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Chris Hemsworth will star in KOCKROACH, a thriller about an outsider who works his way up through the New York criminal underworld until he is the most powerful mobster in the city. Costars include Taron Egerton and Zazie Beetz. Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic) is writing and directing. Charli XCX, Milly Alcock, Norman Reedus, Kiko Mizuhara and Show Kasamatsu willl star in an untitled Japanese slasher horror movie that's being directed by Takashi Miike. The story follows three friends who take a trip to Kyoto, but encounter a tortured spirit. The script is based on an idea by Charli XCX. Anthony Mackie, Sharon Stone, Ben Mendelsohn and Rebecca Pidgeon will star in SPEED THE PLOW, based on David Mamet's stage play about a film producer pitching a project to a studio boss. But there are distractions along the way. Mamet is writing and directing. Kyra Sedgwick, Mark Strong and Asa Butterfield will star in HAPPY, which traces an out-of-control encounter with a wild set of in-laws. John Carroll Lynch is directing. Orlando Bloom is joining Ethan Hawke in THE LAST OF THE TRIBE, a thriller based on the true story of a Chicago cop who takes a trip into the Amazon and encounters the only surviving member of an indigenous tribe. Claudio Borrelli is directing. Karen Gillan, Josh Hutcherson and Clive Owen will star in the horror film BLASPHEMOUS, about two priests who find themselves in a perilous situation while escorting a demon-possessed woman to a secure location for an exorcism. Writer Luke Piotrowski (She Rides Shotgun) is making his directing debut. Stephen Dillane, Niamh Algar, Ian Hart, Kyle Soller and Anya Chalotra are joining Idris Elba in the next LUTHER movie. In this one, the detective will secretly return to the job to solve a series of seemingly random murders in London. Ruth Wilson will reprise her role; Neil Cross is again writing the script, with Jamie Payne directing. Theo Rossi will lead the cast of YOUNG BLOOD, a comedy about a spring break island holiday that morphs into vampire horror. Ari Schlossberg (Hide and Seek) is directing. Jimmi Simpson, Chloe East and Katie Douglas are joining Thomasin McKenzie in THE RULE OF THREE, a horror thriller about a family that's plagued by a deadly curse that strikes every three years. James Roday Rodriguez is directing. And Adam Sandler will replace Christian Bale in the lead role in TIME OUT, Scott Cooper's next film, which is a remake of the hit 2001 French drama about an unemployed man who gets deeper into trouble as he hides his unemployment from family and friends.
It's official: Pedro Pascal and Danny Ramirez are confirmed to star in DE NOCHE, Todd Haynes' romantic drama, which Joaquin Phoenix notoriously abandoned just before production was set to begin in 2023. It's about a policeman and a teacher who become political targets and go on the run from Los Angeles to Mexico. Penelope Cruz, Kieran Culkin, Emma Mackey, Jude Law and Owen Wilson will star in a new untitled romantic drama from writer-director Nancy Meyers. Reportedly, it's about two filmmakers who made a string of hits together before breaking up, then have to reunite with a difficult cast on a new project. Jessica Chastain and Chris Pine will star in THIS IS PLEASURE, based on the novella about a woman whose close friend, a charismatic publisher, is accused of misconduct. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini are directing from a script by Nina Raine. Benedict Cumberbatch will star in LAST FLIGHT, as an American man who helps persecuted locals who assisted the US war effort as they try to escape from Iraq and Afghanistan. Babak Anvari is directing from a script by Kirk Wallace Johnson, based on his own real-life experiences. Kerry Washington, James Marsden and Chloe East will star in the psychological thriller AN INNOCENT GIRL, about a young woman who is seduced by a high-powered couple in Washington DC. Jaume Collet-Serra is directing from a script by Michael Mohan and Marc Guggenheim. Helena Bonham Carter, Caitriona Balfe and Emma Laird are joining Anthony Hopkins in THE HOUSEKEEPER, a romantic reimagining of the events that inspired Daphne du Maurier's classic novel Rebecca. Richard Eyre is directing from a script by author Rose Tremain. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Laurence Fishburne are joining the cast of Mike Flanagan's still untitled stand-alone reboot of THE EXORCIST, alongside Scarlett Johansson, Diane Lane and Jacobi Jupe. The plot apparently centres on a demonic invasion in the White House as World War III is about to break out. Rachel Weisz and Matthew Macfadyen will star in SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON, about a medium who convinces her husband to abduct a wealthy child so she can "solve" the crime. Tomas Alfredson is directing from a script by Jack Thorne. Filming is underway in Britain. Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and star in KILL SWITCH, an action thriller that's being called "Collateral meets Sicario", which doesn't really tell us much. The script is by Harrison Query (Heads of State). Matt Reeves is also producing. Kiernan Shipka and Cole Sprouse will star in the romantic comedy GOODBYE GIRL, about a professional breakup artist who falls for the man she's supposed to dump. Director Oran Zegman started filming this week in New Orleans, from a script by Danielle Hoover and David Monahan. Josh Gad will star in GERRON'S LAST FILM as real-life top German actor Kurt Gerron, who in the 1940s was forced by the Nazis to make a propaganda movie. Simon Curtis is directing. And Ava DuVernay will direct a film about Coretta Scott King titled KING VS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, which will trace her decades-long investigation to find the truth about her husband's assassination.
