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Antonio Banderas, Laura Marano, Christina Ochoa and Mario Tardon will star in the action thriller ABOVE AND BELOW, about a group of friends who are attacked by a criminal gang while on a sailing holiday in shark-infested waters. Director Jesse V Johnson is currently filming in Spain from a script by Tony Giordano. Diego Luna has landed the lead role opposite Taylor Kitsch in the thriller ELEVEN DAYS, as a ruthless prisoner and prison officer, respectively. It's based on the true story of a botched 1974 prison escape in Texas that turns into a violent 11-day siege. Peter Landesman is directing. Fiona Shaw, George MacKay, Esme Creed-Miles, Catriona Balfe and Frank Dillane are joining Daisy Edgar-Jones in the new take on Jane Austen's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. It's about two sisters who are forced by financial troubles to leave their home and move in with a distant relative. Director Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean) has just started filming. Kal Penn, Randall Park, Kunal Nayyar, Danny Pudi, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Richa Moorjani, Meera Simhan, Nik Dodani and Rizwan Manji are starring in PATEL, a blackly comical take on Macbeth, set in the world of Indian-American motels. Ravi Kapoor is writing and directing. Cuba Gooding Jr, George Finn, Lara Wolf, Sarah Wayne Callies and Anne Winters are joining ATLAS KING, about a former fighter (Michael Bisping) who gets involved in a heist that targets a mob boss. Nika Agiashvili is writing and directing. Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman will star in the romcom THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS, based on the novel about a PhD student who launches a fake relationship with a star professor to prove their theories about romance. Claire Scanlon is directing from a script by Sarah Rothschild. Jason Mitchell, Lil Mama and Carlos Ponce will star in the period thriller MERCY MERCY ME, which follows two outlaws in 1985 who are trying to start anew when they are coerced into taking on a dangerous job. Wes Miller is writing and directing. Thomas Mann, Hasan Minhaj, David Cross and Sandrine Holt are joining the cast of LUCY SCHULMAN, which stars first-time writer-director Elle Sachs in the title role. Aside from the fact that it's a comedy, the plot is being kept under wraps. Meanwhile, Minhaj will also star with Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia in BEST OF THE BEST, a comedy about two childhood friends who join their university's Bollywood dance club just before a cutthroat championship. Lena Khan is directing from a script by Minhaj and Prashanth Venkataramanujam. Adrianne Palicki (John Wick) will star in the thriller REMOTE, about a woman who witnesses a murder on a live stream, then must figure out who the killer is before they come for her. Steven DeGennaro (Found Footage) is writing and directing. Bo Bragason (The Radleys) and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (Everything's Going to Be Great) have been cast to play Zelda and Link in THE LEGEND OF ZELDA, a live-action film based on the long-running videogame. Wes Ball is directing. And British rising star William Franklyn-Miller will star in YOUNG WASHINGTON, a biopic about the first US president. The story begins with the 22-year-old George Washington's involvement in triggering the French and Indian War. Jon Erwin is directing. Franklyn-Miller also stars in the forthcoming Chinese epic DONGJI RESCUE.
Ariana Grande and Josh Gad will voice lead characters in OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO, an animated musical based on the beloved Dr Seuss book. The project reteams Grande with Wicked director Jon M Chu. Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell will team up to produce and star in TOUGH GUYS, an action comedy about two henchmen who get tired of being expendable, so they try to escape from the criminal underworld. The script is by Daniel Gold. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp and Willem Dafoe will reteam with Nosferatu director Robert Eggers for WERWULF, a horror-style werewolf story set in 13th century England. The script by Eggers and Sjon has apparently been written in Old English that's true to the period. Filming starts in September. Meanwhile, Depp will also join Kelvin Harrison Jr, Doona Bae and Chris Pine in ALPHA GANG, the latest offbeat comedy adventure from the Zellner Brothers (Sasquatch Sunset). This one centres on a group of aliens who disguise themselves as a 1950s biker gang. Cameron Diaz will star in the action comedy BAD DAY, about a single mother who is fighting to keep a promise to her daughter on a day during which everything seems to be going wrong. Jake Szymanski (Jury Duty) is directing from a script by Laura Solon. Millie Bobby Brown and Gabriel LaBelle will star in the romantic comedy JUST PICTURE IT, about two university students whose phones glitch, showing them photos of themselves married with children 10 years in the future. But they've never met each other. Lee Toland Krieger is directing from a script by Jesse Lasky. Michelle Monaghan is joining John Cena and Eric Andre in LITTLE BROTHER, a comedy about an estate agent whose carefully ordered life is upended by his eccentric younger sibling. Costars include Ego Nwodim, Sherry Cola and Christopher Meloni; Matt Spicer is directing. Dennis Haysbert, Marilu Henner, Joe Pantoliano and Telma Hopkins will star in HIGHER LOVE, a drama about a man who finds a surprising new friendship while he grapples with the need to care for his critically ill wife. Writer-director AW Scott starts filming next month. Bill Camp is joining Cynthia Erivo in the corporate thriller KAROSHI, which apparently has a samurai twist. Teo Yoo, Takehiro Hira and Isabel May costar; Takashi Doscher is writing and directing. Henry Thomas, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Willa Holland, Julian Richings and Chaney Morrow will star in THE ASYLUM, a psychological thriller about suspicious goings on at a mental health asylum. Garrett Martin is writing and directing. Tom Hopper (The Umbrella Academy) will play dual roles in BETTER, about a man who discovers that he has a long-lost identical twin who is better at pretty much everything than he is. Costars include Laura Rollins, Haley Bishop and Laura Hopper; Daniel Sharp is directing. And Taika Waititi will direct a new JUDGE DREDD movie, set in an authoritarian dystopia where street judges can unilaterally arrest, convict, sentence and execute criminals. The script is by Drew Pearce. The comic was previously adapted for the big screen in 1995 and 2012, and feels eerily timely now.
