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Tom Hanks will play Abraham Lincoln in the live-action/stop-motion film LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, based on the novel that travels into the US president's mind as he grieves the death of his son. Director Duke Johnson (Anomalisa) is apparently planning to use a number of animation styles. Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali will reteam for JURASSIC WORLD: LIBERATION, a direct sequel to Rebirth, once again directed by Gareth Edwards. Of course, the title hasn't been confirmed, production dates haven't been set, and there are no plot details yet. Andrew Scott will join Emily Blunt in WALK THE BLUE FIELDS, based on a short story about a woman who, on her wedding day, is forced to confront an unresolved romantic triangle. John Crowley is directing from a script by Conor McPherson. Tiffany Haddish is joining Rosario Dawson in THE LESSON, a dramatic horror film about a group of students who are haunted by their late teacher. Writer-director JoJo Ryder plans to start filming in Los Angeles later this year. Chris Pine is lined up to star opposite Emma Stone in the romantic comedy THE CATCH. Plot details are being kept under wraps. Stone's husband Dave McCary is directing from a script by Patrick Kang and Michael Levin. Mark Rylance, Edmund Donovan and Shira Haas will join Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning in THE NIGHTINGALE, based on the WWII-set novel about sisters who take separate paths to survival in Nazi-occupied France. Michael Morris (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy) is directing from a script by Dana Stevens. Amy Ryan, Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Evan Peters, Tatiana Maslany and Jason Clarke will star in Tom McCarthy's untitled new film, a dark comedy based on the true story of experts gathering in 1980 Florida for a conference on carbon emissions. Lily Collins will produce and play Audrey Hepburn in a drama about the making of Blake Edwards' classic 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's, adapted from Truman Capote's novel. Alena Smith (Dickinson) is writing the script, based on the book FIFTH AVENUE, 5AM. JK Simmons will star in the 1980s-set PURGATORY, as a priest helping a 13-year-old girl (Ruby McGurrin) cope with her father's (Search Party's John Reynolds) mental struggle after his wife (The Bear's Abby Elliott) leaves them. Producer Lindsay Lanzillotta is making her directing debut with a script by Christine Speer. And rumour has it that Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu are planning to return for a third CHARLIE'S ANGELS movie, following on from their 2000 and 2003 hits. Demi Moore may also return as a former Angel. Barrymore is producing; Pete Chiarelli (Crazy Rich Asians) is writing the script.
Viola Davis will produce a film adaptation of the comic book THE UNTAMED: A SINNER'S PRAYER, about a man who makes a deal with the devil so he can collect the souls of the people who killed his family. The comic's creator Sebastian A Jones will write and direct. Kristin Bell will voice the tomboyish pink hedgehog Amy Rose in SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 4, alongside vocal cast members Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves, plus live actors James Marsden and Jim Carrey. Jeff Fowler is back as director. Eddie Redmayne will star in the next film from Japanese maestro Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters). There are no details yet about the title, plot or even whether it will be filmed in Japan. Shirley MacLaine will star in MARGRET AND STEVIE, a biopic about Curious George author Margret Rey, exploring how she took on publishers to tell her stories her own way. Mad Men creator Matthew Wiener is writing and directing. Chloe Grace Moretz and Walton Goggins will star in MISTER, an action comedy about an amnesiac who is being hunted by killers, so he turns to his estranged daughter for help. Stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood is making his directing debut. Filming start next month in Madrid. Kate McKinnon and John Cena will join Jennifer Garner in ONE ATTEMPT REMAINING, a comedy about a couple whose divorce is complicated when they discover that their crypto account has made millions. Kay Cannon is directing. Mads Mikkelsen is joining the cast of WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT, the next film by Martin Scorsese, which costars Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio and Patricia Clarkson. It's a thriller about an American couple that travels to Scandinavia to adopt a child, then find themselves in an eerie remote hotel. Carla Gugino and Matthew Modine have the title roles in VIVIEN & THE FLORIST, a drama based on a key period in the life of Vivien Leigh, when she made an unexpected connection with a florist in 1966 Philadelphia. David Hyde Pierce and Jack Davenport play John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier. Nick Sandow is directing from a script by Jayce Bartok. Thomas Lennon, Gillian Bolt, Sydney Agudong, Ashleigh Murray and Sydney Cole Alexander will star in BACH SH*T CRAZY, a slasher comedy set over a bachelorette weekend at a ski chalet, where a scavenger hunt takes a violent turn. Josie Andrews is writing and directing. Mark Edelshteyn (Anora) will star in BECOMING CAPA, a romantic biopic tracing the relationship between pioneer war photographers Gerta Pohorylle and Endre Friedmann, who published their work under the pseudonym Robert Capa, which Friedmann later adopted as his own, while Pohorylle worked as Gerda Taro. Charlotte Colbert (She Will) is writing and directing. And Iko Uwais (Expend4bles) will return to his native Indonesia for WARRIOR, as a silat master who muse delve into Jakarta's criminal underworld and face old enemies to protect a young boy. John Radel is writing and directing.
