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Pamela Anderson and Guy Pearce will star in QUEEN OF THE FALLS, a thriller in which they'll play lovers on the run from the law, heading towards Niagara Falls. Rania Attieh and Daniel A Garcia are writing and directing; Pedro and Agustin Almodovar are producing. Ryan Reynolds will produce and star in a remake of the 1974 classic THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT, which follows the exploits of a veteran thief and his charismatic protege. Reynolds is taking the mentor role, and also writing the script with Enzo Mileti and Scott Wilson. Deadpool & Wolverine editor Shane Reid is making his directing debut. Idris Elba will be back for a second movie featuring his tenacious London detective LUTHER, reteaming this time with Ruth Wilson, reprising her role from the TV series as his serial killer love interest. Dermot Crowley will also return as Luther's boss. Jamie Payne is directing from a script by Neil Cross. Toni Collette, Anthony Hopkins, Stephen Graham and Charlie Plummer will star in IBELIN, based on the acclaimed documentary about a Norwegian couple who discovers that their gamer son, who died of a degenerative disease at 25, wasn't as lonely as they thought he was. Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) is directing. Ncuti Gatwa is joining Cynthia Erivo in the animated musical comedy BAD FAIRIES, about a group of sprites who rebel against the strict rules in their magical world. Megan Dong is directing from a script by Deborah Frances-White. Mark Wahlberg will produce and star in HEADHUNTERS, based on the Jo Nesbo novel that was previously adapted into a Norwegian film in 2011. It's about a corporate boss who secretly steals art to maintain the illusion of his success. Then a heist goes badly wrong. The script is by Bill Dubuque. Hayley Atwell will join Gerard Butler in the action thriller EMPIRE CITY, about a married fireman and police officer who set out to rescue hostages in a New York skyscraper. Michael Matthews is directing from a script by Brian Tucker and S Craig Zahler. Maria Bakalova and Frank Grillo will star in OVERRIDE, about a soldier who is left for dead on the battlefield, then she's rescued by an AI medical robot that tries to save her life. Jordan Downey is directing from a script by Jackson Murray and Kevin Stewart. Anjelica Huston, Jack Whitehall and Lucy Hale will star in the horror thriller LEGACY. The plot is being kept under wraps. Director David Slade is currently filming in the UK from a script by Thomas Bilotta. And Courteney Cox is directing the thriller EVIL GENIUS, which stars Patricia Arquette, David Harbour, Danielle Macdonald, Owen Teague, Garret Dillahunt, Michael Chernus and Tom McCarthy. It's the true story of a Pennsylvania pizza delivery man who attempted a bank robbery while wearing a collar bomb.
Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone will produce and star in a Muppet movie that centres around MISS PIGGY. There's no word on the plot, but the point is clearly to make a film that allows the diva to step out of Kermit's shadow. Cole Escada is writing the script. Jessica Chastain, Mikey Madison, Josh Brolin, Chris Pine, Charles Melton and Don Cheadle will star in MY DARLING CALIFORNIA, a multi-strand drama that traces how a single crime unexpectedly connects to a wide variety of people. Elijah Bynum (Magazine Dreams) is directing. Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser will be back for a third sequel to THE MUMMY, nearly 20 years after the last film in the franchise, which launched in 1999. There's no word yet on the story, or whether others from the earlier movies will be back as well. Sebastian Stan will star in IMPUNITY, based on the novel 38 Londres Street. It's a thriller set in 1990s Chile about a spy whose job is to prevent dictator Augusto Pinochet from fleeing the country before he's arrested. Felipe Galvez is directing. Renee Zellweger will star in PHANTOM SON, as a lonely woman who takes in a teen runaway who is struggling to survive on the streets. But she begins to think the boy is her own long-lost son. David Yates is directing. Thomasin McKenzie will play Audrey Hepburn in DINNER WITH AUDREY, which follows the iconic actress over the course of a night on the town in Paris with designer Hubert de Givenchy (Ansel Elgort), who would go on to design the costumes in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Abe Sylvia is directing. Claire Foy is joining Guy Pearce and Jack O'Connell in INK, based on the story of Rupert Murdoch's purchase of The Sun. The newspaper's new approach sparked rivalry with The Mirror and launched the British tabloid era. Director Danny Boyle started filming this week. Danai Gurira, Moises Arias, Sean Harris and Justin Kirk are joining Denzel Washington and Robert Pattinson in HERE COMES THE FLOOD, a thriller about a security guard, bank teller and a master thief whose lives become entangled. Fernando Meirelles is directing. James Norton, Hugh Bonneville and Tanya Reynolds will star in DOG PERSON, a dark comedy about a dental receptionist who, while facing issues with fertility, begins to explore fetishism. Reynolds is also making her feature directing debut. Paul Dano is joining Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson in THE CHAPERONES, about three slackers who are escorting a troubled teen across America after Christmas. India Donaldson (Good One) is directing. Tramell Tillman is joining Johnny Depp in EBENEZER: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Ti West's take on the Charles Dickens classic. Tillman will be the Ghost of Christmas Present in the movie, which is likely to lean into the story's darker elements. And Meghan Markle is returning to acting with a role in the comedy CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS, which also stars Brie Larson, Jack Quaid, Lily Collins and Henry Golding. It's about two couples who meet and become close friends, despite the fact that one couple is very famous. Jason Orley is directing.
