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Brendan Fraser will play Commander Dwight Eisenhower in PRESSURE, alongside Andrew Scott as the British meteorologist advising the Allied forces in the run-up to the D-Day invasion. Director Anthony Maras (Hotel Mumbai) will start shooting in Britain in September. Emilia Clarke, Gerard Butler and Simone Ashley will voice characters in THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN WONDERLAND, an animated musical based on the bestselling book that mashes up A Visit From St Nicholas with Alice in Wonderland. Oscar-winning animator Peter Baynton is directing from a script of rhyming couplets by Sara Daddy. Songs are by Guy Chambers and Amy Wadge. Benjamin Bratt is the latest to join the cast of BALLS UP, the action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser as recently sacked marketing execs whose drunken antics at a soccer match land them in even bigger trouble. Costars include Molly Shannon and Eva De Dominici. Peter Farrelly is directing from a script by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. Simon Rex, Wayne Brady, Inanna Sarkis, George Newbern, Beverly D'Angelo, Paul Cassell and Courtnee Carter have joined THE PRINCE, a drama about a drug-fuelled power broker, written by David Mamet. Nicolas Cage, JK Simmons, Giancarlo Esposito, Andy Garcia and Scott Haze star in the film. Cameron Van Hoy is directing. Angourie Rice, Lauren Lee Smith, Idrissa Sanogo Bamba and Mallori Johnson will star in STEAL AWAY, a psychological thriller that is being shot in Belgium. Based on a true story, it's about a teen who develops an intense bond with a refugee girl her parents take in, leading to some dark discoveries. Clement Virgo is directing. Stephen Oyoung (Twisters) is joining the cast of Christopher McQuarrie's eighth MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movie, which continues the Dead Reckoning storyline. The film reunites Tom Cruise with Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementoff and Esai Morales, plus Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, Janet McTeer, Katy O'Brian and Holt McCallany. Garrett Clayton (The Fosters), Chad Ridgely (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), William Mark McCullough (Manhunt) and Rachel Alig (The Cleaning Lady) will star in OUR FAMILY PRIDE, based on the real-life experiences of writer-director Glen Evelyn. It's about a family falling apart and coming together after the revelation that their father is gay. Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day) and Mikaela Hoover (Superman) will star in DEAD GIVEAWAY, a comedy thriller about a woman who wakes up after a night of heavy drinking with a murdered stranger in her bed and a man tied up in her closet. Ian Kimble is writing and directing. Rob Minkoff (The Lion King) will direct and Peter Barsocchini (High School Musical) will write the musical comedy fantasy TENOR BY NIGHT, based on the Chinese stage musical. It's about a mannequin-selling businessman who brings his mannequins to life in order to live out his dream of becoming a famous singer. And apparently both Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey would be up for making a sequel to HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS if the right script appeared. Based on a book, the 2003 original follows a comical romance between a magazine writer and an advertising exec who take each other on to prove their respective points.
Glen Powell may star in a remake of BACKDRAFT, the 1991 thriller about Chicago firefighters searching for a serial arsonist. Producer Brian Grazer is back, and there's no word yet who whether Ron Howard might return as director. A sequel was released in 2019. Meanwhile, Grazer is also developing a 24 movie. Andrew Scott will star in PRESSURE, which tells the true story of Britain's chief meteorological officer, who helped the Allied forces determine the best time for the D-Day operation at the end of WWII. Director Anthony Maras (Hotel Mumbai) starts filming in England in September. He wrote the script with award-winning playwright David Haig. Timothee Chalamet will star in MARTY SUPREME, a biopic about Marty Reisman, a big-money ping pong hustler in New York who also competed professionally at the World Table Tennis Championships and performed ping pong comedy routines. Josh Safdie is directing from a script he wrote with Ronald Bronstein. Charlize Theron will produce and star in the thriller APEX, as a rock climber who begins to think that she's being hunted across a mountainous wilderness by a sadistic serial killer. Baltasar Kormakur is directing from a script by Jeremy Robbins. Scarlett Johansson will reteam with Fly Me to the Moon director Greg Berlanti to develop the psychological thriller SASHA. Plot details in Micah Schraft's script are being kept under wraps, but it's being compared to The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and What Lies Beneath. Olivia Wilde will