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Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem will team up on-screen for a fifth time for BUNKER, about an architect who accepts a questionable job to build a survivalist room for a billionaire, prompting his wife to question their marriage. Florian Zeller (The Father) is writing and directing. Chris Hemsworth will star in SUBVERSION, a thriller set on a submarine as a commander is blackmailed into transporting illegal cargo across international waters while facing a sea blockade and threats inside the submarine. Patrick Vollrath (Everything Will Be Okay) will direct from a script by Andrew Ferguson. Rachel Zegler and Marisa Tomei will star in SHE GETS IT FROM ME, a comedy-drama about a young woman who, when she becomes engaged to be married, goes in search of her estranged punk-rocker mother. Julia von Heinz is directing. Lily James, Shun Oguri and Liv Morgan will star in BAD LIEUTENANT: TOKYO, about an FBI agent who arrives in Japan to investigate the disappearance of a politician's daughter and becomes entangled with a corrupt local cop. Takashi Miike is directing, reteaming with Audition screenwriter Daisuke Tengan. Meanwhile, James will also produce and star in PHOTO BOOTH, a drama about a performance artist who achieves global fame while putting off starting a family with her husband. Then a woman he had a one-night stand with turns out to be pregnant. Brothers Spencer and Lloyd Harvey are making their directing debut. Marisa Abela and Nicholas Galitzine will star in the thriller THE RETURN OF STANLY ATWELL, about the surprise reappearance of the heir to a fortune after being presumed dead for a decade, causing all kinds of mayhem. Brian Welsh (Black Mirror) is directing based on a story by Steven Soderbergh, who is producing the film. Gal Gadot will star in the thriller RUIN, which is set in post-WWII Germany as a freed concentration camp inmate teams up with a German soldier to stop a rogue Nazi unit. Niki Caro is directing from a Black List script by Kaz and Ryan Firpo (Eternals). Adam Pearson will star in THE ELEPHANT MAN, based on the 1977 play by Bernard Pomerance (rather than 1980 David Lynch film). It's the true story of Joseph Merrick, an artist and performer in Victorian London who was known for his unusual physicality. Pearson shares the same condition. The script is being written by Bernard's son Moby Pomerance. Rebecca Hall, Gael Garcia Bernal, Noomi Rapace, Beanie Feldstein and Susan Wokoma will star in THE END OF IT, a comedy-drama set in the near future where ageing can be cured, and a 250-year-old artist decides that it's time that she died, but her family disagrees. Maria Martinez Bayona is writing and directing. Natasha Lyonne will make her directing debut with UNCANNY VALLEY, for which she intends to use a clean, regulated artificial intelligence that doesn't replace human jobs or use copyrighted source material. Brit Marling is also involved in the project. Rufus Sewell, Tony Goldwyn, Justin Theroux and Tennyson Crowe are joining the cast of the Cold War thriller BILLION DOLLAR SPY, based on the true story of a Russian (Russell Crowe) who passed Soviet secrets to a CIA handler (Harry Lawtey). Costars include Vera Farmiga and Willa Fitzgerald; Amma Asante is directing. And Jenna Ortega says she is working on her own project, based on a script she has been working on for nearly a decade. She won't say anything about the plot, but says that she plans to direct and possibly star in the film.
Pamela Anderson, Dakota Fanning, Lindsay Duncan, Arinze Kene, Esther McGregor, Esme Creed-Miles and Earl Cave will star in writer-director Sally Potter's next film ALMA. It's about an extended family that gathers to scatter their mother's ashes, sparking an unravelling of their personal secrets. Filming is set to start in England in the autumn. Brad Pitt will star in THE RIDERS, based on the novel about a man who moves his family from Australia to a cottage he buys in rural Ireland. But only his daughter arrives on the flight, prompting a frantic search across Europe to find his wife. Edward Berger is directing from a script by David Kajganich. Miles Teller will star in WINTER GAMES, a romantic drama about a skier and hockey player who are seeking to save their precarious sporting careers while they navigate romance in the Olympic village. Paul Downs Colaizzo is directing from a script he wrote with Pat Cunnane. Thomasin McKenzie and Katie Douglas will star in THE RULE OF THREE, the first film in a horror trilogy about a family plagued by a fatal curse that strikes every three years. James Roday Rodriguez is directing from a screenplay he wrote with Todd Harthan. Dafne Keen, Steve Buscemi, Johnny Knoxville, Sarah Chalke and Josh Lucas are lined up to star in THE MARSHMALLOW EXPERIMENT, a comedy about a socially awkward teen (Sam McCarthy) who is struggling with an addiction to porn. Abe Frank, Richard Goldgewicht and Matt Hamilton are writing and directing. Meanwhile, Buscemi, Giancarlo Esposito and Tatiana Maslany are joining John Turturro in THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, about a career thief who finds himself in a