Charlize Theron will star in and produce TYRANT, which is only being described as a psychological drama set in New York's elite culinary world. The plot is being kept under wraps. David Weil (Hunters) is writing and directing. Alicia Vikander, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jamie Dornan, Bill Nighy and Gillian Anderson will voice characters in the animated adventure THE TURNING DOOR, about a young girl who must save her parents when they are frozen in a magical realm. Nicholas Ashe Bateman is writing and directing. Taraji P Henson and Jo-Vaughn Virginia Scott will star in 'TIS SO SWEET, based on the true story of a Chicago baker who makes a miraculous discovery that helps her to deal with her troubled past. Tasha Smith is directing from a script by Randy Brown; Tyler Perry is producing. Taron Egerton is joining Channing Tatum and Zazie Beetz in KOCKROACH, a thriller tracing a shady figure's journey into New York's violent criminal underworld. Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic) is directing. Egerton is replacing Oscar Isaac, who had scheduling conflicts. Rob Lowe and Keith David will team up for MY NEW FRIEND JIM, a dark comedy about two very different fathers who are searching for a daughter who has run off to Reno. Ash Avildsen (Queen of the Ring) is directing. Issa Rae and Zach Cherry are joining BABIES, about a couple (Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick) thinking about parenthood when a friend and her toddler move in with them after a divorce. Costars include Dan Stevens and Kate Berlant. Lauren Miller Rogen is writing and directing. Heather Graham and Johnny Knoxville are joining Nico Parker and Lola Tung in THE YOUNG PEOPLE, the next horror thriller by writer-director Osgood Perkins. The plot is being kept under wraps, even as the film is currently shooting in Vancouver. The busy Perkins' previous film Keeper opens next week. Stephen Dillane is joining THE UPRISING, a period epic following the rebellion against Britain's Richard I. The cast includes Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, Katherine Waterston, Thomasin McKenzie, Jamie Bell, Cosmo Jarvis and Jonny Lee Miller. Filming is underway with director Paul Greengrass. Jenny Slate, Dave Franco, Manny Jacinto, HER, Lea Salonga and Liza Soberano will voice characters in FORGOTTEN ISLAND, an animated adventure comedy about best friends who need to give up their shared lifelong memories to escape from a mystical world. Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado are writing and directing. And Jason Statham will reteam with Guy Ritchie for VIVA LA MADNESS, an action thriller that has been adapted from a script by JJ Connolly that was originally written as a sequel to Layer Cake, the 2004 London gangster thriller that starred Daniel Craig and Tom Hardy.
Sydney Sweeney will star in a remake of the 1964 French action-adventure comedy THAT MAN FROM RIO, about a young soldier on a week's leave who heads to Brazil to rescue his girlfriend, who has been abducted by thieves. Justin Lin is directing. Austin Butler is being lined up to star opposite Michael B Jordan in Joseph Kosinski's new MIAMI VICE movie, based on the iconic 1980s TV series about two detectives working undercover in a place full of both glamour and corruption. Dan Gilroy and Eric Warren Singer are writing the script. Glenn Close will join Penelope Cruz in THE BLACK BALL, based on an unfinished story by Federico Garcia Lorca that links the lives of three gay men across different historical periods. Costars include Lola Duenas, Carlos Gonzales (Veneno), Miguel Bernardeau (Elite) and singer-songwriter Guitarricadelafuente. Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi are writing and directing. Kit Connor, Ebon Moss-Bacharach, Catriona Balfe, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Manuel Garcia Rulfo will join Fred Hechinger in A LONG WINTER, the new drama written and directed by Andrew Haigh. It's about a group of people who are searching for a woman who went missing in a snowstorm after a fight with her husband. Filming just started in Alberta. Johnny Depp will play Scrooge in a new horror-style adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost story A CHRISTMAS CAROL, which is being directed by Ti West (MaXXXine). This is not to be confused with Robert Eggers' planned adaptation, which will star Willem Dafoe and is also likely to tilt to the darker side of things. Charli XCX, Jessica Alba and Vanessa Burghardt are lined up to star in A TREE IS BLUE, Dakota Johnson's feature directing debut. It's about an autistic teen who is seeking freedom from her overprotective mother after graduating from high school. The script is by Burghardt; filming is scheduled to start next month. Sam Rockwell and Maisy Stella (My Old Ass) will star in TUMOR, about a Los Angeles private eye who is searching for a politician's missing daughter while a brain tumour threatens his grip on reality. Will Bridges (All of You) is directing. Jodie Turner-Smith, Olivia Cooke, Harry Lawtey, Burn Gorman and Viola Prettejohn will star in BRIDES, a horror thriller about a woman whose dream trip to Italy turns into a nightmare when she is stranded in an isolated villa inhabited by a group of immortal women. Chloe Okuno (Watcher) is directing. Richard E Grant and Celia Imrie will star in MERRY CHRISTMAS, AUBREY FLINT, a holiday comedy about a painter who loathes both Christmas and other people. Then he meets a chain-smoking former West End diva. Jack Spring is directing from a script by Chris Boyle-McQuarry. Mia Goth, Zach Galifianakis and Dan Stevens will star in HEY BEAR, a black comedy about a woman who furiously heads out into the woods to get revenge against the bear that ate her husband. Jonathan Krisel (Baskets) is writing and directing. Lil Rel Howery, Ashley Olivia Fisher, Rotimi, Aspen Kennedy, Gregory Alan Williams, Clifton Powell and Roger Guenveur Smith will star in GOD WITH US, which reimagines the story of the Nativity as taking place in a present-day urban Maryland neighbourhood. Jimmy Jenkins is writing and directing. And Quentin Tarantino will step in front of the camera for a change in ONLY WHAT WE CARRY, an introspective drama starring Simon Pegg as a man who finds his darkest secrets unearthed when an old friend turns up. Jamie Adams (She Is Love) is writing and directing. << NEWER NEWS | |
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