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Anne Hathaway will be back for a third PRINCESS DIARIES movie, continuing the story that started in the 2001 hit about an ordinary teen who becomes a princess, then a queen. It's been 20 years since the first sequel, and there's no word yet on the story. Adele Lim (Joy Ride) is directing. Kirsten Dunst is joining Channing Tatum in ROOFMAN, based on the true story of former US Army Reserve officer who robbed more than 60 McDonald's restaurants by breaking in through the roof overnight. And after he was caught, he escaped from jail and hid out in various stores. Derek Cianfrance is writing and directing. Teyanah Taylor and Sasha Calle are joining Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in RIP, a thriller about Miami cops who begin to grow suspicious of each other after discovering a stash of cash. Joe Carnahan is directing. Fionn Whitehead, Alan Cumming, Luis Gnecco, Harriet Sansom Harris and Peter Mullan will star in BORGES AND ME, based on Jay Parini's memoir recounting his road trip through the Scottish Highlands as a writing student alongside Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. Marc Turtletaub is directing from a script by Oren Moverman. Chace Crawford, Suzanna Son, Laura Harrier, Mena Suvari, Grace Van Dien, Suraj Sharma and Matt Champion will star in STROBE, a thriller centred in the world of EDM club music. Music video director Taylor Cohen is making his feature writing-directing debut. Madelyn Cline and KJ Apa will star in the romantic drama THE MAP THAT LEADS TO YOU, about a young woman who falls for a mysterious stranger while travelling in Europe with some friends. Josh Lucas, Sofia Wylie, Madison Thompson and Orlando Norman costar. Lasse Hallstrom is directing. Merritt Wever, Ben Foster, Ethan Embry, Katy O'Brian, Jess Gabor and Chad Coleman are joining Sydney Sweeney in a biopic about boxer Christy Martin, a welterweight champion in the 1990s who was violently abused by her husband and manager, who was convicted of attempted murder. David Michod is directing. Michael Beach, Patrick Muldoon and Kevin Interdonato will star in DIRTY HANDS, a Chicago-set action thriller about a drug deal that goes bad for two brothers, leaving them fighting various factions for their lives. Interdonato is also writing and directing. Theo Rossi is starring in COME WITH ME, as a man who has problems at work and begins to fall for the vitriol spewed out by a radio host. Aaron Harvey is directing from a script he wrote with Jonathan Croom. Filming has just wrapped in Mississippi. And Amanda Seyfried wants singer Sabrina Carpenter to play her daughter in the third MAMMA MIA movie, which is currently in an early stage of development. Judy Craymer is working on it, and is likely to reassemble the entire cast for more Abba-based musical antics.
Saoirse Ronan may reteam with filmmaker Greta Gerwig for a movie based on CS Lewis' Narnia books. There's no official word yet on which one Gerwig will adapt first, but the plan is to film the entire seven-book cycle, probably starting with THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. After seven years off, Daniel Day-Lewis is returning to acting to star in ANEMONE, which is being directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis. The two wrote the script together, and it apparently explores relationships between fathers, sons and brothers. Costars include Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley and Safia Oakley-Green. Halle Berry is joining Chris Hemsworth in CRIME 101, based on the novella about the only detective who thinks a string of unsolved jewel heists were not being carried out by Colombian drug cartels. Costars include Barry Keoghan and Mark Ruffalo. Bart Layton is directing. Riley Keough, Callum Turner, Jamie Bell, Lukas Gage, Tracy Letts, Elena Anaya and Pamela Anderson are joining Elle Fanning in ROSEBUSH PRUNING, an offbeat ensemble drama about an unusual family. Filming is underway in Spain, with Karim Ainouz directing from a script by Efthimis Filippou. Wendell Pierce and Chris Bauer have joined the cast of THUNDERBOLTS, the Marvel anti-hero adventure starring Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Harbour, Laurence Fishburne, Wyatt Russell, Geraldine Viswanathan, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman and Hannah John Kamen. Jake Schreier is directing. Stephen Graham will play Bruce Springsteen's dad and Jeremy Strong is lined up to play his longtime manager in the biopic DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, which stars Jeremy Allen White as the iconic musician during the recording of his landmark 1982 album Nebraska. Costars include Odessa Young and Paul Walter Houser; Scott Cooper is directing. Sam Worthington and Jason Clarke will play key roles in FIRST WARRIOR, the true story of Australian Aboriginal hero Pemulwuy, who led a 12-year resistance against 18th century British colonisers. Warwick Thornton is directing from a script by Jon Bell. Meanwhile, Clarke will also reunite with Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow for a thriller set in the White House as a national crisis unfolds. The film also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee, Jared Harris, Moses Ingram, Anthony Ramos and Gabriel Basso. Even though the film finished shooting in July, Alan Tudyk is now joining the cast of James Gunn's SUPERMAN remake, alongside David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Milly Alcock, Wendell Pierce, Skyler Gisondo, Isabela Merced, Frank Grillo and Nathan Fillion. Daniela Melchior is joining Paul Rudd and Jack Black in the ANACONDA meta-remake, which is being directed by Tom Gormican from a script he wrote with Kevin Etten (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent). This time, a group of middle-aged friends heads to the rainforest to remake their favourite film. Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) will direct a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE, from a script by Steven Knight. The film is a fictionalised take on the infamous 1920 Leopold and Loeb murders, as two young men kill a classmate for sport. Hitchcock notoriously shot the film in real-time, editing together the longest takes possible in a film camera. And Faye Dunaway is joining the cast of the supernatural thriller THE EVILRY, alongside Billy Zane, Brec Bassinger, Elena Kampouris, Teri Polo, Dylan Walsh, Evan Ross and Marissa Reyes. It's about a young woman who discovers that her cousin is hiding a dark secret. Alexander Garcia is writing and directing.
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi will lead the cast of Emerald Fennell's new film adaptation of WUTHERING HEIGHTS, the gothic romance set on the wind-swept Yorkshire moors. Of course the internet is outraged at the casting, even if there's no word yet on Fennell's approach. Robbie is also producing the film. Maika Monroe will star in a remake of the 1992 psychological thriller THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, about a woman who, to exact revenge on a woman who accused her husband of abuse, takes a job as her new nanny. Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesera) is directing from a script by Micah Bloomberg (Sanctuary). Tim Roth is the latest to join Cillian Murphy in the cast of the PEAKY BLINDERS movie, alongside Barry Keoghan and Rebecca Ferguson. The film continues the saga of the TV series about a Birmingham crime family. Tom Harper is directing from a script by Steven Knight. Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris and Ben Stiller are joining THE DINK, a comedy about a tennis pro (Jake Johnson) who, to save his club, takes up pickleball. Andy Roddick apparently has a supporting role. Josh Greenbaum is directing; Stiller is also producing. Maria Bakalova and Zach Cherry will star in the comedy ALL NIGHT WRONG, about a widow who hooks up with a guy on Tinder, launching a chaotic series of bad decisions and dangerous encounters. The film reteams Entanglement director Jason James with screenwriter Jason Filiatrault. Molly Shannon, Alan Ruck, Miles Heizer, Alice Lee and Tommy Do are joining in PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, alongside Jameela Jamil, Lukas Gage and Lucien Laviscount. It's about best friends (Tom Blyth and Emily Bader) who begin to wonder whether there might be a romantic spark between them. Brett Haley is directing. Ben Hardy and Mia Tomlinson are joining Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga in THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, which is said to be the fourth and final film in the series (not counting the spinoffs) about real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Michael Chaves is also returning as director. Filming is underway in Britain. Arturo Castro is joining the cast of MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE, the action comedy that also stars Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza Gonzalez and Jimmy Tatro. All that's known about the plot is that it is set in the criminal underworld. BenDavid Grabinsk is writing and directing. John Ortiz is the latest new cast member for NOBODY 2, which again stars Bob Odenkirk as a family man who is secretly a former government assassin. Costars include Sharon Stone, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd and Colin Hanks. Director Timo Tjahjanto is currently filming in Winnipeg. Karan Soni (Deadpool) has landed the lead role in the blackly comical thriller FADE TO BLACK, as a screenwriter who uses a murder spree to sell his script. The cast includes Zosia Mamet, Max Carver, John Carroll Lynch, Katerina Tannenbaum, Rafael Casal and Joseph Lee. Andrew Sandler is directing from a script by Brandon Cohen. Serena Williams and Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth Carter are producing THE DRESS, a biopic about the pioneering fashion designer Ann Lowe, who famously made the dress Jackie Bouvier wore to her wedding with John F Kennedy. The script is by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. And Will Smith is producing a movie biopic about the life of Queen Latifah, who released her debut album at age 19 in 1989 and went on to win a Grammy for rapping, an Emmy for acting and an Oscar nomination for her scene-stealing role in Chicago. This is the first in a planned series of hip-hop biographies.
