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Robert Pattinson is lined up to play the villainous Scytale in DUNE: MESSIAH. Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Jason Momoa and screenwriter Jon Spaihts will be back for this third film in Denis Villeneuve's trilogy. Villeneuve says he won't adapt any more of Frank Herbert's books. Jenna Ortega, Glen Powell, Emma Mackey and Samuel L Jackson will star in JJ Abrams' untitled 1980s-style adventure fantasy. Plot details remain under wraps, as filming is set to start next month in London. This is Abrams' first film as director in nearly seven years. Danielle Deadwyler will produce and star in THE STREET, based on the classic 1946 novel by Ann Petry about a single mother who is raising her 8-year-old son in 1940s Harlem while grappling with poverty, racism and sexism, all while never giving up on the American Dream. Emma Thompson, Kieran Culkin, Ralph Fiennes, Jesse Plemons and Charlie Plummer are being lined up to star in sequel/prequel THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING. Culkin would be the young Caesar Flickerman (previously Stanley Tucci), with Fiennes as Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland/Tom Blyth), Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Plummer as Haymitch (Woody Harrelson). Meanwhile, Plemons is also lined up to play the villain in Shawn Levy's still untitled STAR WARS movie, a stand-alone project that takes place after Episode IX. Ryan Gosling and Jodie Comer are reportedly in the cast already. The script is by Levy and Jonathan Tropper. Keke Palmer, Lily James and Psalm West are joining the voice cast of THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 3, alongside the returning Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride and Rachel Bloom. The last movie's directors John Rice and Thurop Van Orman are also back on board. Alexandra Daddario and Finn Whitrock will play Kitty and Milton Hershey in the biopic HERSHEY, about the philanthropic couple who created the American chocolate empire. Director Mark Waters starts filming next month from a script by TM Hayes and Sharon Paul. Harry Melling is joining the cast of BUTTERFLY JAM, a drama set in New Jersey's Circassian subculture, where a teen must decide whether to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler or work as expected at his family's diner. Also on board are Barry Keoghan and Riley Keough. Kantemir Balagov is directing. Takehiro Hira (Shogun) has joined the cast of KAROSHI, alongside Cynthia Erivo, Teo Yoo and Isabel May. Written and directed by Takashi Doscher, the film is being described as a corporate thriller with a samurai twist. Filming starts in June. And Michael Sarnowski (A Quiet Place: Day One) will write and direct a live-action film based on the videogame DEATH STRANDING, set in a post-apocalyptic time when supernatural creatures roam the Earth. The story centres on a courier delivering supplies that reconnect people.
Jodie Comer is being lined up to join Ryan Gosling in Shawn Levy's new STAR WARS movie. The project is said to be a standalone story set after Episode IX, but there's no word yet on the plot. Levy wrote the script with Jonathan Tropper. Jake Gyllenhaal will return for a sequel to ROAD HOUSE, although it looks like his The Covenant director Guy Ritchie might take over to helm this one, as Doug Liman has bowed out. The move will continue the story of the UFC fighter who becomes a bouncer at a bar in Florida. Gabrielle Union is joining the cast of FORBIDDEN FRUITS, about a woman who runs a secret cult in the basement of a mall store. Costars include Alexandra Shipp, Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Lola Tung and Emma Chamberlain. Meredith Alloway is directing. John Travolta, Mandy Patinkin and Dermot Mulroney will star in NOVEMBER 1963, a thriller set in 48 hours around the assassination of John F Kennedy. In addition, Robert Carlyle will play Jack Ruby, while Jefferson White is Lee Harvey Oswald. Roland Joffe is directing. Rosanna Arquette and Ashton Sanders will star in the thriller CORPORATE RETREAT, about a group of company executives whose team-bonding trip to the countryside turns into a battle for survival. Aaron Fisher is directing from a script he wrote with Kerri Lee Romeo. Alec Baldwin will star in THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR, a twisty drama about an aspiring film editor who begins to doubt her reality when the movie she is working on begins to reflect what's happening in her own life. Victoria DeMartin is writing and making her feature directing debut. Daryl McCormack, Lola Pettigrew, Joe Cole, Anthony Boyle and Jay Lycurgo will star in I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING, based on the novel about five friends who grew up together and are now in their 30s, grappling with their expectations about their lives. Clio Barnard is directing from a script by Edna Walsh. Marcus Scribner (Black-ish) and Maxwell Cunningham (Top Dog) are joining Clarence Maclin in the drama IN STARLAND, which centres around a middle-aged man in a small town who meets a group of bright young sparks. Actor Ray Panthaki is making his feature directing debut, and also cowriting the script with Jason Kavan. Lenny Abrahamson will direct an adaptation of the comic book series LOVE EVERLASTING, which mixes horror and sci-fi genres in its story about a woman who is transported to another timeline the moment she falls in love. Jane Goldman (Kingsman) is writing the script. And Billy Ray is returning to The Hunger Games franchise to write the script for the next prequel SUNRISE ON THE REAPING. The story centres on a younger version of Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson's character in the original films). Ray wrote the very first film in the series. Francis Lawrence is back to direct this one.