Benito Martinez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny), Javier Bardem, Viggo Mortensen and Edward Norton will star in the 19th century historical epic PORTO RICO, about revolutionary Jose Maldonado Roman, who led an army of ex-convicts to overthrow colonial rule in Puerto Rico. Rene Perez Joglar (aka Residente) is directing and cowriting with Alexander Dinelaris. Daniel Kaluuya will star in the thriller HOTEL HOTEL HOTEL HOTEL, as a man who wakes up in a strange hotel room, then struggles to find a way out. Adam McKay is also appearing in the film; Michael Shanks (Together) is writing and directing. Laura Dern, Connor Storrie and Levon Hawke are joining the cast of Molly Gordon's new comedy PEAKED, about two former high school mean girls trying to relive their glory days at their 10-year reunion. The film also stars Emma Mackey, Simone Ashley and Gordon. Catherine Zeta-Jones will star in the psychological thriller CUPID, playing a marriage counsellor who pushes a couple into some very dangerous behaviour. Tate Taylor is directing from a script by Carey and Shane Van Dyke. Nick Jonas will star in the action thriller BODYMAN, about an eccentric billionaire who celebrates Christmas by signing over his private military company to his bodyguard, spurring his children to take violent action. Gary Fleder is directing from a script by Byron Balasco. Leo Woodall is joining Sydney Sweeney in THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY, based on the Edith Wharton novel about a woman climbing the social ladder in early 20th century New York City. Josie Rourke is writing and directing. Dustin Hoffman will play Adam Sandler's father in Scott Cooper's next film TIME OUT. It's a remake of the hit 2001 French drama about an unemployed man who gets deeper into trouble as he hides his unemployment from family and friends. Tyrese Gibson, Armie Hammer, Lin Shaye, Jake Busey, Leo Fitzpatrick and Billy Zane will star in MASCOTLAND, about two brothers who escape from a lifetime in captivity, then meet a caring stranger while trying to adjust to the real world. Kerry Mondragon is writing and directing. Jessica Gunning will play Cass Elliot in MY MAMA CASS, a biopic about the musician who became a star as a member of 1960s folk rock band The Mamas & The Papas. Her daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell is writing the script. Sharlto Copley and Josh Duhamel will play pirates in the action thriller THE GOOD SAMARITAN, which stars Daisy Ridley as a doctor who is attacked while trying to rescue a wounded stranger off the coast of Indonesia. Pierre Morel is directing. Danny Glover will produce a biopic tracing the life of jazz and blues icon Dinah Washington, with playwright Winsome Pinnock writing the script. The story will centre on a two-week period in London following the release of her Grammy-winning hit What a Diff'rence a Day Makes. And Jason Statham will star in JASON STATHAM STOLE MY BIKE, a meta action comedy that will apparently focus on the humour rather than the violence. The plot details are being kept under wraps. The film reteams Statham with Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch. The script is by Alison Flierl (School of Rock).
