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Jessica Chastain, Brendan Fraser and Bryan Cranston are joining Al Pacino in ASSASSINATION, a mystery thriller about Dorothy Kilgallen, the only journalist to interview Jack Ruby as part of the JFK case. She took on the CIA, FBI and mafia over the truth about what happened. Barry Levinson is directing. Ke Huy Quan will star in FAIRYTALE, an action thriller set on Christmas Eve in New York City as a cab driver encounters a criminal gang on his way to meet up with his estranged son. Jalmari Helander (Sisu) is directing. Penelope Cruz and Johnny Depp will reteam for a fourth time with DAY DRINKER, which is set on a cruise ship where a bartender and a regular customer find themselves entangled with criminals. Marc Webb is directing from a script by Zach Dean (Fast X). Idris Elba will star in and produce HAMMER DOWN, an action thriller about a widowed truck driver who never asks questions about the goods he is transporting. Then when he takes his teen daughter along with him, they're attacked by a gang of tenacious criminals. Simon Hatt is directing. Janelle Monae, Sterling K Brown, Vivica A Fox, Kara Young and Mallori Johnson will star in IS GOD IS, based on the award-winning play about twin sisters who are asked by their angry mother to kill their father for starting the fire that upended their lives. Playwright Alesha Harris is writing and directing. Uma Thurman, Anthony Hopkins and Phoebe Dynevor will star in THE HOUSEKEEPER, based on a forthcoming novel that's a meta-spin on the gothic classic Rebecca, this time as a maid begins a relationship with the novelist who is writing the story of her aristocratic boss. Richard Eyre is directing. Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough, Lea Seydoux, Channing Tatum and Dave Bautista are joining Cate Blanchett and Steven Yeun in ALPHA GANG, about a group of aliens that poses as a biker gang as they invade Earth in the 1950s. David and Nathan Zellner (Sasquatch Sunset) are writing and directing. Rupert Everett, Jeremy Irvine, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Layton Williams will star in THE LIGHT FANTASTIC, a comedy based on the true story of a Blackpool firefighter in the 1930s who challenged traditions to become a ballroom dancer. Chris Cottam is directing from a script by Lee Warburton. Alan Ritchson will team up with action director Scott Waugh for RUNNER, about a courier who only has a couple of hours to transport a human organ to save a young girl. But a crime boss wants it for himself. The script is by Miles Hubley and Tommy White. John Magaro is reteaming with filmmaker Kelly Reichert for a third time, joining Josh O'Connor and Alana Haim in THE MASTERMIND, which recounts the story of a daring art heist that takes place amid protests about the Vietnam War and women's rights in the late 1960s. David Duchovny, Hope Davis, Cooper Raiff, Kaitlyn Dever, Lucy Boynton and Ariela Barer will star in SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU, a dramatic comedy based actor Adam Cayton-Holland's memoir about the impact of his younger sister's suicide on his family. Jay Duplass is directing from a script by Cayton-Holland. And Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and Jack Black will be back for a third JUMANJI movie adventure, as will director Jake Kasdan. There's no word yet on the plot, or whether costars like Nick Jonas and Awkwafina will be back as well.
Bradley Cooper will direct and star alongside Will Arnett in IS THIS THING ON, a comedy written by Arnett and Mark Chappell. Plot details are being kept under wraps. Meanwhile, rumour has it that Cooper will also join Riz Ahmed in Armando Iannucci's next film GROWTH, about a social media platform founder facing a serious data leak. Alicia Vikander, Wagner Moura and Victoria Pedretti are starring in THE LAST DAY, about a blocked writer who sets off on a journey to rediscover herself after meeting someone from her past. Rachel Rose is making her directing debut. Emilia Jones, William H Macy and Michael Cera are joining the cast of THE RUNNING MAN, a new adaptation of the Stephen King novel set around a futuristic game show in which contestants are pursued by violent killers. The film also stars Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Katy O'Brian and Karl Glusman. Edgar Wright is directing. Scott Mescudi is joining the cast of the HAPPY GILMORE sequel, which reteams Adam Sandler with costars Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald from the 1996 original, which was about a hockey player who turns to golf to save his grandmother's house. Also appearing are Bad Bunny and Travis Kelce. Kyle Newacheck is directing. Debi Mazar is joining Jaeden Martell and Luna Blaise in DIRTY FINGERNAILS, a drama a group of disparate people who become entwined with each other due to their involvement with a mysterious chair. Kevin Lombardo is making his writing-directing debut. Jackie Earle Haley will star in I'M YOUR HOST, a horror thriller about a group of friends who become trapped in a game show where they must outwit a killer to survive. The film is currently shooting in Rome. Peter Stormare, Maria Elisa Camargo, Talia Asseraf and Ricky Russert are joining the cast of OFF THE GRID, a thriller about a scientist (Josh Duhamel) who steals his work and goes into hiding so it can't be weaponised, but his former partner (Greg Kinnear) is in hot pursuit. Johnny Martin is directing. Caitlin Stasey (Smile) and Damon Herriman (Justified) will star in KILLING BREED, a survival thriller about a family fighting for survival in the Outback as a bushfire heads toward them, unleashing a pack of killer dogs. Matt Day is directing. Brandon Sklenar (It Ends With Us) is joining Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in THE HOUSEMAID, a thriller about a young woman trying to get a fresh start in life as she takes a job working for a wealthy couple. But they have even more dark secrets than she does. Paul Feig is directing from a script by Rebecca Sonnenshine. And Martin Lawrence looks set to return for a 25-years-later sequel to his 1999 action comedy BLUE STREAK, in which he played a thief who posed as a cop to retrieve a stolen diamond he hid in a building that's now a police station. Cole Maliska is writing the script.
