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Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are teaming up with writer-director Alex Garland to make a movie together. There's no word on the plot, but it's likely to have some sort of science-fiction twist to it. A24 is handling the production and distribution. Tom Holland will produce and star in PENTHOUSE, a thriller written by in-demand screenwriter Drew Pearce (The Fall Guy, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation). The plot is being kept under wraps. Colman Domingo, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Goldblum and David Krumholtz will voice characters in LIZARD MUSIC, the live-action/animated adventure about a young boy who discovers an offbeat hidden world. Also in the cast are Dwayne Johnson, Regina Hall, Alicia Silverstone and Andrew Dice Clay. Benny Safdie is writing and directing. Judy Greer, Giovanni Ribisi, Kal Penn and Michael Chiklis have joined Gregg Araki's dark comedy THE DECLINE OF F*CKING WESTERN CIVILIZATION. Costars include Alison Brie, Ashton Kutcher, Colleen Camp, Margaret Cho, Steve Guttenberg, Wendy Mclendon-Covey, David Koechner and Nat Faxon. Stefanie Beatriz and Daniel Ings will join Kevin Bacon and Georgia Whigham in SUMMONER, a horror thriller about a man who is hired to deal with a demon that's terrorising a witness in the protection programme. Jeremy Slater is writing and directing. Rory Culkin, Oona Roche, Hattie Hoskins and Mark Lane III have joined Wunmi Mosaku and Aldis Hodge in ONE NIGHT OUT, a thriller about a couple on a date night who spot a stranger on their nanny cam with their three kids. George Tillman Jr is directing. Tyrese Gibson, Omar Benson Miller, Beverly D'Angelo and Ron Livingstone will star in DON'T OPEN THE DOOR, a horror thriller with a real-world plot that is being kept under wraps. Deon Taylor is writing and directing; filming starts this week in Mississippi, Tim Burton will direct a film set in post-war Japan, and it's being written by Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro. There's no word yet on the plot, but this is an original screenplay, not adapted from a book or play. Director Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games) and writer Justin Rhodes (Terminator: Dark Fate) will team up to adapt the first in the series of RED RISING novels, which mix Roman mythology into a story set on Mars in a future where the classes are delineated with a colour code. The plot centres on a lowly miner fuelled by grief as he sets out to bring down the upper class. And plans are still afoot for Jennifer Grey to return for a sequel to DIRTY DANCING, which will be 40 years old next year. Producer Nina Jacobson (Crazy Rich Asians) is developing the project, and says that the late Patrick Swayze will be honoured in the film.
Ron Perlman will play Ernest Hemingway in a biopic set during the author's final years in Cuba. The Hemingway estate is on board, with filming set to start next year. Perlman is also codirecting with cinematographer Gabriel Beristain. Nia Long is joining GET LITE, about a teen boy (Asante Blackk) who must decide between studying engineering and joining a dance crew with the girl (Storm Reid) he has a crush on. Costars include Jodie Turner-Smith, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Leslie Odom Jr. Teyana Taylor is making her directing debut. Parker Posey will star in SLEEPOVER, a horror movie with a plot that's being kept tightly under wraps. Jacob Chase (Insidious: Out of the Further) is directing and cowriting with Bryce McGuire (Night Swim). Ralph Fiennes will produce and star in UNBEATEN, based on the true story of Sir Henry Cecil, the legendary racehorse trainer who came back from disgrace thanks to a rekindled romance and a partnership with a horse called Frankel. Nora Fingscheidt is directing from a script by Bash Doran. Haley Lu Richardson has joined the ever-expanding cast of MIAMI VICE '85, Joseph Kosinski's reboot of the TV series about two achingly cool detectives (Michael B Jordan and Austin Butler). The cast includes John Leguizamo, Andre Holland, Alden Ehrenreich, Camila Morrone and Walton Goggins. Christian Slater, Trine Dyrholm and Dree Hemingway will star in INCIDENTS OF INTIMACY, about an intimacy coordinator who steals objects from people rather than forming relationships. the second movie in a slate of films made under strict Dogma25 rules. Jesper Just is making his directing debut. Ben Barnes and Ben Ahlers will star in EAST OF THE RIVER, as estranged brothers who reconnect in the underground poker ring that broke up their family. David Zayas costars. Dennis Latos is directing from a script by Elise Finnerty. Jamie Foxx is producing. Peter Facinelli, Alex Vaughan, Jeanette Lee and Erica Munoz will star in 1 AM PACIFIC TIME, about a pool hustler who wins a large sum from a ruthless gangster who wants his money back, whatever it takes. Brandon DeLany is writing and directing. Tony Hale, Arieh Worthalter, Daniel Quinn-Toye and Lucas Lynggaard Tonnesen are joining in the thriller PUMPING BLACK, about a 35-year-old cyclist who takes dodgy measures to win a race . The film stars Jonathan Bailey, Natalie Portman, Lukas Gage and Alex Akpobome. Director Mimi Cave is now filming in the French Alps. And Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rob Lowe, James Franco, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Emile Hirsch, Brad Dourif, Dean Norris and Nick Nolte are starring in CONFESSION, which was made under-the-radar by conservative news site Daily Wire. It's set in 1938 Moscow as an arrested literature professor is interrogated by a brilliant former student. Vaclav Marhoul (The Painted Bird) is directing from a script by Ben Shapiro.
