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Timothy Chalamet is reteaming with A Complete Unknown director James Mangold to make HIGH SIDE, a heist thriller about a motocross racer who was forced to retire after a crash. Then his brother recruits him to use his motorbike skills to rob small-town banks. Halle Berry and Djimon Hounsou will star in RED CARD, a thriller about a cat-and-mouse chase across Africa as an FBI agent pursues a ranger who is trying to rescue his kidnapped son from the criminal underworld. Joel Souza is directing. Aubrey Plaza will produce and star in the imaginatively titled biopic THE HEIDI FLEISS STORY, about the woman who ran a Hollywood prostitution ring. Apparently the film centres on the period before her notorious trial, when she tried to blackmail her way out of court. Leah Rachel is directing. Zoey Deutch, Nick Robinson, Lukas Gage, Nick Offerman, Harry Shum Jr and Ciara Bravo will star in VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE, a romantic comedy about a woman whose voice messages to her late sister are mistakenly received by a stranger. Leah McKendrick is writing and directing. KJ Apa will play screen icon James Stewart in JIMMY, a biopic tracing the actor's career, including a five-year break during which he served as a pilot on combat missions in WWII. Costars include Jason Alexander (as Louis B Mayer) and Max Casella (as Frank Capra). Aaron Burns is directing from a script by Justin Strawhand. Ben Kingsley and Andy Serkis have joined William Franklyn-Miller in YOUNG WASHINGTON, which explores the early life of George Washington, including his service in the French and Indian War. Jon Erwin is directing. Michael Pena is joining Chris Hemsworth and Lily James in SUBVERSION, an action thriller about a submarine commander blackmailed by criminals into carrying out a dangerous mission. Patrick Vollrath is directing from a script by Andrew Ferguson. Jason Isaacs is joining the cast of ELEVEN DAYS, a thriller based on the true story of an 11-day prison siege in 1974 Texas. Diego Luna and Taylor Kitsch costar in the film, which is being directed by Peter Landesman. Rob Lowe, Gillian Jacobs and Will Brill will star in THE MUSICAL, a comedy about a middle school theatre teacher who launches a plan to destroy the school's principal. Giselle Bonilla is directing from a script by Alexander Heller. And David Byrne will contribute three songs to the soundtrack of THE TWITS, an animated adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl novel about orphans trying to save their town from a cruel power couple. The voice cast includes Natalie Portman, Emilia Clarke, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Margo Martindale, Johnny Vegas, Timothy Simons, Jason Mantzoukas and Alan Tudyk.
Charlize Theron and Channing Tatum are teaming up to produce and star in DANCE PARENTS, a comedy set in around young competitive dancers and their over-involved parents. Jonathan Levine is directing from a script by Meghan Malloy. Mark Ruffalo and Michael Mando have joined Tom Holland in SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, reprising their roles as Bruce Banner/Hulk and Mac Gargan/Scorpion. Jon Bernthal is also reprising his Punisher role in the film. Destin Daniel Cretton is directing. Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe are likely to be back for A QUIET PLACE PART III, which will also be written and directed by John Krasinski. There's no word yet on the plot, which continues this family's efforts to survive after sightless, sound-sensitive aliens have invaded Earth. Meanwhile, Jupe and Isabela Merced will star in PSYCHE, a thriller about a backpacker who becomes involved in an illegal archaeological dig. Agustina San Martin (Monster God) is directing. Billie Lourd and Jason Schwartzman are the latest new cast members in Luca Guadagnino's ARTIFICIAL, a biopic about the CEO of OpenAI, who is played by Andrew Garfield. Monica Barbaro, Cooper Koch, Yura Borisov, Cooper Hoffman and Ike Barinholtz costar. Carla Gugino, Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Willa Fitzgerald, Jai Courtney and Hamish Linklater are joining Paul Fitzgerald (The Residence), Asa Germann (Gen V) and Aaron Moten (Fallout) in CALLBACK, about an actor wrestling with both his cancellation and a possible new role. Expanded from his 2024 short, writer-director Blaise Beyhan is currently filming in New York. Kelsey Grammer, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Jana Kramer, Debbie Winans and country singer Jessie James Decker are starring in THE CHRISTMAS RING, based on the novel about a military widow whose romance with an antiques dealer is complicated by a surprise discovery. Tyler Russell is directing. Mena Suvari, Tyler Posey, Crispin Glover and Jefferson White will star in DEATH OF A BREWER, about a young doctor who becomes entangled in the battle between a brewing empire and radical temperance activists in 1894. Mokotsi Rukundo is writing and directing. While there's no official casting yet, Steven Knight has come on board to write the next JAMES BOND movie, which will be directed by Denis Villeneuve. They're taking their time with this project, waiting until after Villeneuve finishes filming DUNE: PART THREE. And Chris Columbus has written a second sequel to his 1984 hit GREMLINS, and plans to direct this one as well (he skipped out on the 1990 sequel). There's no word yet on the plot, but original star Zach Galligan is involved, and Steven Spielberg is back as producer.
