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Charlize Theron will produce and star in MYSTERIA, an intriguing sci-fi project that is being described as a cyberthriller. There's no other word on the plot. Craig Zobel (Compliance) is directing from a script by Eric Heisserer (Arrival). Word has it that Leonardo DiCaprio will star in Michael Mann's long-gestating followup to his 1995 heist thriller HEAT. Also rumoured for roles are Adam Driver and Austin Butler. And the film's prequel/sequel premise means we might also see a return of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Joe Locke, Tom Cullen, Marli Siu and Rakie Ayola are starring in BLACK CHURCH BAY, a mystery thriller about a teacher whose life is upended when he makes a connection with a younger man. Rhys Marc Jones is making his writing-directing debut. Karla Sofia Gascon, Vittoria Puccini and Lino Guanciale are starring in SCHOOL OF SEDUCTION, about a coach who helps six people overcome their insecurities and find love in the digital age. Director Carlo Verdone has just started filming in Rome. Zooey Deschanel and Michelle Buteau will star in HEATHER OF THE VALLEY, a comedy about two former high school classmates who are sent back in time to 18th century Scotland, the setting for their favourite TV series. Sheri Elwood (Tulsa King) is directing from a script by Kate Spurgeon (American Dad). Monica Dolan, Andrew Bennett and Ian McElhinney will star in THE LOST CHILDREN OF TUAM, based on the true story of a history enthusiast who uncovers the horrific fact that nearly 800 children were buried in unmarked graves at a young mothers home in Ireland. Frank Berry is directing from a script by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Bruce Dern is joining the cast of ALL DAY HAPPY DANCE, a coming-of-age comedy centred around a boy who shares his ADHD meds with his twin brother, as well as others in the family. Costars include Nick Stahl and Wallace Langham. John Francis Sullivan is directing. Cory Hendrix (The Bear) and Ahmad Ferguson (The Chi) are joining the cast of MOSES THE BLACK, a drama starring Omar Epps and Wiz Khalifa as Chicago gangsters. Costars include Quavo and Chukwudi Iwuji. Yelena Popovic is writing and directing. Sarah Levy (Schitt's Creek), Phillipa Soo and Adam Pally will star in RUN, based on the novel Plain Jain, about a woman who sets out to run a New Jersey marathon while navigating the breakdown of her marriage and the impending death of her best friend. Melissa Miller Costanzo is directing. And Lin Shaye will be back for a sixth INSIDIOUS movie, again playing the steely psychic Elise Rainer, who holds her nerve against all manner of supernatural horror. Amelia Eve (The Haunting of Bly Manor) is also joining the cast. Of course, the plot is being guarded like a state secret. Director Jacob Chase plans to start filming soon in Australia.
Cate Blanchett will produce and star in SWEETSTICK, about a woman who has the ability to see what other people need, but this sometimes comes at a personal cost. Screenwriter Alice Birch is making her directing debut. Filming starts soon in the UK and Greece. Jessica Chastain, John Hawkes and country singer Carter Faith will star in the mystery thriller HEARTLAND, about a reclusive country music star who emerges from seclusion to search for her missing niece, uncovering Nashville's darker secrets. Shana Feste is writing and directing. Following the festival premiere of their new film The Smashing Machine, Dwayne Johnson will reteam with director Benny Safdie for LIZARD MUSIC, based on the novel about a boy who stumbles into a fantastical hidden world and sets out on a quest to find a secret society. Lily James and Pierce Brosnan are now set to star in the new CLIFFHANGER movie, after Sylvester Stallone dropped out. So it apparently won't be a sequel after all. Set in the Italian Alps, it's about a veteran mountain guide whose daughter's climbing business faces a dangerous attack. Director Jaume Collet-Serra is already planning a sequel. Michael Caine is coming out of retirement to join Vin Diesel in a sequel to THE LAST WITCH HUNTER, continuing the adventures of an immortal man who protects humanity from dangerous covens. There's no word yet on the plot. Diesel is also producing. Sofia Boutella, Dacre Montgomery, Diane Lane and Tim Robbins will star in the psychological thriller MORAL CAPACITY, about a man whose mistress' husband blackmails him to commit murder. Brad Anderson is directing from a script by Peter Moore Smith. Fred Hechinger will star in A LONG WINTER, about a young man searching for his alcoholic mother in a snowstorm. She left home with her dog after a bad argument with her husband. Andrew Haigh is writing and directing. Daisy Ridley is lined up to star in the action adventure DELILAH DIRK AND