desperate race against time. Actor-turned-filmmaker Noah Segan is writing and directing. Rian Johnson is producing. Rob Lowe, Roselyn Sanchez and Crispin Glover will team up for THE THIRD PARENT, about a mysterious figure who turns up in a suburban neighbourhood, disguises himself as a human and begins to impose his authoritarian rule over a chosen family. Gary Michael Walters (Nightcrawler) is producing. Anna Sawai is joining Nicholas Hoult and Pete Davidson in the action thriller HOW TO ROB A BANK, about a group of bank robbers who inventively use social media to throw the police off their scent. David Leitch is directing from a script by Mark Bianculli. Fiona Shaw, Ben Foster and Manny Jacinto will star in the Western comedy THE STALEMATE, about a sheriff and robber who find themselves in an absurd never-ending chase when they run out of bullets far from the nearest town. First-time feature writer-director Nicholas Arioli is currently filming in New Mexico. Jacki Weaver and Norman Reedus will join Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Phoebe Dynevor in PENDULUM, about a couple that travels to a healing retreat in New Mexico but begins to worry that something sinister is up. Screenwriter Mark Heyman (Black Swan) is making his directing debut. Darren Aronofsky is producing. Denis Lavant, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin and Swann Arlaud lead the cast of writer-director Francois Ozon's adaptation of Albert Camus' classic novel THE STRANGER. Set in 1930s Algeria, it's about a Frenchman whose apathetic approach to life results in him being put on trial for murder. And Bill Camp, Rachel Hilson, Rory Scovel and Tyler Lofton are joining the cast of JUDGEMENT DAY, Nicholas Stoller's comedy about an ex-con (Zac Efron) who takes a TV judge (Will Ferrell) hostage. Costars include Priyanka Chopra, Regina Hall, Michael Pena, Bobby Cannavale, Jimmy Tatro, Billy Eichner and Fortune Feimster.
Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Deneuve and Vincent Cassel will star in PARALLEL TALES, the next film by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi. There's no word yet on the plot, but filming is expected to take place in Paris in the autumn. Farhadi 2013's drama The Past was also filmed in Paris. Sydney Sweeney will produce and star in SPLIT FICTION, based on the videogame that follows the adventures of two authors who are trapped in fantasy worlds they created. Jon M Chu is directing from a script by Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Kit Connor and Joe Locke will produce and star in a feature film that will conclude HEARTSTOPPERS, following on from the third series based on Alice Oseman's series of graphic novels about teens navigating friendship and romance. Wash Westmoreland is directing from a script by Oseman. Anna Kendrick is set to return for a possible third THE ACCOUNTANT movie, after sitting out the second chapter. Ben Affleck and director Gavin O'Connor have both said they want her back on board, most likely as a romantic interest. O'Connor has said that the original idea was to make a trilogy. Tom Hanks will return for a sequel to GREYHOUND, continuing the story of an American naval commander in the North Atlantic during WWII. the sequel will be set in the Pacific, and Hanks will once again also write the script, with Aaron Schneider returning as director. Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan and Elisabeth Shue may return as well. Emma Mackey has officially landed the role as the White Witch in Greta Gerwig's THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA movie. Rumour has it that she is adapting The Magician's Nephew, the sixth book in the series but first in chronological order. There have also been unconfirmed reports that Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep are on board. Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Joseph Zada and Lenore Dove Baird have officially joined the cast of the next Hunger Games prequel, SUNRISE ON THE REAPING. Whitney Peak is also on board, but there's no confirmation yet on rumoured cast members like Emma Thompson, Kieran Culkin and Ralph Fiennes. Francis Lawrence is directing from a script by Billy Ray. Bradley Whitford is joining the cast of REMINDERS OF HIM, based on the novel about a young ex-con who returns to her hometown and faces resentment from her late boyfriend's parents, who are raising her daughter. Costars include Maika Monroe, Nicholas Duvernay, Rudy Pankow, Tyriq Withers and Lauren Graham. Vanessa Caswill is directing. Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis are joining Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgard in MOSQUITO BOWL, based on the true story of a group of Marines who played an epic football game while waiting for the Okinawa invasion in WWII. Peter Berg is directing and also writing the script with Mark L Smith. And Dev Patel will direct and star in THE PEASANT, an action revenge thriller set in the 14th century as a shepherd takes on a group of knights who sacked his village. The story reportedly blends Arthurian England with feudal India. Patel is also writing the script with Will Dunn (Ms Marvel).