Colman Domingo is joining the cast of Steven Spielberg's UFO blockbuster, alongside Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Josh O'Connor and Eve Hewson. With the tentative title THE DISH, there's no word yet on the plot. David Koepp is writing the script based on an idea by Spielberg. Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) are teaming up to star in the rather bluntly titled romantic comedy OFFICE ROMANCE. Plot details are being kept under wraps; Goldstein is writing the script with Joe Kelly. John Cena will star in MATCHBOX, a live-action film based on the collectable line of authentic miniature cars, which was created in 1953. Presumably the film will be an action movie, as it's being directed by Sam Hargrave (Extraction) from a script by David Coggeshall (Prey) and Jonathan Tropper (Banshee). But no details have been released about the plot. Adria Arjona will star in and produce ONSLAUGHT, an action horror thriller about a woman who uses her physical skills to protect her children after she becomes entangled with something that has escaped from a secret military base. Director Adam Wingard is writing with Simon Barrett. Tyler the Creator will make his film debut alongside Timothee Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow in MARTY SUPREME, a biopic loosely based on the life of a ping pong champion. Odessa A'zion, Abel Ferrara, magician Penn Jillette and Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary have also joined the cast. Director Josh Safdie is writing with Ronald Bronstein. Jameela Jamil, Lukas Gage, Lucien Laviscount and Sara Catherine Hook are joining PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, based on the novel about long-time best friends (Emily Bader and Tom Blyth) who take a summer holiday together each year and now need to confront the nature of their relationship. Brett Haley is directing from a script by Yulin Kuang. KJ Apa will play Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell in a biopic about the late singer for the 1990s band from Long Beach, California. Nowell died of a drug overdose at age 28, just before the band's breakout album was released. His son Jakob debuted this year as the group's new lead singer. Justin Chon is directing from a script by Bobby Hundreds and Chris Mundy. Caroline Goodall and Carolyn Bracken will star in BEASTS OF PREY, a psychological horror thriller about a woman who lives in an abandoned villa near a forest in rural Italy. Director Andrea Corsini is currently filming in Lombardy and Piedmont. James Cameron will direct GHOSTS OF HIROSHIMA, based on Charles Pellegrino's book and its sequel, which recounts the true story of the Japanese man who survived the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima before travelling to Nagasaki, where he survived America's second nuclear attack. Baz Luhrmann is working on JEHANNE D'ARC, an epic retelling of the story of Joan of Arc, the French peasant girl who claimed to be divinely guided and became a military leader during the Hundred Years War. The story has been frequently adapted on-screen. And it's official, Margot Robbie will produce a live-action movie based on THE SIMS, the long-running videogame series in which players build families and homes, controlling all details of their characters' lives. Kate Herron (Loki) is directing and cowriting the script with Briony Redman. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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