THE TURKISH LIEUTENANT, based on the graphic novel about a 19th century sword fighter who takes on pirates while traveling the globe in her flying boat. Lucy Liu and Charles Melton will star in the psychological thriller AUDITION, based on the novel about an actress whose glamorous New York life is upended when a young man appears claiming to be her son. Lulu Wang is directing; Barack and Michelle Obama are producing. Jared Harris and Joe Pantoliano are joining VIOLENT NIGHT 2, the continuing action adventures of a fearsome John Wick-style Santa Claus (David Harbour). Costars include Kristen Bell and Daniela Melchior. Tommy Wirkola is back as director, as are writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller. Tony Revolori, Ji-young Yoo (KPop Demon Hunters), Eric Nam (The Legend of Aang), Yoo Ji-tae (Money Heist) and Gia Kim (XO) will star in an untitled movie about a young Korean-American woman who joins a competition to create a new K-pop group. Director Benson Lee (Seoul Searching) starts filming later this month. And Snoop Dogg and Eli Roth are teaming up to produce a horror film titled DON'T GO IN THAT HOUSE, B*TCH! While plot details are kept under wraps, they are calling it the ultimate haunted house movie. Roth will direct from a script by Snoop.
Andrew Garfield and Katherine Waterston will star in the next film by Paul Greengrass. Still untitled, it's about a man who forms a rebel army to fight for justice in the face of the authoritarian rule of medieval England's King Richard II. Isabelle Huppert will star in ALL ABOUT CORINNE, a comedy about an actress who is stuck in supporting roles but has big ambitions. Costars include Emmanuelle Bercot, Sandrine Kilberlain, Ana Girardot and Vincent Dedienne. Marc Fitoussi (Call My Agent) is directing. Djimon Hounsou and Max Zhang are joining Henry Cavill in the new HIGHLANDER movie, about an immortal Scottish swordsman who takes on other warriors over the centuries. Costars include Russell Crowe, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan and Marisa Abela. Chad Stahelski is directing from a script by Michael Finch. Rachel Brosnahan, Will Poulter and Charles Melton will star in SATURN RETURN, a Chicago-set romance that covers the twists and turns of life over the decade following university. Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing) is directing from a script he wrote with Clint Bentley (Train Dreams). Meanwhile, Poulter and Naomie Ackie are joining Demi Moore, Keke Palmer and LaKeith Stanfield in the offbeat comedy I LOVE BOOSTERS, about a group of opportunistic shoplifters who take on a vicious fashionista. Boots Riley is directing. Oscar Isaac will reteam with Frankenstein filmmaker Guillermo del Toro for FURY. Currently writing the script, del Toro describes it as a violent thriller that's "like My Dinner With Andre, but killing people after each course". Del Toro is also working on an adult-aimed stop-motion adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel THE BURIED GIANT, about an elderly couple seeking their forgotten son. Hannah John-Kamen is joining Josh Holloway in the thriller ONE SECOND AFTER, based on the novel about a retired military officer trying to protect his community after an electromagnetic destroys America's modern infrastructure. Veteran stunt coordinator Scott Rogers is directing. Christopher McDonald will play Lionel Barrymore in JIMMY, the James Stewart biopic starring KJ Apa as the beloved actor. Costars include Jason Alexander, Max Casella, Sarah Drew and Jen Lilley. Aaron Burns is directing from a script by Justin Strawhand. Mark Pellegrino will produce and star in OUTSIDER, a thriller about a man trying to rescue his wife after she's taken by human traffickers in a foreign country. Costars include Kelly Arjen, Matt Ryan, Samm Levine and Thomas Ian Nicholas. Brian A Metcalf is writing and directing. Bechir Sylvain will reteam with Jurassic Park: Rebirth costar Simone Leonora for ARTISAN, a psychological thriller that also stars J Alphonse Nicholson, Margo Hall and Myles Bullock. It's about a chef battling mental health issues while working in a high-pressure kitchen. Joslyn Rose is directing. Harriet Slater, Arsema Thomas and Tom Brittney will star in FALL 2, a sequel to the 2022 trapped-on-an-aerial thriller. This one is set around the plank walk on Thailand's Mount Kwan, as a rockslide leaves two friends stranded thousands of feet up. Michael and Peter Spierig are directing this one from a script by original writers Scott Mann and Jonathan Frank. And Alan Ritchson will star in a biopic about Navy Seal hero Mike Thornton, who led a desperate mission to rescue five men during the last days of the Vietnam War. Patrick Hughes is directing; Ritchson cowrote the script and is also producing alongside Sylvester Stallone.
