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Cynthia Erivo is joining the cast of SNOOP, Craig Brewer's Snoop Dogg biopic, which stars Jonathan Daviss as the rapper, alongside Algee Smith, Laya DeLeon Hayes, Tre Hale, Lauren London and Myles Bullock. Erivo will play the activist mother of Tupac Shakur (Camron Jones). Gillian Anderson and Rebecca Hall will star in THE PORTRAIT, about a woman who is desperate to see her dying ex one last time, so she hires his wife to paint her portrait. Sara Colangelo (The Kindergarten Teacher) is directing. Colin Firth will team up with Paul Bettany to star in IT'S ALRIGHT, a musical comedy about an ageing popstar. There's no more word on the characters or plot. The script was cowritten by Bettany. Charles Melton will star in NARUTO, a live-action action-adventure adaptation of the bestselling manga series about a young ninja who dreams of becoming the leader of his village. Destin Daniel Cretton is directing. Antonio Banderas will star in the blackly comical thriller MARE NOSTRUM, as the captain of a container ship who becomes entangled in a political crisis when he rescues a group of African refugees from the sea. Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat (Official Competition) are writing and directing. Kate Mara, Leslie Mann, Ashton Kutcher and Billy Eichner will star in the dark comedy HOME SHOPPER, about a woman in a loveless marriage who becomes obsessed with the host of a shopping-channel show. Tilman Singer is directing from a script by Ryan Farhoudi. Nicholas Galitzine is lined up to play Ichabod Crane opposite Sydney Sweeney as Katrina Van Tassel in HOLLOW, a new take on the Sleepy Hollow legend about a headless horseman. Belmont Cameli has also joined the cast. Lindsey Anderson Beer is writing and directing, based on her forthcoming novel. Daisy Ridley and Simon Rex will team up for the thriller GET RID OF IT, about two sisters who are on a cross-country trip when one of them discovers she is pregnant after a fling with a drifter. But the baby doesn't seem to be human. Erin Moriarty will join Nicolas Cage and Michael Sheen in CLAY, a psychological thriller about an underground hacking collective that catches the attention of both criminals and intelligence agencies. Simon Afram is directing. Isabelle Fuhrman will star in HEARTACHE, set in a near-future in which having a broken heart is fatal. First-time feature director Beth Fletcher is currently filming in Massachusetts. Director Paul WS Anderson is heading back to space for a two-part film, NETHER STATION and NETHER VORTEX, based on Kevin J Anderson's novels about a young scientist who discovers the ruins of ancient alien civilisations on a deep-space mission. And Jason Statham will reunite with writer-director Guy Ritchie for a seventh film together. DOGFIGHT is an action thriller of course set in London's criminal underworld and involves a quest for revenge.
Alicia Vikander, James McAvoy and Taron Egerton will team up to star in a conspiracy thriller written and directed by Armando Iannucci (In the Loop). Plot details are being kept under wraps, but we can expect Iannucci's signature blackly comical dialog. Jamie Dornan is joining Aiden Gillen in NOSTALGIE, a short comedy-drama that explores the unpredictable relationship between musicians and their fans. Original songs are by Dan Smith of Bastille. Director Kathryn Ferguson is filming in Belfast. Meanwhile, Gillen will star with Brendan Gleeson, Colm Meaney and Alex Murphy in PADDY POWER, which traces the extraordinary rise of the ubiquitous Irish bookmaker. Matt Lipsey (Ted Lasso) is directing from a script by Dale Longmore and John Quinn. Chase Sui Wonders is joining Skyler Gisondo and Will Forte in GOBLIN, a raunchy buddy comedy about a goblin (voiced by Kenneth Branagh) and his human companion. David Mikalson is writing and directing. Maria Bakalova and Jon Rudnitsky will star in the horror comedy GET OFF YOUR PHONE, about an influencer whose digital detox in rural Wisconsin is disrupted by a mysterious stranger. Simon Pegg, Mark Duplass and Haley Joel Osment will star in the dark comedy MY PHONE DIED, which centres on a handful of people who survive the apocalypse that unfolds when mobile phones around the world explode. Costars Hannah Leder and Alexandra Kotcheff are also writing and directing. Stephen McKinley Henderson will lead the cast of ANGLERS, about a man nearing retirement who is seeking justice after getting caught in an online sting operation. Costars include Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens, Bella Samman, Rebecca Laborde and Beau Karnsrithong. Zoe Simone is writing and directing. Justin Long is joining Jenna Ortega and Rose Byrne in NASTY, a dark drama about a talented gymnast struggling to escape her manipulative coach as she tries to make the Olympic team. Costars include. Mary Bronstein is directing from a script by Isabella Jarosz. Brittany O'Grady (The White Lotus) will star in the thriller STATE OF EMERGENCY, about an emergency dispatcher on a night shift during which a major catastrophe begins to unfold in Boston. Greg Yaitanes (Presumed Innocent) is directing from a script by Nick Luddington (Arcane). Jonathan Rhys Meyers will star in PRETTY KILL MACHINE, about a powerful, ancient vampire whose immortality is tested when she falls in love for the first time. Matthew David Wilder (Your Name Here) is writing and directing. Director David Bruckner (2022's Hellraiser reboot) and writer Nick Antosca (Verity) will make the third SMILE film, taking over from writer-director Parker Finn, who came up with the story and will produce the stand-along sequel. And recording artist Raye will voice a character and compose music for Benny Safdie's next film LIZARD MUSIC, a live-action/animated hybrid fantasy about a boy who discovers a series of hidden worlds. The cast includes Dwayne Johnson, Colman Domingo, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Goldblum, Alicia Silverstone and Regina Hall.
