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Kate Winslet, Helena Bonham Carter, Nicola Coughlan, Samson Kayo and Charithra Chandran are joining Kit Connor and Taika Waititi in the voice cast of CHARLIE VS THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, an animated musical sequel in which Charlie and his friends break into the incarcerated Willy Wonka's abandoned factory to find a priceless chocolate bar. George MacKay, Nathalie Emmanuel, Louisa Harland and Eric Kofi Abrefa will star in the satirical drama THE ANIMALS, about a man who tries to boost his sense of masculinity after another man's act of heroism. British actor Calvin Demba is writing and directing. Jane Krakowski has joined Angourie Rice in NICE EGGS, a drama about a young woman trying to break her mother's pattern of broken relationships as she pursues a career as a writer. Amanda Lipitz is directing from a script by Sandi Farkas. Alden Ehrenreich is joining Michael B Jordan and Austin Butler in MIAMI VICE '85, the new action-oriented, Imax-shot take on the classic TV series about two achingly cool detectives. Joseph Kosinski is directing from a script by Dan Gilroy. Jeremy Irons will star in SHER, which follows Dr Watson to India after Sherlock Holmes' death to deliver a lecture, then he discovers that Holmes has a secret daughter in Calcutta. Deepa Mehta is directing. Samara Weaving and Lydia Peckham are joining THE LEGEND OF ZELDA, the live-action adaptation of the videogame about an elf (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) and princess (Bo Bragason) who take on an evil warlord (Uli Latukefu). Yvonne Stahovski costars, and Sam Neill completed his role before his death. Wes Ball is directing. Lucy Liu will star in RESET, a feature adapted from a short film set in a near future in which people are physically reset to 6 years old when they turn 65. The story centres on a woman caring for her recently de-aged mother. Celine Tien and Jerry Hsu are writing and directing. Ellie Bamber, Anson Boon and Eddie Marsan will star in HALFTIME HERO, based on the true story of British football coach Harry Redknapp, who in 1994 pulled a loud-mouthed fan from the stands to play in a professional match. Ole Sanders is writing and directing. Alex Wolff, Will Angus, Liam Cullagh, Eilise Patton, Billy Langdon and Chester Collins will star in BOYS FOR LIFE, a darkly twisty comedy about a group of friends. The plot is being kept under wraps. Director Tyler Falbo (Almost Friday TV) is currently filming from a script he wrote with Max Barrett. And Jason Clarke is joining the action thriller SUPERMAX, alongside Will Smith and Jafaar Jackson. It's about FBI agents investigating a murder in the world's most secure prison. David Gordon Green is directing.
Jacob Elordi is lined up to join Scarlett Johansson in SCAPEGOAT, the next film from writer-director Ari Aster. Unconfirmed plot rumours say that it's about a doctor who performs plastic surgery on an influencer, and that it has elements of sci-fi and/or romance in it. Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd will star in a sequel to CRAWL, which will follow the chaos after a hurricane strikes New York City, unleashing alligators into streets and sewers. Alexandre Aja is back as director. Bella Thorne will write, direct and star alongside True Whitaker in a sequel to SPRING BREAKERS. There's no word yet on the plot or how it will connect to Harmony Korine's 2012 blackly comical thriller about four university friends who go on a crime spree. Kate Beckinsale, Dermot Mulroney, Robert Knepper, Bill Sage and Sticky Fingaz will star in DRIFTER, an action thriller in which Beckinsale plays a small-town police chief who is besieged by thugs determined to free a prisoner. Randall Emmett (The Gentleman Thief) is directing. Guillaume Canet is returning for the action thriller sequel AD VITAM ETERNAM, as a former elite agent whose takes on one last mission to find answers. Joining him this time are Sophie Marceau, Mathieu Amalric and Nicholas Duvauchelle. Ludovic Colbeau-Justin (How to Make a Killing) is directing. Talia Ryder is joining Michael Shannon in DR CALIGARI'S CABINET OF WONDERS, a reimagining of the classic silent horror. This one follows a young woman who thinks a travelling magician is responsible for her boyfriend's disappearance. John Erick Dowdle is directing. Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr and Kevin J O'Connor will all be back for the fourth film in THE MUMMY series, alongside Brendan Frasier, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah, plus Michael Johnston and Numan Acar in new roles. No word yet on the plot. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are directing Beatrice Kitsos (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) and David Iacono (Jurassic World Rebirth) will star in BETTER THAN THE MOVIES, based on the bestseller about a young woman whose uses her obsession with romantic comedies to get the attention of her crush. Julia Hart is directing. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Dungeons & Dragons) are producing the animated adventure comedy DIYA, about a New Jersey teen with Indian heritage who is transported into the world of a Bollywood musical. Nitya Mehra is directing. And Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan (The Collector) will write a reboot of the LEPRECHAUN horror movie series, which launched in 1983 with a movie starring Jennifer Aniston. The last entry was 2014's Leprechaun: Origins.