Chris Hemsworth is being lined up to play PRINCE CHARMING in a comical new take on Disney fairytales by filmmaker Paul King. Simon Farnaby and Jon Croker are writing the script, which centres on the antics of the bumbling prince from Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. Meanwhile, Hemsworth and Idris Elba will be back for the third EXTRACTION movie, which Joe and Anthony Russo are working on. The films follow the continuing adventures of an Australian mercenary with black-ops skills who hires himself out to rescue people from unthinkable situations. Lily Gladstone, Sharon Stone and Judy Greer are joining Marc Maron in the comedy IN MEMORIAM, about a veteran Hollywood actor who, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, becomes obsessed with being featured in the Oscar show's list of dead celebrities. Rob Burnett is writing and directing. Scarlett Johansson will produce and most likely star in THE GIRL IN THE LAKE, based on the forthcoming mystery novel that's been described as What Lies Beneath meets The Sixth Sense. Plot details are being kept under wraps. Novelist Lauren Oliver is writing the script. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Rachel Lefevre will star in the drama LIZ HERE NOW, based on the novel about a Black woman working as a nanny for a prominent Bay Area family during in 1967. Then when she intervenes to protect the abused children, she's accused of being a member of the Black Panthers. Sterling Macer Jr is directing. Robert Pattinson will produce and most likely star in PRIMETIME, about a television journalist who uses groundbreaking methods to take on the criminal underworld. Documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim is directing from a script by Ajon Singh, which is said to be based on the 2000s reality show To Catch a Predator. Leslie Mann, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman and Nico Parker will star in POETIC LICENSE, about a middle-aged therapist who finds herself in the middle of two teen best pals whose friendship is unravelling. Maude Apatow (aka Mann's daughter) is making her feature directing debut. Djimon Hounsou and Terrifier 3's Lauren LaVera will star in THE MONSTER, a thriller that follows two scam artists who run into someone who flips their con back on them. Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw) is directing from a script by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer (Unsane). Peter Dinklage is joining the cast of ROOFMAN, writer-director Derek Cianfrance's true crime movie starring Channing Tatum as an escaped prisoner who hides out in a toy store. But after a while, he becomes lonely and ends up falling in love. Kirsten Dunst costars. And Paula Abdul, Eddie Griffin and Star Trek veteran Walter Koenig will join Rob Taylor and Nic Costa in RAGING MIDLIFE, an action comedy about two friends who are obsessed with a costume once worn by their favourite wrestler. Taylor is directing from a script he wrote with Costa.
Colman Domingo will make his feature directing debut with SCANDALOUS, a 1957-set drama starring Sydney Sweeney and David Jonsson as actress Kim Novak and showbiz icon Sammy Davis Jr. The story traces the shocking racist reaction to the romance that blossomed between them after appearing on a chat show together. Sweeney is producing; Matthew Fantaci is writing the script. Tom Holland is joining Matt Damon in the cast of Christopher Nolan's next film. Aside from rumours that it's a period film, there's no word yet on the plot, but Nolan will write and direct the film, which is expected to shoot next year before Holland begins work on Spider-Man 4. David Corenswet will star in MR IRRELEVANT, based on the true story of John Tuggle, who in 1983 became the first player picked last in the NFL draft to go on to play for the team that picked him. But his life was tumultuous, and he died three years later from cancer. Jonathan Levine is directing from a script by Nick Santora. Rachel Sennott, Katarina Zhu, Jack Kilmer, Austin Amelio and Perry Yung will star in BUNNYLOVR, about a Chinese-American girl who works as a cam girl and enters an increasingly toxic relationship with a client while her estranged father is dying. Zhu is also writing and directing the film. Lee Pace and Josh Brolin are joining THE RUNNING MAN, a new adaptation of the Stephen King novel about a TV game show in which competitors are hunted down by killers. The film stars Glen Powell and Katy O'Brian. Edgar Wright is directing from a script he wrote with Michael Bacall. Alyson Hannigan, Nicole Grimaudo, Kim Coates, Jonathan Roumie, Julee Cerda and Julie Ann Emery are joining Kevin James in SOLO MIO, a romantic comedy about a man decides to take his Italian honeymoon on his own after his fiancee stands him up at the altar. Of course, he meets a woman along the way. Chuck Kinnane and Dan Kinnane are directing. Jermaine Fowler, Justin Long, RJ Cyler, Dermot Mulroney and wrestler CM Punk will star in NIGHT PATROL, a horror thriller about a Los Angeles cop who discovers that a local police task force is hiding a secret that threatens the housing project where he grew up. Ryan Prows is directing. Jennifer Westfeldt (The Idea of You) with write, produce and star in THE SWEET SPOT, a comedy based on the novel that follows various storylines in a multi-generational family over the course of a frantic holiday season in New York City. Lyndsy Fonseca, Tom Cavanagh, Rob Riggle and musician Russ have joined the cast of DON'T MOVE a horror thriller based on the novel about a church camping trip that takes a turn when a dangerous predator turns up. Costars include Hunter King and Joseph Lee Anderson and T-Pain. Maclain Nelson is directing. And Luca Guadagnino is planning to direct a new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' 1991 controversial blackly comical novel AMERICAN PSYCHO. Scott Z Burns is working on the script, which is said to be a new take on the story of a wealthy and self-absorbed investment banker who also sees himself as a serial killer. << NEWER NEWS | |
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