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Colman Domingo is joining Kerry Washington in the psychological thriller AN INNOCENT GIRL, about a young woman who is seduced by a high-powered couple in Washington DC. James Marsden and Chloe East co-star. Jaume Collet-Serra is directing from a script by Michael Mohan and Marc Guggenheim. Odessa A'zion, Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson, Dianne Wiest and Emma Roberts will star in MOTHER COURAGE, about a famed actress who is thrown off balance by her estranged sister, who turns up after 30 years. Cody Fern is directing and cowriting with Devon Bostick. Meanwhile, Wiest will also star alongside Liam Hemsworth and Caleb Landry Jones in NON COMPOS MENTIS, the next movie by writer-director Paul Schrader. It's about two very different brothers struggling to deal their wealthy mother's slide into dementia. Ryan Reynolds will produce and star in EVERYDAY PARENTING TIPS, based on a 2020 New Yorker Covid-satire article advising parents to help children avoid fear during a "great monster uprising" in which menacing creatures are unleashed around the world. Jonathan Krisel is directing. Ruth Negga, Josh Gad and Jason Isaacs will star in the black comedy BAD MAJOR, about a family hosting their son's wildly unstable commanding officer in their home during WWII. The Death of Stalin screenwriter Peter Fellows is writing and directing. Stephen Graham, Elisabeth Shue and Rob Morgan will be back alongside Tom Hanks in the GREYHOUND sequel, which moves the WWII action from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Jack Patten (Robin Hood) has also joined the cast. Director Aaron Schneider is currently filming in Australia from a script by Hanks. Maria Bakalova, David Wilmot and Andrew Gower will star in NO WAY OFF, a thriller about a woman and her infant who are abducted by a bus driver and taken out into the wilderness. Brian Kelly is directing from a script by Gaby Hull. Filming is underway in Northern Ireland. Guy Pearce will star in THE PRICE OF PEACE, which traces the historic meeting between Harry S Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin as they negotiated the details of post-war Europe. Anthony McCarten is writing and directing. Franz Rogowski and Benedict Wong are joining Mikey Madison and Lea Seydoux in THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, adapted from the Edgar Allan Poe story set in a castle sealed away from the plague. Charlie Pollinger is writing and directing. Tom Burke and Even Hewson will star in Lenny Abrahamson's untitled next film, which will start filming in Ireland next month. It's set in Dublin's Jewish community in the late 1970s as a 12-year-old boy (newcomer Sean Meagher) begins to question the dynamics of his parents' marriage. Henry Thomas and Katherine McPhee will star in THREE PEOPLE IN THE WOODS, a dramatic thriller about a couple who abduct the man they hold responsible for their daughter's death. Joshua Caldwell is directing. And Leonardo DiCaprio and Eli Roth will team up to produce the documentary DEATH BLOOM, exploring the cruelty of America's death-care industry. Roth will also provide the voiceover narration.
Nicole Kidman will star in a thriller about a struggling actor who takes a job as a nanny for a leading producer and her actor husband, plotting to take advantage of their industry connections. But of course things take a turn. The script is by Dylan Brady. Austin Butler will play Lance Armstrong in a biopic that will trace his cycling career, battle with cancer and disgrace due to doping. Edward Berger is directing from a script by Zach Baylin (King Richard). Armstrong is working with the filmmakers to tell his story. Brie Larson will star in the thriller SKELETONS, about a young boy who begins to realise that his mother is actually a supernatural creature. JT Moller (Strange Darling) is directing from a script by Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You). JJ Abrams is producing. Keira Knightley, Alicia Vikander and Erin Kellyman will star in THE WORST, a satirical comedy about a socialite hosting a party at her French chateau, where personalities clash. Actor Simon Woods is making his directing debut. Eddie Murphy and Eva Longoria will star in ATTACHMENT PARENTING, a comedy about two psychologists who are forced to lead a family therapy session while being held hostage by a crime boss. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Willa Fitzgerald, Jason Schwatrzman, Ruby Cruz, Becky Ann Baker, William Sadler, Paul Sparks, Dylan Baker and Jim Gaffigan will star in NEW ENGLAND TOYS, a period thriller with a plot that's under wraps. Blaise Beyan (Callback) is writing and directing. Lukas Gage is joining the ensemble cast of CLASHING THROUGH THE SNOW, the holiday comedy starring Christopher Briney and Michelle Randolph. It's about someone desperately trying to get home for Christmas. Carlson Young (Upgraded) is directing. Michael Shannon will star in DOCTOR CALIGARI'S CABINET OF WONDERS, a reimagining of the 1920 German expressionist classic The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, about a mad scientist who hypnotises a man to commit murders. The film reunites Shannon with Waco directors the Dowdle brothers. Emma Roberts will also star in A BODY IN THE WOODS, Stephen Cognetti's supernatural horror about a woman who finds the dead body of a miner. And she's also set for Josh Lawson's thriller SHREDDED, about a woman who is kidnapped by a strict fitness coach. Gael Garcia Bernal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Debora Nascimento will star in HOMBRE AL AGUA (Man Overboard), about married colleagues who meet while dealing with a corporate crisis, thousands of kilometres apart. Garcia Bernal is also writing and directing. Isabela Merced will star in a film adaptation of the 1990s videogame HOUSE OF THE DEAD, about government agents battling an army of fast-running zombies. Paul WS Anderson is directing. And Billy Zane and Danielle Bisutt will play Satan's children in BLOOD RUSH. They're the first-ever vampires who travel to 1880s California to prey on settlers hunting for gold. Costars include Henry Ian Cusick, Ken Davitian, Sam Harding and Maddie Dean. Bisutti also wrote the script and is directing with Stefan Colson.
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. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | |||
 Remember my name DANCE: Pina Bausch's evocative Sweet Mambo finally has London premiere, at Sadler's Wells until 21st Feb...  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... DANCE: Ebony Scrooge is a dazzling hip-hop take on Dickens, at Sadler's Wells East... 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... NOV TV: Boots, Only Murders 5, Chad Powers, Peacemaker 2, MobLand, The Morning Show 4, Alien: Earth, more... STAGE: Brick Lane Music Hall's The Magic of Christmas dinner-theatre... 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...
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