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Viggo Mortensen may once again play Aragorn in the stand-alone adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM. Set just before The Hobbit, there may be more appearances from the cast of the other films. Andy Serkis will return in the title role, and also to direct from a script by Philippa Boyens. Sienna Miller is joining John Krasinski in the new JACK RYAN movie, which will continue the adventures of the CIA analyst from the TV series. Also returning from the show are Wendell Pierce and Michael Kelly. Andrew Bernstein is directing from a script by Aaron Rabin. John Cena and Eric Andre will team up for the comedy LITTLE BROTHER, about a famous real estate agent whose carefully structured life is upended when his offbeat sibling turns up. The script is by Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel (The D Train). Elizabeth Olsen will join Julia Roberts in the thriller PANIC CAREFULLY, which is being written and directed by Sam Esmail (Mr Robot). The plot is being kept under wraps, but it's being described as similar to The Silence of the Lambs. Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken and possibly Oscar Isaac will team up for WILD HORSES, the next film by writer-director Martin McDonagh. The only detail about the plot is that it is set on an island, like The Banshees of Inisherin. Meanwhile, Rockwell will join Ben Schwartz in the comedy DNA. There's no word yet on the plot. Jorma Taccone is directing from a script by Schwartz. Andy Samberg and Akiva Shaffer are producing. Celeste O'Connor and Isabel May are joining the cast of the seventh SCREAM movie, alongside the returning Neve Campbell. The plot is being kept under wraps, but will centre around Campbell's Sydney Prescott and her daughter. Kevin Williamson is directing. Francis Ford Coppola is already working on his next film, GLIMPSES OF THE MOON, based on the Edith Wharton novel about the romantic misadventures of a penniless couple who spend a year sponging off their wealthy friends. Coppola is calling it a "1930s-style strange musical". Plans are already afoot for SMILE 3, once again written and directed by Parker Finn. There's no word yet on whether anyone from the previous films will return, and the plot is being kept under wraps, although it's likely to be more of the same horror nastiness. And word has it that Johnny Depp may return for the next PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movie, which is being set up as a reboot of the series. Jerry Bruckheimer is back as producer, apparently developing two versions of the script, one of which includes Jack Sparrow.
Charlize Theron and Robert Pattinson are joining the cast of Christopher Nolan's new film, which is of course being kept tightly under wraps. Also on board are Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon and Lupita Nyong'o. Idris Elba is being lined up to play Man-at-Arms in the new live-action MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE movie, which also stars Nicholas Galitzine, Alison Brie and Camila Mendes. Travis Knight is directing from a script by Chris Butler. Samuel L Jackson is up for a role alongside Glen Powell in JJ Abram's next film, which is being kept tightly under wraps. Jenna Ortega and Emma Mackey costar. Abrams is writing and directing, and plans to shoot in the UK next spring. Hong Chau, Alison Oliver and Shazad Latif are joining the cast of Emerald Fennell's new film adaptation of the classic Charlotte Bronte gothic romance novel WUTHERING HEIGHTS. The film stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Don Cheadle will star in CANYON, which takes place over the course of one night in the life of a killer who moonlights as a jazz musician and is trying to protect a young woman from getting caught between two crime families. Colin Tilley is directing from a script by Derek Kolstad. Sterling K Brown, Rita Ora, John Kim and Daniel Quinn-Toye will join Henry Cavill in a live-action adaptation of the anime VOLTRON, about young pilots who team up to fight a giant robot. Director Rawson Marshall Thurber starts filming next month in Australia. Amber Midthunder, Wes Studi, Graham Greene and Dallas Goldtooth will team up for the comedy-drama BRAVE, about a drunken entertainer helping his orphaned niece, who needs a liver transplant. It's the first feature to be filmed on Choctaw land. Steven Paul Judd is writing and directing. Alicia Witt, Greg Kinnear, Iman Vellani, Alexander Ludwig, Sofia Wylie and Ross Butler have joined the cast of SHIVER, which stars Maddie Ziegler and Levi Miller as two people connected by an experience they had with wolves as youngsters. Director Claire McCarthy is filming in Vancouver. Minka Kelly, Flula Borg, Xavier Samuel, Tom Wozniczka, Astrid Whettnall and Thibault De Montalemert will star in CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS, about a company executive who falls for the son of a French champagne brand she's acquiring. Mark Steven Johnson is writing and directing. Kevin Pollak, Andy Richter, Donall O Healai, Tracy Spiridakos, Melia Kreiling, Ben Shenkman and Karren Karagulian will star in AFTER, a thriller about a former true-crime podcaster looking for his mysteriously missing sister. Michael Marantz is writing and directing. And producers Swati Shetty and Grant Kessman are working on a sequel to the 2008 award-winning Indian drama SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. There's no word yet on the plot, or whether Dev Patel and Freida Pinto will return.