star in I WANT YOUR SEX, the first film directed by Gregg Araki in a decade. It's about an artist who meets a younger man who becomes both her protege and muse, leading to obsession, betrayal and murder. Araki calls it a comedy. Jemaine Clement, Ivanna Sakhno, Timm Sharp and Aristotle Athari are joining the cast of M3GAN 2.0, which is currently in production in New Zealand. Returning stars include Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps and Jenna Davis. Gerard Johnstone is also back as director. Margaret Cho, Cheyenne Jackson, Katy O'Brian, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Nina West and Jaquel Spivey will star in QUEENS OF THE DEAD, a horror comedy about a group of Brooklyn drag queens who must put aside their personal dramas to battle a zombie apocalyse. Tina Romero (daughter of Living Dead icon George A Romero) is directing. Iconic horror actor Bill Moseley will appear in STREAM, a slasher thriller set in a hotel where four killers are competing to commit the most creative murders. Other legends in the cast include Tony Todd, Jeffrey Combs, Danielle Harris and Terrifier's clown David Howard Thornton. Michael Leavy is writing and directing. After the John Wick and Nobody films, screenwriter Derek Kolstad will adapt the comic book series PLANET DEATH for the big screen. It's an action thriller set on an icy planet where the lone survivor of a military battalion sets off alone on a mission to destroy an alien weapon. And Joe and Anthony Russo are being lined up to return to Marvel to direct the fifth and sixth AVENGERS movies. They previously directed two Captain Americas and two Avengers films. There's been no announcement about the story or characters involved in these films, but rumours surround The Beyonder, who pits various heroes and villains against each other on the planet Battleworld.
Regina King is joining the cast of Darren Aronofsky's CAUGHT STEALING, alongside Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz. Author Charlie Huston adapted the script from his book series about a former baseball player who finds himself caught up in the criminal underworld of 1990s New York City. Johnny Depp will voice the title character in JOHNNY PUFF: SECRET MISSION, about a fedora-wearing puffin who takes on a walrus arch-rival. Set in a small Arctic town, it's a spin-off from the streaming series Puffins. The dialog is all gibberish, so Depp created his own language for the character. Gemma Arterton, Hayley Atwell, Thomas Brodie Sangster and Lenny Henry will voice characters in GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE. The animated adventure features animal mascots from Germany's Europa-Park theme park, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year. It's about a mouse who dreams of becoming a Formula 1 driver. Waldemar Fast is directing. Matthew Rhys, Katee Sackhoff, Titus Welliver, Michael Cerveris and Troy Baker are voicing the characters in WATCHMEN CHAPTER I, the first film in a new two-part animated feature adaptation of the classic graphic novel set in an alternative reality populated by superpowered costumed vigilantes. Brandon Vietti is directing from a script by J Michael Straczynski. Tom Arnold, Rumer Willis and Poppy Delevingne will star in THE GUN ON SECOND STREET, about a Pittsburgh police officer struggling to come to terms with accidentally killing his partner when they responded to a domestic violence dispute. Rohit Karn Batra is directing. Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick) will join Joaquin Phoenix in Todd Haynes' next film, a 1930s-set noir mystery that centres around a romance between an impulsive cop and a Native American schoolteacher who is caught up in corrupt politics, so they decide to escape to Mexico. Haynes wrote the script with Jon Raymond. Henry Eikenberry (Lisa Frankenstein) and Naheem Garcia (Challengers) are joining Amy Adams in AT THE SEA, about a woman who returns to her holiday beach home after rehab but struggles to adjust to her new life. Costars include Murray Bartlett, Brett Goldstein, Daniel Levy, Rainn Wilson, Jenny Slate and Chloe East. Director Kornel Mundruczo is currently filming in Boston. Isabel May, Emma Laird, Archie Renaux and Alex Jarrett are joining KJ Apa in FALLING, a romantic comedy-drama about a guy who finally finds the girl of his dreams, but his best friend falls for her as well. Colin and James Krisel are writing and directing. Filming is underway in London. Nicolas Winding Refn will direct his first feature in eight years: THE AVENGING SILENCE is a spy movie that he plans to start filming in Korea in September. It's about a mute former agent who comes out of retirement to take out a notorious Yakuza boss. And Emerald Fennell will make a new film based on Emily Bronte's classic 1847 novel WUTHERING HEIGHTS, which traces a stormy romantic relationship between members of two families living on the West Yorkshire moors. The gothic tale has had several classic screen adaptations.