Toni Collette will make her directing debut with THE BEST OF, based on the novel about two exes who reconnect after decades apart, sparking a messy mix of feelings. It's likely that she will also play one of the lead roles. Antonio Banderas has landed the title role in CORTES, an epic biopic about the Spanish conquistador who invaded the Yucatan in 1519. The story centres on his relationship with an enslaved indigenous woman. Director Paul Mignot is using "ethical, artist-first" AI on the film; the script is by Nicholas Kazan. LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn will star in MOLEPEOPLE, a thriller about a man who stumbles into an offbeat society living in tunnels underneath New York City. Rob Savage (Other Mommy) is directing. Sadie Sink will produce and star in THE GUEST, based on the novel about a 22-year-old escort who is thrown out of her home and must bluff her way into elite society in the Hamptons. Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers) is writing and directing. Jake Lacy, Jessica Biel and Garrett Hedlund will star in DOWNRIVER, a comedy-drama about two best buddies who head to Montana for a week of fly-fishing. But a guide puts their friendship to the test. Sam Jones is directing from a script he wrote with novelist Carl Hiaasen. Rodrigo Santoro and Camila Pitanga will star in GIRL FROM URCA, a comedy-drama about a married couple struggling with existential questions relating to the fact that they're now middle-aged. Marcelo Gomes is directing from a script by Luciana Paes and Leonardo Moreira. Teresa Palmer, Richard Roxburgh, George Pullar, Robyn Malcolm, Thomas M Wright and Harrison Gilbertson will star in BULL, based on the true story of an inmate in a prison in Tasmania who joins a debating team to try to make his mother proud. Jeffrey Walker is directing; Pullar is cowriting and producing. Rain Spencer, Amira Casar and Stefan Crepon are joining the cast of THE MAID OF ORLEANS, alongside Maude Apatow and Mike Faist. It's about a young woman who travels to Paris to work on a French production about Joan of Arc. Sarah Elizabeth Mintz is writing and directing. Ella Rumpf (Raw), Julio Andrade (Under Pressure) and Ana Flavia Cavalcanti (Baby) will star in IBICABA: PROMISED PARADISE, based on the true story of a Swiss single mother who is challenged by the realities of life on a farm in rural 19th century Brazil. Andrea Staka is directing. And Eric Appel (Weird) is set to direct a film based on the immersive dinner theatre MEDIEVAL TIMES, centring around an employee at one of the restaurants who haplessly releases a real 9th century knight and evil necromancer into the present day. Blaise Hemingway (Clifford the Big Red Dog) is writing the script.
Wunmi Mosaku and Aldis Hodge will star in the thriller ONE NIGHT OUT, as a married couple who are on a night out when, on their nanny cam, they see a stranger alone with their three kids. George Tillman Jr is directing. John Cena and David Harbour will star in THE FAMILY DISAPPEARS, about a man who returns from a work trip to find a mysterious stranger in his home, and his family gone. Jonatan Etzler (Bad Apples) is directing. Regina Hall and Ike Barinholtz are joining the comedy NAUGHTY, alongside Jennifer Aniston, Peter Dinklage and Chase Sui Wonders. It's about a woman who gets Santa Claus to testify at her divorce hearing. Olivia Wilde is directing from a script by Jimmy Warden (Cocaine Bear). Sterling K Brown is joining Tom Hanks in THE COMEBACKER, based on a Dave Eggers story tracing the relationship between a baseball coach and a pitcher who is injured during a game. Costars include Callum Turner, Patricia Clarkson and Amy Madigan. Marielle Heller is writing and directing. Andre Holland is the latest new cast member in MIAMI VICE '85, Joseph Kosinski's reboot of the classic cool-cop TV series. The film stars Michael B Jordan, Austin Butler, John Leguizamo, Alden Ehrenreich, Camila Morrone, Walton Goggins and Ed Gathegi Jessica Biel has joined the cast of PLAYMATES as the wife of Hugh Hefner (Bill Pullman). The film is based on the memoir by writer-director Lorraine Nicholson (daughter of Jack), who as a 13-year-old (Indiana Elle) befriended an aspiring Playboy model (Lily-Rose Depp). Paul Walter Hauser will star in GARDEN CITY, about a man who gets caught up in a plot against his Kansas town's Somali community. Director John Curran (The Painted Veil) plans to start filming in the new year. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Louis Garrel, Pierfrancesco Favino, Benedetta Cimatti and Barbara Ronchi will star in FALCON, which chronicles the dramatic takeover of Fiat in 2004 by Sergio Marchionne. Marco Bellocchio is directing. Maude Apatow and Mike Faist are set to star in THE MAID OF ORLEANS, about an aspiring filmmaker who travels to Paris to work as assistant to the director of a new film about Joan of Arc. Sarah Elizabeth Mintz is directing. And Catherine Hardwicke will direct AMERICAN RIVER, a Western about four women who are thrown together during the California Gold Rush in 1848, navigating a male-dominated culture to claim their homestead. Filming is set to take place next year in Australia. The script is by Eric Esau. << NEWER NEWS | |
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