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Jean Smart is joining the returning ensemble for THE FAMILIES STONE, a sequel that picks up the story more than 20 years later. Rachel McAdams, Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Luke Wilson, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T Nelson and writer-director Tom Bezucha are all back. Jessica Chastain, Mikey Madison, Chris Evans, Chris Pine and Don Cheadle will star in MY DARLING CALIFORNIA, a noir thriller about a disgraced news anchor, her dodgy televangelist husband, a rising-star musician and a pair of criminals whose lives become entwined by their greed. Elijah Bynum (Magazine Dreams) is directing. Jude Law is lined up to star in SCAPEGOAT, alongside Scarlett Johansson and Jacob Elordi. This is writer-director Ari Aster's next film, which starts shooting in November. There's no word on the plot, but it's said to be a thriller. Cara Delevingne and Sam Worthington are joining Liam Hemsworth in NON COMPOS MENTIS, Paul Schrader's next thriller, which is about two brothers dealing with both a love triangle and their mother's dementia. Filming starts next month in New York. Ebon Moss-Bacharach is lined up to join HEAT 2, Michael Mann's sequel/prequel to his 1995 mob vs cops thriller. Costars include Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young and Maria Cid. Jerry Bruckheimer is producing. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Delroy Lindo, Winston Duke and Wendell Pierce will star in JABARI'S PEOPLE, an intergenerational drama about a Brooklyn teen (rising star Seyi Andes-Pelumi) who is sent to live with his estranged grandparents in Jamaica. Lindo is also making his directing debut. Mason Thames will star in NARCS, a coming-of-age comedy directed by John Phillips (No Hard Feelings) and written by Jordan and Justin Shipley. No word yet on the plot. Gaten Matarazzo, Alfred Molina and Jake Horowitz will star in the romantic comedy OUT ON A LIMB, about a man who pretends to be a medical student to win over a woman. Evan Oppenheimer is writing and directing. Bill Pullman will play Hugh Hefner in PLAYMATES, based on the memoir by Lorraine Nicholson, who regularly visited the Playboy mansion as a 13-year-old with her father Jack. Indiana Elle plays the young Lorraine, with Lily-Rose Depp as the centrefold model she befriends. Nicholson is also making her writing-directing debut. Chase Sui Wonders is joining Jennifer Aniston and Peter Dinklage in NAUGHTY, about a woman trying to find the real Santa Claus so he can testify at her divorce hearing. Olivia Wilde is directing from a script by Jimmy Warden (Cocaine Bear). And Robert Eggers will direct a new film adaptation of ROMEO AND JULIET, which is likely to lean heavily into the more darkly tragic elements in the story as well as the 14th century Italian setting. Although the dialog will be spoken in Shakespeare's Elizabethan verse.
Laura Linney is joining Morgan Freeman and Michael Keaton in the Western RODE TO RUIN, about a retired marshal who finally discovers his wife's killer, but both are aging and losing their memory. Keaton is also directing the film. Brad Pitt will be back for a sequel to 2013's globe-hopping zombie apocalypse thriller WORLD WAR Z. There's no word yet on where the story is going. This one will be directed by Edward Berger from a script by Dennis Kelly. Alan Ritchson will star in HELLDIVERS, based on the videogame about a unit of heavily armed troops that are defending humanity against robots and giant bugs in the 22nd century. Justin Lin is directing from a script by Gary Dauberman (It). John Leguizamo will play the villain in MIAMI VICE '85, Joseph Kosinski's new film adaptation of the classic TV series about two rule-bending cops (Michael B Jordan and Austin Butler) taking on Miami's criminal underworld. Costars include Camila Morrone, Alden Ehrenreich, Whitney Peak and Danny Ramirez. Guy Pearce is reteaming with director Andrew Baird for the thriller BOTTLE, about a pub owner in Ireland who catches a troubled man breaking in, and traps him there. The script is by Roberto Forte and Eamonn O'Brien. Alison Brie, Ashton Kutcher and Jesse Williams are lined up to star in Gregg Araki's next film, THE DECLINE OF F**KING WESTERN CIVILISATION. It's a dark comedy that is only being described as a cross between Election and American Beauty. Heather Graham, Andrew Santino, Sinqua Walls, Tom Segura, Timothy Simons and John Stamos will star in GOLF TRIP, a comedy about best friends whose annual holiday is ruined when they are paired with a dreaded single player. Nicholas Thomas is directing. Richard Gadd, Daniel Bruhl, Oscar Jaenada and Luis Tosar are joining PORTO RICO, a biopic about Puerto Rican revolutionary Jose Maldonado Roman. The film also stars Bad Bunny, Edward Norton, Viggo Mortensen and Ruben Blades. Rene Perez Joglar is directing. Esai Morales and Kelsey Grammer will star in HIS HEART, about a war journalist who is estranged from her husband, then she's sent to investigate a miracle in Argentina. Sean McNamara is directing. And American football legends Ricky Williams, Cris Carter, Marcedes Lewis and Calvin Johnson will star in the noir-style thriller RED CROWN, about the underground dealings of a Los Angeles sports empire. Costars include Don Benjamin and Shawn Meaike. Diamond Batiste is writing and directing.
