no word yet on the story, or which filmmakers or actors will rejoin him for this one. Aside from producer Jerry Bruckheimer of course.
Cate Blanchett will play Martha Stewart in the biopic GOOD THING, tracing the lifestyle guru's rise to fame in the 1990s with an Emmy-winning TV show and popular magazine. After becoming the US's first self-made female billionaire, she fell from grace, convicted of dodgy stock trading. Janicza Bravo (Zola) is directing from a script by Ricky Tollman. Bradley Cooper will write, direct and star alongside Margot Robbie in a still-untitled prequel to OCEAN'S ELEVEN. The story explores how Danny Ocean's parents taught him everything he knows about staging a heist at the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix. Amanda Seyfried, Rachel Zegler, Jonathan Groff, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tramell Tillman will star in OCTET, Lin-Manuel Miranda's adaptation of the stage musical about members of an internet-addiction group who meet in a church basement. Playwright Dave Malloy is writing the screenplay. Demi Moore will join Charlize Theron and Julia Garner in TYRANT, which is being described as a high-stakes thriller set in New York's fine-dining world. No other plot details have been revealed. David Weil (Hunters) is writing and directing. Jamie Dornan will play a young Aragorn in THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM, the Lord of the Rings prequel once again starring Andy Serkis, Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood and Lee Pace. Kate Winslet and Leo Woodall have also joined the cast. Serkis is directing, and will start filming soon in New Zealand. Nicolas Cage will be back for another LONGLEGS movie, reteaming with writer-director Osgood Perkins. There's no word yet on the plot or whether it's a sequel, prequel or spinoff. But there's apparently a plan to create a franchise around the character. Nick Jonas will star in an untitled romantic comedy about a confirmed bachelor whose life is upended when he inherits his cousin's infant child. Then the baby's godmother turns up demanding custody. Ari Sandell (The Duff) is directing. Brian Tyree Henry is joining Spike Fearn in RUNNING, about a homeless teen who uses his athletic skills to get his life back on track and find a new family. Gavin O'Connor is directing from a script by Bill Dubuque (Ozark). Gal Gadot and Isla Fisher will join Casey Affleck and Pete Davidson in BITCOIN: KILLING SATOSHI, which follows the man who invented the cryptocurrency, leading to death threats and a high-stakes race between tech billionaires to establish a new financial system. Doug Liman is directing from a script by Nick Schenk. Linda Cardellini and Bill Hader will star in THEY KNOW, a horror thriller about a man who thinks his ex-wife's new boyfriend is having a sinister influence on their children. Hader is also producing, writing and directing the film, which started shooting in Los Angeles this week. Robert Rodriguez will produce, write and direct an animated Christmas adventure titled THE NAUGHTY LIST. Plot details are being kept under wraps. It's based on stories and drawings he created with his children over more than a decade. And a fourth PADDINGTON film is in the works, but few details have been announced. Ben Whishaw is surely back on board, along with Brown family members Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Emily Mortimer, Samuel Joslin and Madeleine Harris. Apparently, some top comedy writers are working on the script.
The rumour mill is swirling about Jake Schreier's new X-MEN movie. Adding to speculation that Sadie Sink is playing Jean Grey is word that Odessa A'zion has been lined up as Rogue, while Peter Claffey (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms) is said to be up for Beast. Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo are writing the script. Kevin Hart and Ice Cube are set to return for a third RIDE ALONG comedy, 10 years after the last movie. These are the continuing adventures of a security guard who gets involved in action chaos while shadowing a police officer. Tim Story is back as director, which Daniel Gold writing the script. Eve Hewson will star opposite Channing Tatum in ISLE OF MAN, which is set around the world's longest-running motorsport event, the TT motorbike race. Reid Carolin is directing, while the producers include Tatum, Carolin and Brad Pitt. Heidi Gardner, Alex Moffat and Frankie Faison are joining the cast of the romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Stephen Merchant, which is now filming in New York. It's about a workaholic British man who hires a woman to play his wife at business events. Merchant is also directing and cowriting with John Butler. Rachel Sennott is joining the cast of KOCKROACH, alongside Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton, Zazie Beetz and Alec Baldwin. It's about a guy who transforms himself into a terrifying boss to take on the New York mob. Director Matt Ross started filming in Australia this week. Josh Charles has joined the cast of THE 99'ERS, which tells the story of the US women's soccer team's triumphant appearance at the World Cup. The cast includes Zoey Deutsch, Emily Bader, Emilia Jones, Isabelle Fuhrman and Alessandro Nivola. Nicole Kassell is directing. Kim Dickens, Rob Corddry and Paul Sparks are joining the psychological thriller AN INNOCENT GIRL, alongside Kerry Washington, Colman Domingo, James Marsden and Chloe East. It's about an ambitious women seduced by a high-powered couple in Washington DC. Jaume Collet-Serra is directing. Chris Sullivan, Lily Santiago, Alice Halsey, Sydney Lemmon, Peter Macon and Jefferson White are joining ALLY CLARK, in which Viola Davis travels from New York to Louisiana to Alaska to investigate the suspicious death of a close friend. Costars include Benjamin Bratt and Jason Clarke. Phillip Noyce is directing. Noah Hawley (Alien: Earth) will direct a remake of TERRIFIED, the 2017 Argentine horror about a police officer who consults paranormal investigators to look into strange events in a Buenos Aires neighbourhood. Original writer-director Demian Rugna is helping to develop the project. And Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein (Final Destination: Bloodlines) will direct a film based on the groundbreaking videogame METAL GEAR SOLID, which combines combat and espionage in a sci-fi setting. The duo is also developing an animated VENOM movie and a sequel to their 2018 hit FREAKS.