Cate Blanchett will reteam with director Todd Haynes for THE MAIDS, adapting Jean Genet's 1947 play Les Bonnes, based on real-life sisters who fantasise about murdering their boss. And then set out to do it. Blanchett performed the play on-stage with Isabelle Huppert, raising hopes of a big screen reunion. Connor Storrie is lined up to play the villain opposite Ryan Gosling in the new adaptation of GHOST RIDER. It's about a motorbike stuntman who sells his soul to become a supernatural force for vengeance. Shawn Levy is directing from a script by Jonathan Tropper. Damson Idris will produce and star in SACRAMENT, a thriller about two ex-cops from Chicago who are hired to track a thief who is hiding in a remote town in Utah. Jonathan Levine is directing from a script by Enzo Mileti and Scott Wilson. Paul Giamatti, Sam Nivola and Nico Parker are lined up to star in GRANDGEAR, the first English-language film by Takashi Yamazaki (Godzilla Minus One). There's no word yet on the plot, but it's likely to be a mecha vs monster effects-based thriller. Melanie Laurent will join Bollywood stars Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan in LONG YEARS AGO, about a family that is forced to confront an issue they have all been avoiding. Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) is directing. Ice Cube will be back for LAST FRIDAY, the comedy series that saw four films released from 1995 to 2002. There's no word yet on the plot for this one. Lawrence Lamont (One of Them Days) is directing from a script by Ice Cube. Cory Michael Smith is joining the cast of Ari Aster's next film, SCAPEGOAT, which also stars Scarlett Johansson, Jacob Elordi, Jude Law, Ella Purnell and Caleb Landry Jones. The plot is under wraps. Leslie Bibb is joining Camila Mendes in the UPGRADED sequel, which was set in the art scene as an intern plots to move her career forward. The plot details are being kept under wraps. Director Becca Gleason has just started filming in Italy. Celine Dion will voice a character and perform songs with Paul McCartney for the animated adventure HIGH IN THE CLOUDS, based on the children's book about a teen squirrel, cowritten by McCartney. The cast includes Hannah Waddingham, Idris Elba, Himesh Patel and Clemence Poesy, plus Ringo Starr and Lionel Ritchie. Toby Genkel is directing. Jack Champion and Grace Van Dien will star in THE ONE BEFORE THE ONE, about a Wall Street analyst who is transported back to high school while attending his 20-year reunion, giving him a second chance at a lost love. Brittany Sarkisian is directing. And it turns out that Sandra Huller has a cameo in the forthcoming AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY, and of course her role is being kept as a secret. The Russo brothers' epic stars Robert Downey Jr and the casts of pretty much every Marvel movie in recent memory. It's out in December.
Juno Temple, James McAvoy and Joey King will star in ALMOST YOU, a comedy about an engineer who creates an AI version of her recently deceased little sister. The film reunites Temple with Ted Lasso director Matt Lipsey. Filming is underway in Glasgow. Anthony Ramos and Michael Pena will team up for the thriller FREE AGENT, based on the true story of sports agents who set out to bring Cuba's best baseball players to the US, but become entangled with organised crime and corrupt politics. The script is by Charlie Wachtel and David Rabinowitz (BlacKkKlansman). Jack O'Connell will reteam with Cillian Murphy for A QUIET PLACE: PART III. Murphy reprises his role in Part II, alongside Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds and writer-director John Krasinski. Mia McKenna-Bruce, Nicole Wallace, Josh Heuston and Julio Pena will star in THROTTLED, a romance based on the first book in the Dirty Air series about an ambitious young woman who joins her older brother on the car racing circuit and falls for his teammate. Nzingha Stewart is directing with a script by Melissa Osborne. Richard Gadd is joining RODE TO RUIN, the Western about a retired marshal who tracks down his wife's killer, but both men are old and losing their memory. Costars include Morgan Freeman, Michael Keaton and Laura Linney. Keaton is also directing. Mena Suvari, David Arquette, Belle Shouse and Alberto Rosende will star in HOMESICK, a horror thriller about a doctor who has a secret she has never shared with her husband. Then a stranger turns up. Director Todd Slavkin starts filming this week in Winnipeg. Stephen Lang will reteam with director Uli Edel for MERCY RIDER, some 30 years after Last Exit to Brooklyn. It's about a former soldier living quietly on a Texas ranch who takes on immigration authorities when they detain his father. Jack Hudson costars; Richard Julian is writing the script. Sarah Niles, Ray Panthaki, Richard Brake, Flula Borg and Charley Palmer Rothwell are joining the cast of the CRAWL sequel, alongside Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd. There's no word yet on the plot, but it will likely involve crocodiles. Alexandre Aja is directing. Peyton Elizabeth Lee (Wildwood), Tanner Buchanan, Finn Douglas, Elliott Fullam and newcomer Oscar O'Meara will star in the 1994 road movie GASOLINE, about a young singer tracelling with his brothers to perform shows. Along the way, he falls for a punk rocker. James Merendino (SLC Punk) is writing and directing. Toni Servillo and Sebastian Koch will star in THE LUNEBURG VARIATION, a mystery based on the novel about an elaborate revenge plot that plays out over four decades through games of chess. Gabriele Salvatores (Mediterraneo) is directing. Tricia Helfer, Georgia Bradner and Elizabeth Adams will star in the horror thriller DEVOUR, as a former figure skater who becomes obsessed with her daughter's new friend, to the point that her life begins to unravel. Erica Orofino is directing. And Keanu Reeves will replace Alan Ritchson in MAELSTROM, a long-gestating action thriller originally pitched back in the 1990s as a vehicle for the likes of Bruce Willis. It's about a federal agent protecting a woman from her crime-boss husband, just as a hurricane hits. Jaume Collet Serra is directing. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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