Jennifer Lawrence will produce and star in WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME, a twisty black comedy based on the graphic novel about a struggling couple who begin to feel that their reality isn't quite right. Alcoholism, depression and grief feed into the story. The script is by Robert Funke. Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sam Worthington are joining the cast of FUZE, alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Honor Swinton-Byrne and Elham Ehsas. It's about a group of thieves who use the discovery of a long-buried WWII bomb in London to stage a heist. David Mackenzie is directing from a script by Ben Hopkins. Keanu Reeves is in talks for the lead role in ERUPTION, based on the best-selling novel by Michael Crichton and James Patterson about a rumbling volcano in Hawaii that threatens to uncover an even more dangerous US military secret. Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (Nyad) are directing. Zoe Kravitz is joining Austin Butler in CAUGHT STEALING, set over a crazy day in the life of a young man as he encounters mobsters, cowboys, cops and more in New York. Director Darren Aronofsky is calling this an "adrenaline-soaked rollercoaster ride". Richard E Grant, Tom Ellis, Geoff Bell, Paul Freeman, Sarah Niles and Ingrid Oliver are joining THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB, about friends in a retirement who solve cold cases for fun, then find themselves in a real mystery. Also on board are Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Jonathan Pryce, Celia Imrie, David Tennant, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays and Henry Lloyd-Hughes. Chris Columbus is writing and directing. Drew Barrymore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Kargman, David Krumholtz, Justin Bartha, Christine Taylor, Clara Wong, Jason Biggs, Dan Hedaya and Laura Bell Bundy will star in MIRACLE ON 74TH STREET, a comedy about an influencer who is scrabbling to achieve a million followers when she meets her first real friend. Rachel Israel is directing. Troy Kotsur will star in the horror thriller PRIMATE. The premise and plot are being kept tightly under wraps. Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) is directing from a script he wrote with Ernest Riera. Walter Hamada (The Batman) is producing. Mary-Louise Parker is teaming up with her son William Atticus Parker, who is writing, directing and costarring in THE AUCTION, a workplace fantasy thriller that's based on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Costars include Audra McDonald, Ben Vereen, Richard Kind and K Todd Freeman. Simone Ashley (Bridgerton) is joining Brad Pitt in the cast of F1, the car racing movie director Joseph Kosinski is currently shooting on the Grand Prix circuit. Costars include Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Sarah Niles and Samson Kayo. Ehren Kruger's script follows a retired champion who returns to mentor a rookie. And Robert Pattinson will produce and star in POSSESSION, a remake of the 1981 cult classic about a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity and asks for a divorce, unleashing increasingly disturbing behaviour that includes the appearance of doppelgangers and tentacled aliens. Parker Finn (Smile) is writing and directing. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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 Get to the punchline STAGE: Zach Zucker brings riotous alter-ego Jack Tucker's Comedy Standup Hour to Soho Theatre until 27th July...  All for one and one for all DANCE: National Youth Dance Company performs Oona Doherty's Wall at Sadler's Wells and on tour until 29th July  I’m gonna live forever STAGE: Dorian: The Musical gives Oscar Wilde's classic a gothic present-day spin at Southwark Playhouse until 10 Aug...  Just clowning around STAGE: London Clown Festival kicks off with an opening night cabaret at Soho Theatre, runs to 25th Jul...
JUNE TV ROUNDUP: Ripley, Baby Reindeer, INTERVIEW: The Wild Robot's creative team at Annecy Film Festival STAGE: Jazz Emu brings Knight Fever to Soho Theatre... STAGE: Claire Gaydon's Piece of Me at Camden People's Theatre... STAGE: Comic and musician Dave Hill's Caveman in a Spaceship at Soho Theatre... STAGE: Yllana's The Opera Locos at the Peacock Theatre... APRIL TV ROUNDUP: Mary & George, Fargo 5, Young Royals 3, Feud 2, Mr & Mrs Smith, 3 Body Problem... STAGE: Tang Shu-wing's King Lear with a gifted all-female cast at Riverside Studios... DANCE: Ray Young's Out fills the Baylis Studio with a Jamaican vibe, defiance and the scent of oranges...
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