Brie Larson will star in ONE ITALIAN SUMMER, based on the bestseller about a grieving woman who is given the chance to connect with her late mother when she was 30 years old and living on the Amalfi Coast. Harry Bradbeer (Enola Holmes) is directing. Sam Rockwell and Paul Rudd will star in REASONABLE PEOPLE, about a car accident that ignites a bitter feud between a developer and an architect. Cory Findlay is writing and directing. Tessa Thompson and Michael Shannon are joining Mads Mikkelsen and Boyd Holbrook in LAST MEALS, about a once-celebrated chef who now serves food to prisoners on death row. The film reunites Shannon with director Ramin Bahrani. The script is by Justin Piasecki (Relay). Anthony Hopkins will star in 2048, a dystopian thriller set in an underground society where the authoritarian rulers have erased all memory of the old world above. Timothy Woodward Jr (Studio City) is directing from a script by first-time screenwriter Sean Ryan. Robert De Niro is lined up to play legendary Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda in a biopic titled TOMMY & ME. There are no details on the approach, but the title implies that his story will be seen through someone else's eyes. Reid Carolin is directing. Scott Mescudi will star in, write and direct WRONG NUMBER, a horror thriller about a lonely author who has an unexpected romance with a mysterious woman just as he becomes the target of a serial killer. Barbie Ferreira, Lucy Barrett, Laura Harrier, Clifton Powell and Dewayne Perkins costar. Woody Harrelson will reteam with Caleb Landry Jones for the dramatic thriller SUMMER OF ROSES. It's about a wealthy American in Sicily who begins to sink into a drunken downward spiral. Rich Alverson is writing and directing. Jeff Daniels will star in the comedy THE RECEPTION, about a family and friends who carry on with a lavish wedding party in a Scottish castle despite the fact that the bride and groom didn't turn up. Director Trudie Styler will start filming next month on location near Loch Ness. June Squibb, Linda Hamilton, Caroline Aaron, George Ferrier and Jayne Eastwood will team up for HOT CURLERS, a comedy based on the true story of how the New Zealand curling team ended up lodging in a retirement home when they went to the Calgary Olympics. David White is directing and cowriting with Anna Taylor. Kellan Lutz will star in THE RESCUE, a thriller about a rescue team trying to survive after they are stranded on an icy Alaskan mountain. Directors Darren Simmonds and Jared van Berkel will shoot the film in New Zealand. And Salma Hayek Pinault will make her directing debut with the romantic adventure ARENA. She's also writing the script for the film, which will be shot in her native Veracruz, Mexico. Angelina Jolie is producing.
Keanu Reeves will produce and star in the thriller KILL CURRENT, based on the first book in a forthcoming globe-hopping series of novels about a jaded CIA operative who sets out to avenge the death of his protege. Kit Connor and Diana Silvers will star in PREPPY, a new retelling of the 1986 "Preppy Murder" of Jennifer Levin in Central Park. Janicza Bravo (Zola) is directing. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Leslie Odom Jr are joining Storm Reid in the cast of GET LITE, about a New York teen caught between his plan to become an engineer and his love of Litefeet dancing. Teyana Taylor is making her directing debut. Glen Powell will produce and most likely star in a remake of the 2012 Korean thriller CONFESSION OF MURDER, about a cop determined to catch a man who admits to a string of killings just after the statute of limitations runs out. Christopher MacBride is writing the script. Carrie Coon is joining Greta Lee and Rebecca Ferguson in the romantic comedy HONEYMOON/FUNERAL, about a woman who takes a solo holiday after being jilted at the altar, then meets a woman travelling to her mother's funeral. Nahnatchka Khan is directing from a script by Julia Bicknell. Lea Seydoux and Bill Murray will star in THE QUIET LAND, about a retired Montana police officer who teams up with a young woman who is desperately seeking justice. Swiss-French director Ursula Meier is making her English-language debut. Kathryn Newton is joining Mike Birbiglia's comedy OLD FRIENDS NEW FRIENDS, about college buddies who see their group dynamic change when one of them gets married. Also on board are Lucas Hedges, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Geraldine Viswanathan and Dylan Gelula. Noah Schnapp will star in STEALING FROM PABLO, as a teen in the foster care system who sets up a skating event in an abandoned mansion in Florida, then discovers that it belongs to a notorious drug kingpin. Carlos V Gutierrez (Stay Safe) is directing. Abigail Breslin, Boboo Stewart and Yasim Kassim will star in PIPE CLEANER BOY, about a young woman who sets off on a cross-country road trip to reconnect with an old boyfriend after her life falls apart. Anna Rose Moore is writing and directing. Paul Feig is lined up to direct a sequel to the 2003 action caper THE ITALIAN JOB, itself a remake of the 1968 classic. There's no word yet on the plot or whether stars Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg and Edward Norton will be back. And Sarah Jessica Parker, Rachel McAdams, Claire Danes, Luke Wilson, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T Nelson, Tyrone Giordano, Elizabeth Reaser, Paul Schneider and Brian White will all be back for THE FAMILIES STONE, a sequel to the 2005 comedy The Family Stone, about an uptight woman meeting her boyfriend's bohemian family. In this one, the patriarch introduces his new girlfriend. Tom Bezucha is back as writer-director. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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