Word has it that Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett and Dermot Mulroney will return for a 30-years-later sequel to the hit 1997 marriage-sabotage comedy MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING. Celine Song is writing the script. Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong are being lined up to star in the sequel to THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Aaron Sorkin will both write and direct this one, based on a newspaper article documenting the nefarious ways Facebook capitalises on its users. Cailee Spaeny is joining Kit Connor in ELDEN RING, based on the videogame about people who return to fight for the land they were once banished from. The project reteams her with Civil War writer-director Alex Garland. Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick and Adam Driver are joining the cast of MISTY GREEN, a drama about an actress (Slow Horses' Rosalind Eleazar) whose career has gone off the rails. Then she's given a chance to make a big comeback. Chris Rock is writing, directing, producing and costarring. Jennifer Hudson and Aaron Pierre are joining Stephen Curry in GOAT, an animated comedy about an undersized goat who dreams of joining an elite team of athletes in the dangerous sport of roarball. The voice cast includes Nicola Coughlan, Pattton Oswalt, David Harbour, Sherry Cola and Bobby Lee. Tyree Dillihay is directing. Monica Bellucci will play a Sicilian matriarch in KETTICE, about a group of teens in 2000s Palermo who are navigating the challenges of adolescence and self-discovery. Director Giovanni Tortorici is currently filming in Italy. Luca Guadagnino is producing. Jim Parsons, Vera Farmiga and Tim Blake Nelson are starring in the thriller THE LEADER, based on the true story of the Heaven's Gate cult. In 1997, 39 of its members committed suicide. Michael J Gallagher is writing and directing. Lily James is joining Chris Hemsworth in SUBVERSION, a thriller set on a submarine as a commander is blackmailed into transporting illegal cargo across international waters. Patrick Vollrath (Everything Will Be Okay) will direct from a script by Andrew Ferguson. Iris Apatow (Funny People) and Edvin Ryding (Young Royals) have joined the cast of the Hunger Games prequel/sequel SUNRISE ON THE REAPING. Costars include Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Mckenna Grace, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Jesse Plemons and Billy Porter. Francis Lawrence is directing. Dane DeHaan is joining the cast of THE QUEEN OF FASHION, a biopic about designer Isabella Blow, played by Andrea Riseborough. Costars include Richard E Grant, Miranda Richardson, Ncuti Gatwa, Joe Cole, Emily Beecham, Stacy Martin and Fionn O'Shea. Alex Marx is writing and directing. And Mason Thames (How To Train Your Dragon) is joining the cast of THE SH*THEADS, a road trip comedy starring Dave Franco, Peter Dinklage and O'Shea Jackson Jr. It's about two losers who are trying to escort a rebellious teen to rehab. Macon Blair is writing and directing.