Jeremy Allen White is up for the lead role in AIRMAN, based on the true story of an American turret-gunner who was shot down over France in 1943 and worked with the resistance to escape into Spain. Ben Stiller is directing from a script by Ben Shattuck. Jake Gyllenhaal is producing. Emily Blunt will produce and star in the Irish romance WALK THE BLUE FIELDS, about a woman on her wedding day who is faced with a love-triangle dilemma from her past. John Crowley is directing from a script by Conor McPherson. Rumour has it that Jason Momoa, John Cena, Milly Alcock, Aaron Pierre and Grant Gustin will reprise their DC Comics characters in MAN OF TOMORROW, the Superman sequel again starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult and Isabela Merced. James Gunn is back as writer-director. Pamela Anderson and Guy Pearce are lined up to star in QUEEN OF THE FALLS, which is being described as a music-infused story about two lovers who go on the run. Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia (H.) are writing and directing, while Marius De Vries (La La Land) is composing the music. Sam Rockwell, Zazie Beetz, Juno Temple, Michael Pena and Haley Lu Richardson are leading the cast of GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE, an animated time travel comedy about a man who arrives from the future, assembling a random team of people to save the world from an AI apocalypse. Gore Verbinski is directing. Mary Louise Parker, Thomas Mann, Sutton Foster and Michaela Watkins are joining Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck in THE BEST IS YET TO COME, a comedy-drama about two old friends who take a bucket-list road trip in an attempt to repair broken relationships. Jon Turteltaub is directing. Walton Goggins and Lewis Pullman are joining Jessica Biel in BATSO, based on the true story of a group of climbers in the early 1970s who took on what was thought to be an impossible route up El Capitan in Yosemite. The title is the nickname of lead climber Warren Harding. Kyle Marvin is directing from a script by Eamon O'Sullivan. Jason Siegel is joining Angelina Jolie and Aimee Lou Wood in ANXIOUS PEOPLE, an offbeat comedy about a group of strangers who get caught up in a hostage situation on Thanksgiving. Marc Forster is directing from a script by David Magee. Filming is underway in London. Camille Cottin, Laure Calamy, Thibault de Montalembert, Gregory Montel, Liliane Rovere, Fanny Sidney and Nicolas Maury will all be back for a CALL MY AGENT movie, continuing the story from the acclaimed French TV series about a talent agency. Series creator Fanny Herrero has written the script. Expect big-name cameos. Dexter Fletcher will direct a remake of the 1960 heist classic THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, set in the present day. It's about a group of former British Army officers who team up to rob a bank in London. Bek Smith is writing the script. And RuPaul Charles will produce and star in a camp, drag action comedy about train attendants who must save the day when a storm threatens to derail their train as it arrives in Los Angeles. Adam Shankman is directing from a script by Connor Wright and Christina Friel. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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