Colman Domingo is joining Kerry Washington in the psychological thriller AN INNOCENT GIRL, about a young woman who is seduced by a high-powered couple in Washington DC. James Marsden and Chloe East co-star. Jaume Collet-Serra is directing from a script by Michael Mohan and Marc Guggenheim. Odessa A'zion, Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson, Dianne Wiest and Emma Roberts will star in MOTHER COURAGE, about a famed actress who is thrown off balance by her estranged sister, who turns up after 30 years. Cody Fern is directing and cowriting with Devon Bostick. Meanwhile, Wiest will also star alongside Liam Hemsworth and Caleb Landry Jones in NON COMPOS MENTIS, the next movie by writer-director Paul Schrader. It's about two very different brothers struggling to deal their wealthy mother's slide into dementia. Ryan Reynolds will produce and star in EVERYDAY PARENTING TIPS, based on a 2020 New Yorker Covid-satire article advising parents to help children avoid fear during a "great monster uprising" in which menacing creatures are unleashed around the world. Jonathan Krisel is directing. Ruth Negga, Josh Gad and Jason Isaacs will star in the black comedy BAD MAJOR, about a family hosting their son's wildly unstable commanding officer in their home during WWII. The Death of Stalin screenwriter Peter Fellows is writing and directing. Stephen Graham, Elisabeth Shue and Rob Morgan will be back alongside Tom Hanks in the GREYHOUND sequel, which moves the WWII action from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Jack Patten (Robin Hood) has also joined the cast. Director Aaron Schneider is currently filming in Australia from a script by Hanks. Maria Bakalova, David Wilmot and Andrew Gower will star in NO WAY OFF, a thriller about a woman and her infant who are abducted by a bus driver and taken out into the wilderness. Brian Kelly is directing from a script by Gaby Hull. Filming is underway in Northern Ireland. Guy Pearce will star in THE PRICE OF PEACE, which traces the historic meeting between Harry S Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin as they negotiated the details of post-war Europe. Anthony McCarten is writing and directing. Franz Rogowski and Benedict Wong are joining Mikey Madison and Lea Seydoux in THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, adapted from the Edgar Allan Poe story set in a castle sealed away from the plague. Charlie Pollinger is writing and directing. Tom Burke and Even Hewson will star in Lenny Abrahamson's untitled next film, which will start filming in Ireland next month. It's set in Dublin's Jewish community in the late 1970s as a 12-year-old boy (newcomer Sean Meagher) begins to question the dynamics of his parents' marriage. Henry Thomas and Katherine McPhee will star in THREE PEOPLE IN THE WOODS, a dramatic thriller about a couple who abduct the man they hold responsible for their daughter's death. Joshua Caldwell is directing. And Leonardo DiCaprio and Eli Roth will team up to produce the documentary DEATH BLOOM, exploring the cruelty of America's death-care industry. Roth will also provide the voiceover narration. << NEWER NEWS | |
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | ||
 Married to the job STAGE: Gecko brings The Wedding, a sparky exploration of social contracts, to Sadler's Wells East...  Let it all hang out STAGE: Golden Goose Theatre's new production of cheeky song and dance hit Boys in the Buff until 10th Jan...  Make the yuletide gay STAGE: The Fit Prince brings a hilarious sense of holiday romcom anarchy to King's Head Theatre until 3rd Jan...  The boss’ new groove DANCE: ZooNation's a dazzling hip-hop take on Dickens, Ebony Scrooge at Sadler's Wells East until 4th Jan... STAGE: RVT's panto Growled< riotously spins Beauty and the Beast... STAGE: Beauty and the Beast is Charing Cross Theatre's annual adult pantomime... NOV TV: Boots, Only Murders 5, Chad Powers, Peacemaker 2, MobLand, The Morning Show 4, Alien: Earth, more... STAGE: Brick Lane Music Hall's The Magic of Christmas dinner-theatre... DANCE: Ballet Black's Shadows, a new double bill at Sadler's Wells... DANCE: Pite and McBurney's staggering Figures in Extinction at Sadler's Wells... DANCE: Akram Khan and Manal AlDowayan's elemental Thikra at Sadler's Wells... STAGE: KC and the Sunshine Band musical Get Down Tonight at Charing Cross... STAGE: Ghost Stories returns to London's Peacock Theatre...
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