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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.
Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin will be back for a third SICARIO movie, which will be written by Steven Knight and directed by Padraic McKinley (The Weight). There's no word on the plot for this one. After the 2015 original, Blunt sat out the 2018 sequel. Jennifer Lawrence will reunite with No Hard Feelings director Gene Stupnitsky for the romantic comedy ONE MONTH MARK. She plays a woman who has never been in a relationship that lasted more than 30 days, and she meets a man who has never been single that long between relationships. The script is by Sophie Fleur de Bruijn. Odessa A'zion and Jack O'Connell will star in THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, about two flat-earthers who set out to prove their theory is true. Ross White and Tom Berkeley (An Irish Goodbye) are directing. Kate Beckinsale and Betty Gabriel lead the cast of TWILIGHT OF THE DEAD, which is said to be the final chapter of the late George A Romero's classic zombie saga, which began with Night of the Living Dead in 1968. Doron and Yoav Paz (The Golem) are directing the film, which just completed principal photography. Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, Piper Rubio and Elizabeth Lail are likely to be back for FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 3, continuing the horror saga. Apparently, the script has been completed, but details are being kept under wraps. Harvey Keitel is playing a New York acting teacher in THE METHOD, about the push and pull between an ambitious student and his mentor. Costars include Mina Sundwall (Lost in Space) and newcomers Rakshit Bhuchar and Rohan Maletira. Gaurav Bhardwaj is directing. Jemima Kirke, Marton Csokas, Alexi Wasser, Jakob Oftebro and Peter Vives will star in the next Woody Allen movie, which begins filming this week in Madrid. It's being described as a comedy with romance and intrigue. This is Allen's third movie shot in Spain. Moses Ingram and Ella Hunt have joined the cast of OLD FRIENDS NEW FRIENDS, about old college buddies who discover that one of their group now has a new life with new friends. Costars include Lucas Hedges, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Geraldine Viswanathan, Francois Arnaud, Kathryn Newton and Dylan Gelula. Mike Birbiglia is writing and directing. Penelope Ann Miller, Otmara Marrero, Ava Torres, Glenn Morshower and Jacob Alexander will star in MADE CLEAN, about a woman battling addiction who turns to her estranged mother for help with her runaway teen daughter. D Erik Parks is directing from a script cowritten with producer Seth Christian. And JA Bayona may return to direct another Jurrassic World movie, nearly 10 years after Fallen Kingdom. Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali and writer David Koepp are all set to return for a followup to last year's Rebirth. The rumoured title for this one is LIBERATION.
Chase Infiniti will star in PORTRAIT OF GOD, a religious horror thriller based on a short about a young woman who is working on a painting that explores what God looks like. Dylan Clark is adapting his short into a feature, writing the script with Joe Russo, who is also producing alongside Jordan Peele and Sam Raimi. Bradley Cooper will play the commanding officer in Danny McBride's new G.I. JOE movie. The suspense thriller will see the soldiers infiltrate a town that is a front for the terrorist organisation Cobra. Taylour Paige, Lucien Laviscount and Shamier Anderson will star in CONFABULATION, a thriller about a troubled firefighter who risks everything to rescue his high school sweetheart from her abusive, powerful husband. Tyler Perry is writing and directing. Millicent Simmonds, Troy Kotsur, Phylicia Rashad and Nyle DeMarco will star in ALONE, a short thriller about a deaf woman who receives a humanoid robot to help make her life easier. But their connection takes a dark turn. Garret Patten is directing. Dominic Sessa will star in SHADES OF PARADISE, an action thriller about four small-time criminals who find themselves in a swirl of violence and betrayal following a jewellery heist. Costars include Jack Dylan Grazer, Najwa Nimri, Naira Lleo and Zack Harrod. Shooting in Spain, Weston Razooli (Riddle of Fire) is writing and directing. Walton Goggins and Ed Gathegi are the latest to join MIAMI VICE '85, Joseph Kosinski's reboot of the classic TV series about two rule-breaking detectives (Michael B Jordan and Austin Butler). John Leguizamo, Alden Ehrenreich, Camila Morrone, Whitney Peak, Danny Ramirez and Andrew Schulz costar. Selma Blair, Isaac Krasner, Ariel Martin, Luenell, David Mazouz and Sania Halifa will star in SCHMOOLIE THE DREAMWATCHER, a coming-of-age fantasy musical about four misfit Jewish teens grappling with grief, sexuality, disabilities and growing pains. Bridget Stokes is directing from a script by Theresa Burkhart Gallagher. Jane Levy and Stephen Lang will return for a third DON'T BREATHE movie, continuing the encounter between a burglar and a blind veteran. Fede Alvarez is also back as director, cowriting with Rodo Sayagues. Levy and Alvarez sat out the second film, which was directed by Sayagues. Writer Simon Beaufoy and director Morten Tyldum will team up to make a live-action adaptation of the classic children's book THE LITTLE PRINCE, about a stranded pilot who meets a young boy from a tiny asteroid. The film will weave in elements from the life of author Antoine de Saint-Exupery. And work is underway GAME OF THRONES: AEGON'S CONQUEST, a feature film set before the events depicted in the series House of the Dragon, as Aegon Targaryen conquers six of the seven kingdoms in a two-year campaign. Owen Harris (Black Mirror) is directing from a script by Beau Willimon (Andor). OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | |||
 Slap that puck STAGE: Hugely entertaining musical parody of Heated Rivalry lands in London, at Underbelly Soho until 1st Nov...  October TV Roundup SCREEN: Brothers, Ted Lasso, La Mesias, Lanterns, Star Trek, Chad Powers, The Gentlemen, The Shards and more...  Demanding and dazzling DANCE: Acosta Danza's breathtaking Cuban Baroque spices up classical music and movement at Sadler's Wells...  Everybody shout ¡Olé! DANCE: Yllana brings its acclaimed, cheeky show Flamenc Oh!! to London, at the Peacock until 10 Oct... AUGUST TV: Ride or Die, The Bear 5, Tip Toe, Widow's Bay, Spider-Noir, The Vampire Lestat and more... DANCE: NDCWales' expressive, deliberately imprecise Blue|Glas to Sadler's Wells East... DANCE: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's soulful Legacy at Sadler's Wells... FESTIVAL: Daily reports filed from the Edinburgh Fringe... DANCE: Matthew Bourne's sexy, thrilling The Car Man, returns to Sadler's Wells... STAGE: LegalAliens' entertaining Ali in Wonder(Eng)land at Jacksons Lane... STAGE: The Lost Estate immerses us in 1890s Paris for Chat Noir! STAGE: Mohamed-Zain Dada's pointed Blue Mist at Stratford East and on tour... INTERVIEW: Coffee in Annecy with Minions & Monsters' Pierre Coffin, Chris Meledandri & Brian Lynch...
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