Sydney Sweeney is lined up to star in a live-action adaptation of GUNDAM, based on the Japanese franchise about battling giant robots that has been running since 1979. Jim Mickle (In the Shadow of the Moon) is directing. A compilation film, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, was released earlier this year. Brad Pitt will reteam with David Fincher for a fourth time, and it turns out that the film they are making is a sequel to Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Tarantino is writing the script, and Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly reprising his role as well. Additional details are under wraps. A new rumour swirling around Greta Gerwig's first CHRONICLES OF NARNIA movie says Meryl Streep will voice the lion Aslan. There have also been rumours of roles for Daniel Craig, Mikey Madison and Charli XCX, but nothing has been made official yet, including which book she's adapting first. Lil Rel Howery, Skylar Astin, Natasha Leggero, Jake Cannavale and Sabrina Bartlett will join Marisa Tomei and Virginia Gardner in the romantic comedy F**K VALENTINE'S DAY. It's about a young woman determined to stop her boyfriend from proposing on her birthday, February 14th. Mark Gantt is directing from a script by Steve Bencich. In addition to starring in JOHN WICK 5, Keanu Reeves will voice the character in an animated film that will recount events before the first movie, as Wick kills all of his enemies to fulfil an obligation to the High Table. Shannon Tindle is directing from a script by Vanessa Taylor. Chad Stahelski is also involved, of course. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher and Morgan Freeman are expected to reprise their roles in a fourth NOW YOU SEE ME movie, again directed by Ruben Fleischer. They are all appearing in the forthcoming part 3, which is titled NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T, alongside Rosamund Pike, Justice Smith, Ariana Greenblatt and Dominic Sessa. Murray Bartlett and Maika Monroe have joined the cast of PLACE TO BE, alongside Pamela Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Taika Waititi and Lena Waithe. It's about an elderly woman and a middle-aged man who travel from Chicago to New York to return a lost racing pigeon. Director Kornel Mundruczo is filming in Australia. Ice Cube will write and star in the comedy LAST FRIDAY, the fourth film in the Friday franchise, which hasn't had a new movie since 2002's Friday After Next. That was about security guards who run into the thief who stole their Christmas gifts. There's no word yet on costars who might be returning. Adriana Barraza, Rodrigo Santoro and Leila George have joined Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson in RUNNER, an action thriller about a courier on a life-or-death mission to deliver an organ to a 7-year-old girl in need of a transplant. But a crime boss is trying to steal it. Director Scott Waugh is filming in Australia. Zack Snyder will direct BRAWLER, which follows a man who rises through the ranks of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Snyder is reteaming with Rebel Moon screenwriters Shay Hatten and Kurt Johnstad on the project, which is backed by the UFC. And COYOTE VS ACME will finally make it to cinemas next year. Warner Bros shelved the completed film for a tax writeoff in 2023, but Ketchup Entertainment has now purchased it. The film stars Will Forte, John Cena and Lana Condor alongside the Road Runner and Wile E Coyote.
Mikey Madison is up for a lead role in the new RESIDENT EVIL movie, alongside Austin Abrams. Zach Cregger is directing the film, and it isn't yet known whether the film is a sequel, reboot or reimagining of the videogame saga about a courier navigating a hospital overrun with mutants. Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal may bring their new near-future Broadway staging of Shakespeare's OTHELLO to the big screen. It's the classic story of the eponymous leader who is manipulated by his closest friend Iago into destructive jealousy. Molly Osborne plays Desdemona; Kenny Leon directed the play. Halle Bailey and Rege-Jean Page will star in a romantic comedy titled ITALIANNA. The plot is being kept tightly under wraps. Kat Coiro (Marry Me) is directing from a script by Ryan Engle (Beast), based on an original idea they came up with together. Jason Momoa is confirmed to return as a clone of Duncan Idaho for Denis Villeneuve's DUNE MESSIAH, the third film in his trilogy starring Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides. Other returning cast members have not been confirmed yet. Josh Brolin is joining Austin Abrams in WHALEFALL, a survival thriller based on the novel about a diver who is swallowed by an 80-foot whale while searching for his father's remains, and he only has an hour of oxygen left. Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You) is directing. Willa Fitzgerald is joining Russell Crowe and Harry Lawtey in the Cold War thriller BILLION DOLLAR SPY, based on the true story of a Soviet scientist who risked his life and career to channel secrets to the CIA. Director Amma Asante is currently filming. The script is by Stephen Gaghan. Alyssa Milano has joined the cast of DRIVER'S ED, which is currently shooting in North Carolina. Sam Nivola, Kumail Nanjiana and Molly Shannon costar in the comedy, which is about teens who steal their school's car to go on a road trip. Bobby Farrelly is directing. Dash Mihok will produce, direct and star in THE DEVIL'S ROOMING HOUSE, based on the true-crime novel about serial killer Amy Archer-Gilligan, who poisoned at least five people in her Connecticut nursing home in the early 20th century. The film will apparently mix traditional film production with virtual technology work. Director Scott Derrickson will reteam with The Black Phone writer C Robert Cargill to make ROAD OF BONES, based on the horror novel set in Siberia as a film crew documents a notorious ghost story about a highway that was built on the graves of Stalin's gulag prisoners. Filmmaker Wes Ball (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) will take on a film adaptation of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA, the beloved videogame franchise about a princess and a hero fighting to save their land from a demonic king. Ball is reuniting with Maze Runner screenwriter TS Nowlin on the project. << NEWER NEWS | |
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