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Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and Charlie Hunnam are apparently lined up to join Cillian Murphy as he returns for Danny Boyle's 28 YEARS LATER, the third in the series set in the aftermath of a cataclysmic zombie infection. Writer Alex Garland is back as well. The actual plot is being kept under wraps. Ben Affleck may reteam with director David Fincher and writer Gillian Flynn for the long-gestating new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, about two men who meet randomly and confess to having a troublesome person in their lives, then decide to swap murders. Of course Hitchcock adapted the story into the classic 1951 film. Margot Robbie will produce and Olivia Wilde will direct an adaptation of the comic AVENGELYNE, about a fallen angel who fights demons on Earth. The film will centre on her search for a promised one who can protect humanity from evil beings. Simon Kinberg is also producing. Pam Grier is developing a film based on her memoir FOXY: MY LIFE IN THREE ACTS, which traces her career from 1970s Blaxploitation films to Tarantino's Jackie Brown. It also details her experiences with racism and sexism, her battle with cancer and her relationships with the likes of Richard Pryor, Freddie Prinze and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Michael Pena, David Harbour, Jason Flemyng, Isla Gie and Arianna Rivas are joining Jason Statham in LEVON'S TRADE, an action thriller based on the first in an 11-book series about a former special ops agent who comes out of retirement when his boss' daughter vanishes. David Ayer is directing from a script by Sylvester Stallone. Halle Bailey is joining the cast of Michel Gondry's musical biopic about Pharrell Williams, which also stars Kelvin Harrison Jr and Da'Vine Joy Randolph. Set in the summer of 1977 in Virginia Beach, the film is a coming of age story. The script is by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson. Zoe Bleu (Rosanna Arquette's daughter) and Matilda De Angelis are joining the cast of DRACULA: A LOVE TALE, Luc Besson's reimagining of the classic Bram Stoker novel about a nobleman who turns from God and is condemned to eternal life. The film reteams Besson with Caleb Landry Jones as Dracula, and Christoph Waltz costars. Filming starts in France next month. Rafi Gavron, Chris Sullivan, Kenneth Choi and Kylie Rogers are the latest new cast members joining the near-future thriller MERCY, about a detective trying to clear his name. Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson star in the film, alongside Annabelle Wallis and Kali Reis. Timur Bekmambetov is directing from a script by Marco van Belle. Lee Byun-hun (Squid Game) and Son Ye-jin (The Truth Beneath) will star in Park Chan-wook's next film, THE AX, which is adapted from the Donald E Westlake novel set a large corporation going through a vicious downsizing operation. Filming is set to start in the autumn. And while he is already working on DUNE: MESSIAH, Denis Villeneuve is also attached to direct NUCLEAR WAR: A SCENARIO, based on Annie Jacobsen's prize-winning nonfiction book that explores the series of events that would take place if a global nuclear conflict broke out.
Julia Garner will play the heraldic Silver Surfer in the new FANTASTIC FOUR movie starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss Bacharach. Director Matt Shakman (WandaVision) plans to start filming in London this summer. Chloe Grace Moretz and Dominic Sessa have joined the cast of OH. WHAT. FUN., alongside Michelle Pfeiffer. It's about a woman who plans a family getaway for Christmas, but she gets left behind and has to fight to get there in time. Michael Showalter is directing. Mickey Rourke, Danielle Harris, Peter Facinelli, Nicky Whelan and Brendan Fehr will star in the action thriller BRING THE LAW, about a Los Angeles detective leading a task force investigating corruption in his own department. Actor Scout Taylor Compton is making her feature directing debut. Lea Seydoux is joining Josh O'Connor in SEPARATE ROOMS, based on a 1989 novel about a romance between an author and his translator. The project reteams director Luca Guadagnino with We Are Who We Are screenwriter Francesca Manieri. Julia Louis-Dreyfus will produce and star in TANGLES, an animated feature based on the graphic novel about a young woman who returns home to care for her mother, who has Alzheimer's. Costars include Bryan Cranston, Abbi Jacobson, Wanda Sykes, Bowen Yang, Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen, Samira Wiley, Beanie Feldstein and Pamela Adlon. Leah Nelson is directing. Danny Huston, Graham Greene, Cara Jade Myers, Martin Sensmeier, Oliver Trevena, Will Fletcher and DeVaughn Nixon have joined Joel Kinnaman in the thriller ICE FALL, which is currently filming in Bulgaria with director Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters). It's about a game warden, a poacher and a criminal gang trying to locate a downed plane carrying a stash of cash. Richard Riehle, Katelyn Nacon and veteran hockey pro Phil Esposito are joining the cast of the action comedy HACKED: A DOUBLE ENTENDRE OF RAGE FUELED KARMA, which stars Shane Brady, Owen Atlas, Collin Thompson, Augie Duke and Chandler Riggs. It's about a family that sets out to take down the hacker who stole everything from them. Brady is writing and directing. Aramis Knight (Ms Marvel) and Wyatt Oleff (It) have joined the cast of THE KARATE KID, a sequel that brings together various strands of the franchise, including Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan alongside Ben Wang, Joshua Jackson, Ming-Na Wen and Sadie Stanley. It's about a Chinese teen who movies to America, then begins studying martial arts. Jonathan Entwistle is directing. Craig Gillespie is lined up to direct the new SUPERGIRL movie starring Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon). The story centres on the differences between the way Supergirl was raisedo in a harsh dying world, compared to Superman growing up in a loving all-American family. And Mario Van Peebles will direct THAT'LL BE THE DAY, a drama about how Buddy Holly and a group of musicians created rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, leading to the birth of the civil rights movement. The script is by Patrick Shanahan and Matthew Benjamin.
Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch will star in a remake of the 1989 pitch-black comedy THE WAR OF THE ROSES, about a married couple that launches a divorce battle that turns very nasty indeed. Jay Roach is directing from a script by Tony McNamara. Austin Butler will star in CAUGHT STEALING, set over a crazy day in the life of a young man as he encounters mobsters, cowboys, cops and more in New York. Darren Aronofsky is directing, and calls it an "adrenaline-soaked rollercoaster ride". Adam Sandler and Christopher McDonald look like they'll be back for a sequel to the 1995 comedy HAPPY MADISON, about a failed hockey player who becomes an unexpected star as a golfer. Apparently, the script has already been written. Ariana DeBose will star in TOW, alongside Rose Byrne, Dominic Sessa and Demi Lovato. It's a drama about a homeless woman battling to reclaim her car from the company that towed it away and gave her a huge bill. Stephanie Laing is directing. Lil Rel Howery is joining the cast of ANIMAL FRIENDS, alongside Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Aubrey Plaza, Daniel Levy and Addison Rae. It's a road-trip adventure comedy that mixes humans with animated animal characters. Peter Atencio is directing. Archie Madekwe, Theodore Pellerin, Havana Rose Liu, Sunny Suljic and Daniel Zolghadri will star in LURKER, about a guy who worms his way into the inner circle of a rising-star musician. The Bear and Beef writer Alex Russell is making his directing debut. Delroy Lindo and Jack O'Connell have joined Michael B Jordan in the still-untitled supernatural thriller that Ryan Coogler is writing and directing. Rumour has it that the script centres around vampires living in the Jim Crow-era American South. Annabelle Wallis and Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country) are joining Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson in the near-future thriller MERCY, about a detective trying to prove he is innocent of a violent crime. Timur Bekmanbetov is directing. Sophia Lillis, Jack Champion, Bobby Cannavale, Kate del Castillo, Tony Dalton, Whitney Peak, Inde Navarrette, Zaire Adams and Blu del Barrio are joining Dave Bautista in the action thriller TRAP HOUSE, about an undercover agent in Texas chasing a group of teenage thieves who are stealing from a dangerous cartel. Michael Dowse is directing. Katy O'Brian (Love Lies Bleeding) is joining the cast of the eighth MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movie, which is currently in production with Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie. Costars include Hannah Waddingham, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, Janet McTeer and Pom Kliementoff. And Drew Goddard (World War Z) is writing and directing a fifth movie in the MATRIX franchise. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but word has it that this is a new take that may extend the series. Lana Wachowski will only be acting as executive producer on the film.
Jeremy Allen White will play Bruce Springsteen in DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, which traces the creation of the classic Nebraska album. Springsteen caught everyone off guard in 1982 with this set of dark tracks he recorded himself. Scott Cooper is writing and directing. Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively will be back for a sequel to the blackly comical thriller A SIMPLE FAVOUR, along with Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, director Paul Feig and writer Jessica Sharzer. In this one, the friends will be heading to the island of Capri for a destination wedding that is shaken up by a murder. Julia Roberts will lead the cast of Luca Guadagnino's thriller AFTER THE HUNT as a university professor who has to make a tough decision when a student makes an accusation against one of her colleagues. The script is by Nora Garrett. Meanwhile, Josh O'Connor will reteam with Guadagnino for SEPARATE ROOMS, adapted from the 1989 novel about an Italian writer and a German musician who launch a romance and travel across Europe over three years, but spend much of their time apart. The script is by Francesca Manieri (We Are Who We Are). Awkwafina, Sam Rockwell, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Zazie Beetz, Richard Ayoade and Mark Maron will be back for a sequel to the animated hit THE BAD GUYS, based on the book series about a team of outlaw animals who are trying to become heroes. Pierre Perifel is directing. Cillian Murphy will star in BLOOD RUNS COAL, based on the true story of a man who makes it his life's work to get justice after his father, mother and sister are murdered, a crime linked to the leader of the mine workers union. The script is by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth. Meanwhile, Murphy will also be back as the 1920s mob boss turned member of parliament Tommy Shelby for a PEAKY BLINDERS movie, which follows on from the series that ran for six seasons on the BBC. Steven Knight is writing and directing, and this is separate from two spin-off projects, which are prequel and sequel series. JK Simmons is the latest new cast member in SNL 1975, Jason Reitman's ensemble comedy that will play out in real time the 90 minutes before the very first broadcast of Saturday Night Life. The film also stars Gabriel LaBelle, Nicholas Braun, Dylan O'Brien, Rachel Sennott and Billy Bryk. Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flannery will reprise their roles for a second sequel 1999 cult classic THE BOONDOCK SAINTS, about twin brothers who become vigilantes after crossing the Russian mafia. They returned for a 2009 sequel All Saints Day. Original filmmaker Troy Duffy won't be involved in this movie. And Scott Derrickson is rather boldly directing a remake of the 1955 classic THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, about a serial killer who poses as a preacher, marrying a widow in order to steal her fortune. But her children figure him out and he goes after them. The film reunites Derrickson with The Black Phone writer C Robert Cargill. << NEWER NEWS | |
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Deadline.
The Wrap.
BBC.
IMDb.
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