Sydney Sweeney will star in OUTRUN, based on the 1980s arcade videogame in which players race through traffic to reach various destinations in a limited time. The film's plot hasn't been revealed. Michael Bay is directing from a script by Jayson Rothwell (Polar). Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton, Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde will star in THE INVITE, a remake of the 2020 Spanish comedy The People Upstairs, about a bickering couple who try to befriend their noisily sexual upstairs neighbours. Wilde is directing from a script by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. Kieran Culkin, Glenn Close, Kathleen Turner, Woody Harrelson, Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Laverne Cox, Jim Parsons and Andy Serkis lead the voice cast of the forthcoming animated film ANIMAL FARM, based on the iconic George Orwell novel. Serkis is also directing, from a script by Nicholas Stoller. Meanwhile, Bobby Cannavale is the latest to join the ensemble cast of Stoller's forthcoming comedy starring Zac Efron as an excon who takes Will Ferrell's TV judge hostage over a perceived injustice. Costars include Priyanka Chopra, Regina Hall, Michael Pena, Jimmy Tatro, Billy Eichner and Fortune Feimster. Keanu Reeves will play the villain in a film that's being made by the band Weezer. It's apparently a concert movie that spirals into a mock-documentary comical adventure, and there will be appearances from Juliette Lewis, Johnny Knoxville, Ben Schwartz and Eric Andre. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are directing. Antonio Banderas is joining Dominic Sessa in TONY, a biopic about Anthony Bourdin, the celebrity chef who travelled the world on various TV series and wrote cookbooks, novels and historical nonfiction. He died by suicide at age 61. Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) is directing from a script by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood, Shawn Hatosy, Nestor Carbonell, Kevin Durand and David Cronenberg are joining Samara Weaving in READY OR NOT: HERE I COME, the horror sequel once again directed by Radio Silence. There's no word yet on the plot, but it's likely to once again centre around murderous games. Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Kristine Froseth and Havana Rose Liu will star in HER PRIVATE HELL, a dramatic thriller that is Nicolas Winding Refn's first feature in 10 years. Plot details are being kept under wraps, with Refn only saying that the film will be filled with glitter, sex and violence. Paula Patton, Joel McHale, Josh Holloway and Kate Micucci will star in REIMAGINED, a musical about a young boy (Elio's Yonas Kibreab) fighting the organisers who are commercialising his town's annual holiday pageant, which was created by his late mother. Composer Mateo Messina is making his feature directing debut, adapting his own symphony The Pageant. Amy Sedaris, Ciaran Hinds, Christine Ebersole and American footballer Peyton Manning are joining the cast of IS THIS THING ON, which also stars Bradley Cooper, Laura Dern, Will Arnett, Sean Hayes and Andra Day. It's about a man who splits from his wife to pursue a career as a standup comic. Cooper is also directing, and cowriting with Arnett and Mark Chappell. Joseph Kosinski is apparently lined up to direct a new MIAMI VICE movie from a screenplay by Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler). There's no word yet on whether this will be a sequel to Michael Mann's 2006 film starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, which was an adaptation of his iconic 1980s TV series. And Emilio Estevez says that he has written the script for a fourth MIGHTY DUCKS movie, continuing the adventures of a kids' hockey team. He played the coach in the original 1992 film, then reprised the role in two sequels and a TV series. He says the new movie centres on an all-girls team, and that Keenan Thompson and Joshua Jackson would be back as well. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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 May TV Roundup SCREEN: The White Lotus 3, Hacks 4, Adolescence, The Four Seasons, The Studio, Mid-Century Modern, more...  We need one-star hotels STAGE: Barney Norris puts a British spin on Lorca's Blood Wedding at Clapham's Omnibus until 24th May..  Dancing with death STAGE: Neil LaBute's How to Fight Loneliness has its UK premiere run at the Park Theatre until 24th May...  Stumble on something witty STAGE: Plied and Prejudice puts a riotous spin on Jane Austen at The Vaults in Waterloo, until 18th July... DANCE: Skatepark celebrates rebellious youth at Sadler's Wells East... STAGE: James McDermott's Jab traces the pandemic, at the Park Theatre... MARCH TV ROUNDUP: The Residence, Paradise, Prime Target, Squid Game, Shrinking, Industry and more... DANCE: Jules Cunningham's Crow and Pigeons at Sadler's Wells East... DANCE: Rachid Ouramdane's Outsider thrills at Sadler's Wells... STAGE: Nick Hyde's Double Act uses comedy to address pain at Southwark Playhouse DANCE: Lyon Opera Ballet's Merce Cunningham Forever at Sadler's Wells... STAGE: From Japan, Drum Tao brings The Dream to the Peacock theatre... STAGE: Madeleine Brettingham's Dear Martin at the Arcola until 29 Mar...
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Dark Horizons.
The Hollywood Reporter.
Variety.
Deadline.
Empire.
IMDb.
Rotten Tomatoes.
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