Anne Hathaway will reteam with The Idea of You director Michael Showalter for the thriller VERITY, based on the novel about a struggling writer who is hired to complete a series of books for an author who has had a mysterious accident. Will Ferrell will produce and play a television judge in JUDGEMENT DAY, a comedy about a young ex-con who takes an unscripted TV courtroom set hostage. Nicholas Stoller is directing. Felicity Jones and Richard E Grant are joining the growing cast of 100 NIGHTS OF HERO, which also stars Nicholas Galitzine, Emma Corrin, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry and Charli XCX. It's about a man who bets his friend that he can seduce his wife in 100 nights. Julia Jackman is writing and directing. Emma Mackey is joining Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega in JJ Abrams' next film, which is being kept tightly under wraps. Apparently, all three actors have lead roles in the story. Shooting is scheduled to start in January. Samara Weaving, Jason Segel, Juliette Lewis and Timothy Olyphant will star in THE TRIP, a thriller about a couple that takes a break in an isolated cabin to repair their broken relationship. But actually they're plotting to kill each other. Jorma Taccone is directing the film, which is a remake of a Norwegian film. Kate Bosworth and Justin Long will star in COYOTE, a thriller about a family trying to survive when a frenzied pack of coyotes attacks them during a wildfire in Los Angeles. Colin Minihan is directing. David Spade and Theo Von will write and star in BUSBOYS, a buddy comedy set in an Arizona border town as two friends try to get jobs as waiters, which they think will solve their problems. Jonah Feingold is directing. Julia Fox, Riccardo Scamarcio and Vito Schnabel have joined the cast of MYKONOS, a heist comedy about a group of principled thieves who steal from wealthy holiday makers on the Greek island. Costars include Klelia Andriolatou, Andrew Georgiades, Panos Koronis and Makis Papadimitriou. Andre Marks is directing. Zack Snyder has decided that his next film will be more grounded in real life, calling it a "visceral character-driven piece" about an elite police unit in Los Angeles that is grappling with clashes between the law and morality. Snyder is writing the script with Kurt Johnstad. And as Kevin Smith works on a long-awaited sequel to his 1999 religious comedy DOGMA, he is also planning to reteam Ben Affleck and Matt Damon on-screen. The original also starred Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, Alanis Morissette, Jason Mewes and Jason Lee.
Paul Mescal will reteam with Gladiator II filmmaker Ridley Scott for THE DOG STARS, a thriller that is set in a near-future after a pandemic has decimated American society. Nothing else has been revealed yet about the plot. Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o and Anne Hathaway are joining the cast of Christopher Nolan's new movie, alongside Tom Holland and Matt Damon. This is Hathaway's third film with Nolan. Little is known about the film, but rumour has it that it centres around UFOs. Timothee Chalamet is set to return for a sequel to WONKA, which is currently being written. Paul King will be back as director, and it's expected that several other cast members will return as well. Although filming won't take place until Chalamet shoots his role in DUNE: MESSIAH in early 2026. Lil Rel Howery will make his directing debut with HAUNTED HEIST, a comedy in which he'll also star opposite Tiffany Haddish. It's about a group of old friends whose awkward reunion turns out to be a heist to find a valuable antique in a house that is populated by rowdy ghosts. Rosamound Pike, Benedict Cumberbatch and Anthony Hopkins will team up for WIFE & DOG, Guy Ritchie's next film, which is set in the world of the British aristocracy. Actual plot details are being kept under wraps. Maria Balakova and Peter Mullan will star in NO WAY OFF, a thriller that centres on a young woman who is stuck on a bus with her baby after the driver goes rogue and takes her hostage. Brian Kelly (Downton Abbey) is directing. Taron Egerton is joining Charlize Theron in APEX, a thriller about an adrenaline junkie who finds herself hunted by a psychopath while on an expedition in the wilderness. Batlasar Kormakur is directing from a script by Jeremy Robbins. Actor-filmmakers Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk are reteaming to write and possibly direct a remake of the 1999 black comedy IDLE HANDS, about a slacker whose hand becomes possessed by a murderous spirit and goes on a killing spree. Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan are producing. Jennifer Saunders, Jack Whitehall, Sally Phillips and Frances Barber are joining the cast of VIRGINIA WOOLF'S NIGHT & DAY, based on the novel about an astronomer who is determined to avoid romance and marriage as she takes on the patriarchy in Edwardian England. The film also stars Haley Bennett, Timothy Spall, Lily Allen and Elyas M'Barek. Tina Gharavi is directing from a script by Justine Waddell. After his buzzy performance in Queer, Drew Starkey has joined the cast of ONSLAUGHT, an action thriller that also stars Dan Stevens, Adria Arjona and UFC champ Alex Pereira. The plot is under wraps, but director Adam Wingard says it's in the vein of his previous films The Guest and You're Next. And Denzel Washington is being lined up to star in the third BLACK PANTHER movie, in a role written for him by Ryan Coogler. He's also set to play HANNIBAL THE CONQUEROR, reuniting with Antoine Fuqua, and then plans to play the title role in new film versions of Shakespeare's OTHELLO and KING KEAR. << NEWER NEWS | |
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