Cameron Diaz will star in a sequel to the 1989 comedy TROOP BEVERLY HILLS, which starred Shelley Long as a socialite trying to bond with her daughter by taking over her Girl Scout group. Clea DuVall is writing and directing. Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba and Golshifteh Farahani will be back for more rogue mercenary action in EXTRACTION 3. There's no word yet on where this thriller will be set, after Bangladesh and Georgia. Sam Hargrave will also be back, as will producer-writers Joe and Anthony Russo. Meanwhile, Farahani will also star alongside Felicity Jones, JK Simmons, Noemie Merlant, Alfre Woodard, Jason Schwarzman, John Turturro and Andre Holland in THE THING THAT HURTS, about a group of patients that meet up in Paris at the funeral of their noted psychoanalyst. Arnaud Desplechin is directing from a script he cowrote with Kamen Velkovsky. Anthony Mackie, Dafne Keen, Stephen Bauer and Anthony Del Negro will star in BARRACUDA, an action thriller about a man who travels into Mexico to rescue a teenager who is being held hostage in a nightclub. Director Neil Burger has just started filming in New Mexico. Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Tom Waits and John Ratzenberger have joined the voice cast of the animated noir sci-fi mystery RAY GUNN, which is set in an alternative 1940s metropolis. Writer-director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) calls it a cross between The Maltese Falcon and Buck Rogers. Nick Offerman is joining the cast of ELDEN RING, based on the fantasy videogame in which players attempt to retake the land their ancestors were banished from long ago. Also starring are Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw and Cailee Spaeny. Alex Garland is writing and directing. Emilia Clarke, Natascha McElhone, Victoria Pedretti and Marlon Williams will star in WHEN DARKNESS LOVES US, a dark drama about a pregnant woman who must learn to survive when she becomes trapped in a cave system. For 15 years. James Ashcroft (The Rule of Jenny Pen) is directing. Tyga, Mike Epps, David Allen Greer, Madison Bailey, Ashton Sanders, Clifton Powell and Apollonia will star in BABY, YOU'RE A STAR, a musical drama set in 1989 as an ambitious young musician tries to find his way into the industry. Arrad Rahgoshay is directing from a script by Tyga and Curtis Bryant. Jane Alexander, Marco Pigossi and Kanoa Goo will star in LILIAN, NEXT DOOR, a comedy-drama about a former CIA operative who worms her way into the lives of the gay couple living next door. Director Janice Engel starts filming this month in Nova Scotia. Writer Tim Atkin based the script on his own experiences. Selma Blair, Sean Patrick Flannery, Brandon Routh and Trevor Donovan will star in the drama ETHAN ALMIGHTY: ETHAN'S LAW, based on the true story of a dying abandoned dog that was nursed back to health, sparking new animal welfare laws. Director Tane McClure starts filming in Kentucky later this month. Award-winning Indian actor Allu Arjun (Pushpa: The Rise) will star in RAAKA, an action fantasy epic about a warrior who is trying to restore balance to the universe before faith is extinguished forever. Costars include Deepika Padukone, Mrunal Thakur and Janhvi Kapoor. Atlee (Jawan) is writing and directing. And Adria Arjona, Grace Van Patten, Eva De Dominici and Sydney Chandler are reportedly in the running to play the alien queen Maxima in James Gunn's Superman sequel MAN OF TOMORROW, which again stars David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Isabela Merced and Nathan Fillion, plus Aaron Pierre and Lars Eidinger. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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