Jamie Lee Curtis has confirmed that she will play Jessica Fletcher in a film based on the beloved 1980s TV series MURDER, SHE WROTE, following the adventures of a mystery novelist who solves crimes in her small Maine town. The script is by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo (Dumb Money). Keira Knightley, Parminder Nagra, Archie Panjabi, Juliet Stevenson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers may return for a 25-years-later sequel to BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM that further explores the world of women's football. Director Gurinda Chadha is again writing the script with husband Paul Mayeda Berges. Harvey Guillen, Arturo Castro, Luke Wilson, Genesis Rodriguez and Raoul Max Trujillo have joined EL TIGRE, an action comedy about a man (Tom Seguera) who is mistakenly identified as the missing leader of a Mexican drug cartel and captured by his rivals. Tyler Cornack is directing and cowriting with Aaron Buchsbaum. Meanwhile, Castro is also starring alongside Sofia Black D'Elia, Sam Richardson, David Cross and Maddie Corman in INTO THE SKY, a comedy about a man who is repeatedly abducted by aliens. Drew Mylrea and Evan Buxbaum are writing and directing. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is joining the cast of THE BODY IS WATER, which follows a man who vanishes into small-town Ireland. Costars include Isiah Whitlock Jr, Bronagh Gallagher and Liz Fitzgibbon. Vicky Wight (Happiness for Beginners) is writing and directing. Tony winner Cole Escada is joining Melissa McCarthy in the animated musical comedy MARGIE CLAUS, in which Santa's wife assembles a team of retired reindeer to rescue the missing Santa and save Christmas. Kirk DeMicco is directing from a script by Ben Falcone and Damon Jones. Jennifer Esposito, Aidan Quinn, Emily VanCamp, Josh Bowman and Robert Wahlberg will star in LITTLE AUDREY, a mystery based on the true story of a Vatical investigation into reported miracles surrounding a woman who has been in a vegetative state since she was a young girl. Michael Mailer is directing from a script by Caitlin McCarthy. Giancarlo Giannini is joining James Franco, Bella Thorne, Franco Nero and Mike Tyson in BUNNY-MAN, an Italian film about a millionaire rapper who performs anonymously in a bunny mask and also works as a superhero tracking down the people responsible for his sister's death. Siobhan Finneran, Laura Aikman, Hannah Jones, Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Nico Mirallegro will star in CHATLINES, a British thriller about two terminally ill men who get to know each other through a mysterious video chat app. As with Departures, Eyre-Morgan is also writing and codirecting with Neil Ely. And Karen Allen is joining the cast of Rob Savage's latest supernatural horror film OTHER MOMMY, which also stars Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, Adam Silver, Dichen Lachman, Sean Kaufman and newcomer Arabella Olivia Clark. It's about an 8-year-old girl who has a sinister entity hiding in her closet. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | |||
 Learning to let go STAGE: Lorenzo Allchurch brings his new play Lost Watches to the Park Theatre until 23rd August...  July TV Roundup SCREEN: Notes on Too Much, The Bear 4, Andor 2, Squid Game 3, The Last of Us 2, Sirens, Murderbot and more...  Can you see the real me? DANCE: Pete Townsend's Quadrophenia becomes a dazzling mod ballet at Sadler's Wells until 13th July......  Trying to put on a show STAGE: After 17 years, Kiki & Herb triumphantly return to London for three nights at Soho Theatre Walthamstow... DANCE: Botis Seva's Until We Sleep at Sadler's Wells East... STAGE: Simon Kane's surreal Jonah Non Grata at Soho Theatre, then the Fringe... STAGE: London Clown Festival kicks off with a rambunctious cabaret at Soho Theatre... DANCE: Inside Giovanni's Room, based on James Baldwin's novel, at Sadler's East... MAY TV: The White Lotus, Hacks, Adolescence, The Four Seasons, The Studio, Mid-Century Modern, more... DANCE: Detention at The Place in London, and on tour nationally through October... STAGE: A British spin on Lorca's Blood Wedding at Clapham's Omnibus... STAGE: Plied and Prejudice riotously spins Jane Austen at The Vaults in Waterloo STAGE: Neil LaBute's How to Fight Loneliness has its UK premiere at Park Theatre... DANCE: BalletLORENT's Snow White: The Sacrifice at Sadler's Wells East... DANCE: Skatepark celebrates rebellious youth at Sadler's Wells East... STAGE: James McDermott's Jab traces the pandemic, at the Park Theatre... MARCH TV: The Residence, Paradise, Prime Target, Squid Game, Shrinking, Industry and more... DANCE: Jules Cunningham's Crow and Pigeons at Sadler's Wells East...
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NEWS SOURCES:
Dark Horizons.
The Hollywood Reporter.
Variety.
Deadline.
Empire.
IMDb.
Rotten Tomatoes.
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