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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.
Jennifer Lopez will star in THE LAST MRS PARRISH, a psychological thriller based on the novel about a con artist who sets her sights on a wealthy couple, befriending the wife and seducing the husband. Robert Zemeckis is directing, reteaming with Flight screenwriter John Gatins. Kathryn Hahn, Sienna Miller and John Mulaney are joining Christian Bale and Nicolas Cage in MADDEN, David O Russell's biopic about the notoriously fiery American football coach John Madden, who had a second career as a broadcaster after being forced into retirement. Filming starts next month in Atlanta. Pete Davidson is joining the cast of David Leitch's thriller HOW TO ROB A BANK, alongside Nicholas Hoult. It's about a group of bank robbers who use social media to document their heists and torment the cops. The script is by Mark Bianculli. Karla Sofia Gascon and Vincent Gallo will star in THE LIFE LIFT, about a man who finds notes in his New York apartment elevator that tell him to murder three of his neighbours who are planning to kill their relatives. Stefania Rossella Grassi is making her directing debut. Giancarlo Esposito, Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, David Strathairn, Etham Embry, LisaGay Hamilton and Broadway star LaChanze are joining Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in BY ANY MEANS, a crime thriller set in 1960s Mississippi. Director Elegance Bratton (The Inspection) is currently filming in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Esposito will also team up with Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Tramell Tillman, Abubakr Ali and Tiffany Boone for YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER. The plot is being kept under wraps. Bassam Tariq (Mogul Mowgli) is writing and directing. Michael Keaton, Hamish Linklater, Owen Teague and John Carroll Lynch are joining Robert De Niro in THE WHISPER MAN, about a widowed crime writer who turns to his retired-cop father for help when his young son is kidnapped. Costars include Michelle Monaghan and Adam Scott. James Ashcroft is directing. Steve Buscemi and Aidan Quinn will star in the comedy drama AGES OF THE MOON, based on the Sam Shepard play about two old friends who look back at their five decades of friendship, including a bitter rivalry that still tests their connection. Quinn is also directing. Zoe Kravitz has lined up her next film as a director, HOW TO SAVE A MARRIAGE. There's no word on the plot, but it's said to have the same kind of edgy plot as her directing debut, last year's Blink Twice. Robert Pattinson is apparently producing. Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji are reportedly playing lead roles Ken and Ryu in the new STREET FIGHTER movie, which is being directed by Kitao Sakurai (Twisted Metal). It's based on the martial arts tournament videogame franchise that launched in 1987 and was previously adapted into movies in 1994 and 2009. Doug Jones, Reggie Lee, Jordan Kennedy and Jonathan Charles will star in THE WEEPING, a horror thriller about a group of campers who awaken an ancient witch deep in a protected Native American forest. Spyder Dobrofsky (Down Below) is writing and directing. And Sam Neill is joining the cast of the next GODZILLA X KONG movie, alongside the returning Dan Stevens, plus Kaitlyn Dever, Jack O'Connell, Delroy Lindo and Matthew Modine. The plot is the usual battle to prevent a world-ending catastrophe. Grant Sputore is directing from a script by Dave Callaham. << NEWER NEWS | |
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Deadline.
The Wrap.
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