Kit Connor is being lined up to play Cyclops in Jake Schreier's new X-MEN movie, alongside Samara Weaving and the rumoured Sadie Sink and Inde Navarrette. Expect more casting announcements and lots of rumours. Cate Blanchett and Eric Roth will produce THE PRESENT TIMES, a comedy drama that unfolds through the perspective of jaded paparazzi as their intrusive methods come back to haunt them. Noah Stratton-Twine is writing and directing. Jamie Foxx will star in the action thriller DEADLOCKED, about a former Marine on jury duty who is forced into action when the trial becomes a violent hostage situation. Nikhil Bhat (Kill) is directing. Dakota Fanning and Mamoudou Athie will star in SLEIGHT OF MIND, the next film from director Cooper Raiff (Sh*thouse). It's about a woman whose estranged father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, so she reunites with him to claim her inheritance. The script is by Ron Bass (Rain Man). Kumail Nanjiani will star in and make his directing debut with the horror comedy HOWL, about a struggling actor who, when he appears on a chat show, announces that he's a werewolf and also that he'll transform live on-air. The script is by Madison Vanderberg. John David Washington will star in MIME, a horror thriller set in a New York apartment as a heatwave triggers a blackout. Other details are being kept under wraps. Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny) is directing from a script by Steven Herman (Black Box). Kate Mara, Finn Wittrock, Justice Smith and Victor Garber are joining Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff in TRUST THE MAN, a Vietnam War-era thriller about an intelligence officer investigating a decorated soldier's mysterious past. Will Graham is writing and directing. Jafaar Jackson will star alongside Will Smith in the action thriller SUPERMAX, about FBI agents investigating a murder in the world's most secure prison. AnnaSophia Robb costars. David Gordon Green is directing. Meanwhile, Jackson and Miles Teller will reunite with Antoine Fuqua for a MICHAEL sequel. Simon Bird, Blake Harrison, James Buckley and Joe Thomas will be back for a third INBETWEENERS movie, following on from three TV seasons and two hit movies. The last film was released in 2014. Creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley are writing the script. Brittany Snow is joining Sydney Sweeney, Kirsten Dunst, Michele Morrone and Paul Anthony Kelly in THE HOUSEMAID'S SECRET, the thriller sequel about the further adventures of Sweeney's hired help, who this time discovers something behind a locked door. Paul Feig is back as director. Demian Bichir and Danny Rodriguez will produce DESERT ANGEL, a documentary about immigration along the US-Mexico border. The film centres on volunteer Rafael Larraenza, who has spent three decades rescuing lost migrants. Vincent De Luca is directing. And Sam Raimi is producing a film adaptation of Stephen King's 1996 novel DESPERATION, about a group of travellers who are stranded in a desert town and menaced by a sadistic local cop. Zach Lipovsky and Adam B Stein (Final Destination: Bloodlines) are lined up to direct.
John Legend will play Harry Belafonte in THE ROAD HOME, alongside Cynthia Erivo, Guy Pearce, Johnny Flynn and Thabo Rametsi. It's the story of how Hugh Masakela and Miriam Makeba defied the consensus to work with Paul Simon on his Graceland album. Director Bill Condon is currently filming in South Africa from a script by Michael Bronner. Samara Weaving will play Emma Frost in the new X-MEN movie. She's a telepath who was originally a villain but later joined the team. Also rumoured are Sadie Sink's Jane Grey and Inde Navarrette as Mystique. Jake Schreier (Thunderbolts) is directing the new film from a script by Joanna Calo (The Bear) and Lee Sung Jin (Beef). John Leguizamo is reteaming with Matt Damon for the mystery-shrouded new film from the Daniels, aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Costars include Sandra Oh, Charles Melton, Michael Gandolfini and PinkPantheress. Scott Mescudi, Natasha Lyonne, Jessica Rothe and Travis Fimmel are starring in PATHETIC FALLACY, a thriller about a young widower who visits a new-age mountain community to find meaning in his grief, but stumbles into a demon-infested forest. Adam Egypt Mortimer is directing. Frank Grillo will star in SHOW OF HANDS, a comedy about an aspiring filmmaker who kidnaps his father, a Cadillac dealer-turned-political candidate, to raise funds to make his movie. PJ Pesce is writing and directing. Samira Wiley, Sophia Bush, Brandon Flynn, Tovah Feldshuh and Midori Francis will star in THE LET GO, about a single mother trying to help her musically gifted 11-year-old daughter (Mileiah Vega) become a star. Kristen Wolf is writing and directing. Irina Shayk and Chris Fleming are joining the baseball-themes romantic comedy THE CATCH, alongside Emma Stone, Chris Pine, Tim Robbins, Sissy Spacek, Ashley Padilla and Druski. Dave McCary is directing. Francois Arnaud, Blu Hunt, James Urbaniak and Olivia Taylor Dudley will star in GODSTAR, a dark comedy-drama about a self-destructive actress who moves to Los Angeles to star in a play opposite her famous ex-boyfriend. Oren Shai is directing. Billy Zane is joining MILLISECONDS, a noir thriller about a reclusive painter caught up in a mystery connected to a suicide hotline. Costars include Kevin Ryan, Scottie Thompson, Bonnie Root, Don Wallace and John Billingsley. Philippe Caland (Repentance) is writing and directing. Emma D'Arcy (House of the Dragon) will star in STAGES, about an elite ballet school student whose big shot is jeopardised by a family tragedy. Costars include Julie Delpy, Kate Dickie, Kathryn Hunter and Takehiro Hira. Sonoya Mizuno is writing and directing. Director Phil Barantini (Adolescence) will team up with writer Mark L Smith (The Revenant) to make a biopic about Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton, centring in 1915-1916, when the crew of the ship Endurance was trapped on Antarctic ice for more than a year. And work is underway on an ACTION MAN movie, based on the classic British line of action figures. Simon Hatt (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Anthony Sellitti (X-Men '97) are writing the script. Jeremy Latcham (Dungeons and Dragons) is producing. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | |||
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