Brad Pitt will lead the cast of THE RIDERS, about an Australian man who crisscrosses Europe with his young daughter in search of his wife. The ensemble cast includes Julianne Nicholson, Coco Greenstone, Camille Cottin, Danny Huston, Michael Smiley and Ulrich Thomsen. Director Edward Berger is currently filming on location. Cameron Diaz and Stephen Merchant will star in a romantic comedy that Merchant will also direct. Still untitled, it's about a British man working in a New York hotel where he needs a wife for professional events. So he hires a stand-up comic who needs health insurance. Allison Janney, Andrew Scott and Mia Goth will star in FONDA, a psychological thriller about someone grappling with grief and obsession. Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall) is directing. Antonio Banderas is joining the cast of UNMERCIFUL GOOD FORTUNE, a thriller about a celebrity lawyer whose latest defendant claims to have psychic powers, and only murders people who will go on to kill. Costars include Susan Sarandon, Rosario Dawson and Scott Eastwood. Tirsa Hackshaw is writing and directing. Renate Reinsve and Jacob Lohman will star in Alexander Payne's next film SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, which is a friendship comedy set in Denmark. This will be Payne's first project in a language other than English. Erin Doherty and James McAvoy will team up to star in FAITH, a supernatural drama about a single mother who strikes up a friendship with an enigmatic stranger just as her life falls apart. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Aden Young and Sam Rechnew are joining Alan Ritchson 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. Daniel Zolghadri, Cory Michael Smith, Vic Carmen Sonne and Tamara Podemski will star in THE TEMPLE, a horror thriller about an orphaned millionaire who hires scientists to help him communicate with his parents' ghosts. Directors Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis are currently filming in Toronto. Meredith Hagner, Freya Mavor and Guy Burnet are joining Adria Arjona and Kingsley Ben-Adir in SCORN, about a woman who fights back when her married boyfriend tries to break off their affair. Sarah-Violet Bliss is writing and directing. Clancy Brown, Aaron Moten, Mark Webber and Pat Healy are joining the survival thriller NIGHTWATCHING, alongside Mila Kunis and Corey Hawkins. It's about a woman trying to protect her children when she finds an intruder in her home during a winter storm. Adam Schindler and Brian Netto are directing. And Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso) has joined the cast of the live-action remake HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2, alongside Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler and Olaf Olafsson. Dean DeBlois is directing.
Halle Berry will play the US president in THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING, based on the novel by James Patterson and Bill Clinton. It's about a terrorist threat that could send America back to the dark ages. Nicole Perlman and David Chasteen are writing the script. Ana de Armas will star in SWEAT, as a fitness influencer who, after a disastrous encounter with her idol, ends up in a dangerous relationship with an obsessive fan. This is a remake of the 2020 Polish film. J Blakeson is directing. Julia Garner will join Charlize Theron in TYRANT, a thriller set in New York's cutthroat elite culinary world. Other details about the plot are being kept under wraps. David Weil is writing and directing. Sam Worthington, David Duchovny and Taiwanese actress Ke-Xi Wu will star in THE EXILES, a crime thriller based on the true story of a Westerner seeking his fortune in Asia. Filming is underway in Taipei with director Midi Z (Nina Wu), who is making his English-language debut. Kate Beckinsale will star in the action thriller THE SAVIOR, about a woman struggling with addiction as she returns to her violent past to rescue her kidnapped daughter from human traffickers. Russell Mulcahy is directing. Diane Lane is joining the cast of the new EXORCIST movie, an all-new story that also stars Scarlett Johansson and Jacobi Jupe. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but writer-director Mick Flanagan is promising something that's both original and terrifying. Bill Nighy and Makram Khoury will star in A TOWN IN NOVA SCOTIA, which centres on a widowed man trying to help his best friend after surgery. Then his daughter invites him to move to Canada. Currently filming on location, Babak Jalali is directing from a script he wrote with Carolina Cavalli. Zoey Deutch has joined the cast of THE 99ERS, based on the true story of the US women's team as they defy the odds to take on China in the final of the 1999 Women's World Cup. Emily Bader costars; Nicole Kassell is directing. Mia Threapleton is joining the ensemble cast of Damien Chazelle's next film, alongside Daniel Craig, Cillian Murphy and Michelle Williams. Little is known about the film other than that it's set in a prison. And it's official, Jennifer Grey will be back for a 40-years-later DIRTY DANCING sequel, which will return her character to the summer resort. Kim Rosenstock (Dying for Sex) is writing the script. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | |||
 February TV Roundup SCREEN: The Beauty, Heated Rivalry, Stranger Things 5, The Night Manager 2, Wonder Man, Industry 4, more...  Married to the job STAGE: Gecko brings The Wedding, a sparky exploration of social contracts, to Sadler's Wells East...  Let it all hang out STAGE: Golden Goose Theatre's new production of cheeky song and dance hit Boys in the Buff until 10th Jan...  Make the yuletide gay STAGE: The Fit Prince brings a hilarious sense of holiday romcom anarchy to King's Head Theatre until 3rd Jan... STAGE: Beauty and the Beast is Charing Cross Theatre's annual adult pantomime... STAGE: The Great Christmas Feast<, Dickensian dinner and immersive show... STAGE: RVT's panto Growled< riotously spins Beauty and the Beast... STAGE: Brick Lane Music Hall's The Magic of Christmas dinner-theatre... NOV TV: Boots, Only Murders 5, Chad Powers, Peacemaker 2, MobLand, The Morning Show 4, Alien: Earth, more... DANCE: Ballet Black's Shadows, a new double bill at Sadler's Wells... DANCE: Pite and McBurney's staggering Figures in Extinction at Sadler's Wells... DANCE: Akram Khan and Manal AlDowayan's elemental Thikra at Sadler's Wells... STAGE: KC and the Sunshine Band musical Get Down Tonight at Charing Cross...
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