Hailee Steinfeld is joining Miles Teller in WINTER GAMES, a drama about a skier and a hockey player who fall for each other in the Olympic Village, potentially causing problems for their respective competitions. Paul Downs Colaizzo is directing and cowriting with Patrick Cunnane. Natasha Lyonne, Sarah Sherman, Storm Reid, Nick Kroll, Sadie Sandler and Chloe East will star in ROOMMATES, an ensemble comedy about a shy university freshman whose friendship with her confident roommate takes a turn. Chandler Levack is directing from a script by SNL writers Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara O'Sullivan. Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing will reprise their roles for the PRACTICAL MAGIC sequel, again playing the aunts of Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. Also joining the cast are Maisie Williams, Lee Pace, Xolo Mariduena, Joey King and Solly McLeod. Director Susanne Bier is currently in production. Eva Longoria will produce and direct ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST, based on the novel about an Ivy League student who discovers a wealth of unknown artwork by a female artist who died under suspicious circumstances. Mark Duplass is joining Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Avan Jogia in THE BACKROOMS, based on the web series by 20-year-old Kane Parsons, who will make his feature directing debut. It's a horror story with sci-fi elements. Filming is underway in Canada. Taylor Kitsch will star in ELEVEN DAYS as a former Navy Seal who takes on a dangerous heroin dealer. It's based on the true story of a prison siege in 1974 Texas. Peter Landesman is directing and cowriting with Kevin Sheridan. Jake Choi, Ludi Lin, Candy Clark, Kelli Garner, Madeline Zima and Ryan Hansen will team up for the comedy REUNION, about a funeral director who is mistaken for an Asian billionaire when he attends his class reunion. John W Kim is writing and directing. Rising Broadway star Brent Comer is joining the cast of MOSQUITO BOWL, based on the true story of a group of Marines who staged a football game before the Okinawa invasion in WWII. costars include Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgard, Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis. Director Peter Berg is cowriting the script with Mark L Smith. Elegance Bratton (The Inspection) is lined up to direct a biopic about tennis champion and civil rights activist Arthur Ashe, who learned to play on public courts and became the only Black man to win Wimbledon and the US Open. The script is by Kevin Willmott (BlacKkKlansman). And Michelle Yeoh will lead the English-language voice cast for the Chinese animated blockbuster NE ZHA 2, the highest-grossing animated film ever. It's about a rebellious fire-demon boy who is trying to stop an ancient evil. The Chinese-language version was released globally earlier this year.
Chris Pratt will be back for a sequel to THE GARFIELD MOVIE, which he's also producing. There's no word yet on the plot or who might be writing and directing. It's also unclear if other cast members will return, including Samuel L Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Nicholas Hoult, Bowen Yang and Brett Goldstein. Lucy Liu, Justin Theroux, Tracie Thoms, Simone Ashley and BJ Novak are joining the cast of the sequel to THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, which once again stars Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, plus Kenneth Branagh. Also returning are director David Frankel and writer Aline Brosh McKenna. Paul Rudd will reunite with Clueless costar Jeremy Sisto for RAIN REIGN, based on the novel about a neurodivergent preteen trying to find her beloved dog after a storm devastates her town. Rudd and Sisto play her uncle and dad, respectively. Erika Burke Rossa is writing and directing. Greta Lee will write, direct and perhaps costar in the psychological thriller THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART, based on the novel about a university freshman who becomes obsessed with the idea of eating human eyeballs. Vanessa Hudgens and Mira Sorvino will star in QUIET STORM, about a romance novelist who is trapped by a hurricane amid the social upheaval of 1969. Writer-director Anthony Thorne wrapped principal photography in Vancouver this week. Kyle MacLachlan, Justin Long, Natalie Morales, Ana Gasteyer and Timothy Busfield are joining YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER, a romantic comedy about an engaged couple (Meghann Fahy and Penn Badgley) that falls out of love, then tries to force the other to call off their impending wedding. Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn are writing and directing. Theo Rossi will write, produce and make his directing debut with the action thriller SHELL GAME, about former criminal cohorts who reunite years after they split up, put aside their differences and plan one last heist. Rossi is also likely to take one of the lead roles. Yura Borisov is joining the cast oF ARTIFICIAL, a biopic about AI pioneer Sam Altman (Andrew Garfield), covering a few days during which he is fired and then rehired. Monica Barbaro costars; Luca Guadagnino is directing from a script by Simon Rich. Hayat Kamille (Vikings: Valhalla) is joining the cast of THE MUMMY, a reimagining of the monster classic by writer-director Lee Cronin (Evil Dead Rise). The cast includes Jack Reynor, Laia Costa and May Calamawy. James Wan and Jason Blum are producing. And Walton Goggins, Andy Richter, Stephanie Beatriz, Pamela Adlon, Seth Green, Matt Walsh, Tim Meadows and Lou Ferrigno will voice characters in HARRY AND THE MUTANT MID-CENTURY FURNITURE, in which furnishings are awakened by nuclear testing in 1962. Michael Skolnick is directing. << NEWER NEWS | |
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THE FANTASTIC 4: FIRST STEPS
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