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Oprah Winfrey and H.E.R. will produce MAJORETTES, a drama about a prima ballerina who puts her career on hold to go to college and help revive a struggling majorette squad. Choreographer Jamal Sims is making his directing debut from a script by Lauren Ashley Smith. Bradley Cooper is lined up to direct and star in the untitled Ocean's prequel, alongside Margot Robbie, who is also producing the film. Set during the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix, the script is by Carrie Solomon and Charles Randolo. George Clooney is also planning the sequel OCEAN'S FOURTEEN. Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Zoey Deutch and Trey Parker have joined the voice cast for MINIONS & MONSTERS, this summer's sequel in which the Minions become 1920s movie stars before unleashing monsters on the world. Pierre Coffin is again directing and voicing the Minions. Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell will star in SINGLE FEMALE, a remake of the 1992 thriller Single White Female, about a woman who begins to suspect that her new flatmate is up to something nefarious. Playwright Sarah DeLappe (Bodies Bodies Bodies) is writing the script. David Duchovny and Jimmi Simpson will star in the comedy SOAPBOX, about an aging soap opera star who finds himself in the middle of a messy culture war. Duchovny is also cowriting the script with Max Barbakow (Palm Springs). Patton Oswalt, Gil Bellows and Jackie Sandler are joining Rob Lowe and Maddie Ziegler in the romantic comedy IN A HOLIDAZE, about a woman who finds herself stuck in a time loop, reliving Christmas in her family's Utah cabin over and over again. Tiffany Paulsen is writing and directing. Odeya Rush, Eli Brown and Luke Eisner have joined GOODBYE GIRL, a romcom about a young woman (Kiernan Shipka) who works as a professional breakup artist, then falls for a groom (Cole Sprouse) whose wedding she's hired to scupper. Costars include Megan Mullally, Alan Ruck and Zosia Mamet. Director Oran Zegman is currently filming in New Orleans. Don Lee will reprise his role for a remake of his Korean 2019 thriller THE GANGSTER, THE COP, THE DEVIL, about a police officer who teams up with a gangster to take down a violent serial killer. James Wan is directing. Geeta Gandbhir (The Perfect Neighbor) will direct a documentary about Whoopi Goldberg, based on her memoir BITS AND PIECES: MY MOTHER, MY BROTHER AND ME. The film will tell her story in her own words using archival audio and video. And Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans have confirmed that they are working on a sequel to KPOP DEMON HUNTERS. Apparently the film will feature returning characters while also expanding on the world of the story, including more music.
Selena Gomez will star in a biopic about the 1970s and 1980s musical icon Linda Ronstadt. And Gomez has apparently already spent several weeks with Ronstadt preparing for the role. David O Russell has been lined up to direct from a script by James Keach. Tessa Thompson will star in the thriller A SEPARATION, based on the novel about a woman who travels to Greece to find her missing ex-husband. Jonas Carpignano (A Chiara) is writing and directing. Kate Winslet, Anya Taylor-Joy and Leo Woodall are being lined up for roles in THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM, Andy Serkis' prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Apparently, Woodall would play the young Aragorn. Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood will be back, as will Serkis as the title character. Aaron Pierre will play the Green Lantern of James Gunn's Superman sequel MAN OF TOMORROW, which will again star David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Brosnahan, Skyler Gisondo, Frank Grillo and Isabela Merced, plus Lars Eidinger. Joe Alwyn is joining the cast of SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON, alongside Rachel Weisz and Matthew Macfadyen. It's about a medium who convinces her husband to kidnap the son of a wealthy family so she can lead the police to the missing child. Tomas Alfredson is directing from a script by Jack Thorne. Gael Garcia Bernal will star in the thriller IN THE VALLEY OF SHADOWS, based on the HG Wells story The Country of the Blind. It's about a mountaineer who discovers a village of blind people, but struggles to be accepted by them. Sebastian Cordero is directing. Carla Gugino, John Leguizamo, Hamish Linklater, Gil Bellows, John Gallagher Jr, Benjamin Pajak and Kate Siegel are joining the cast of Mike Flanagan's new take on THE EXORCIST, which is now filming in New York. The film also stars Scarlett Johansson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jacobi Jupe and Sasha Calle. Meanwhile, Leguizamo, Kumail Nanjiani, O'Shea Jackson Jr and Dan Fogler have joined Josh Hartnett in the action thriller ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT, about a man who returns to bank robbery to fund his daughter's university tuition, but ends up in a reality show. Tommy Wirkola is directing from a script he cowrote with John Niven. Alfred Molina will voice an octopus in REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES, the forthcoming drama starring Sally Field as an aquarium worker who forms a friendship with both a giant Pacific octopus and a young man (Lewis Pullman) who is in need of family. Costars include Joan Chen, Beth Grant, Colm Meaney, Kathy Baker and Sogia Black D'Elia. Olivia Newman is directing. And Billie Eilish will make her feature acting debut in a film adaptation of Sylvia Plath's iconic novel THE BELL JAR, which follows a young writer as she grapples with societal expectations and mental illness. Sarah Polley is directing.
Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is planning to return for KING CONAN, a decades-later sequel in which the now-exiled geriatric Conan returns to the kingdom for more action. Reportedly, Christopher McQuarrie is lined up to write and direct. Viola Davis and Jason Clarke will star in ALLY CLARK, a thriller about an investigator who begins looking into the shady inner workings of a multinational corporation after the death of her close friend. Phillip Noyce is directing from a script by Irwin Winkler and Jose Ruisanchez. Keanu Reeves will star in SHIVER, a comedic action thriller about a smuggler in the Caribbean who gets double-crossed and ends up in a time-loop involving pirates and sharks. Director Tim Miller has just started filming. Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and star in PLAY BY PLAY, an action thriller set in the world of sports. Nothing else has been revealed about the plot. The script is by Chris McCoy (Hit the Gas). Daisy Edgar-Jones will star in TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW, based on the novel that follows two friends over several decades, from childhood until they partner to launch a videogame company. Sian Heder (Coda) is directing. It's official: work is underway on the sequel THE WILD ROBOT ESCAPES, based on the book in which Roz (Lupita Nyong'o) and her foster duck Brightbill (Kit Connor) flee from working on a dairy farm to return to the island. Heidi Jo Gilbert and Troy Quane are directing this one. Meanwhile, a third MONSTERS, INC movie is also in the works from Pixar, which is pivoting from original work to more sequels and franchise projects. There's no word yet on the story, but we assume the core cast including Billy Crystal, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi will be back. Chris Pine will lead the cast of YETI, a father-daughter survival thriller set in the Swiss Alps as an avalanche frees a creature that was frozen in the ice centuries ago. Sofia Boutella, Ray Winstone and Iona Bell costar. Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: Last Rites) is directing. Michaela Watkins, Tyler Posey, Kyle Mooney and Leslie David Baker will star in DESERT FLOWERS, a comedy that follows three long-time friends who witness a murder in their luxury spa resort in the desert outside Los Angeles. Niki Koss is directing from a script by Amanda Zaeske. Jay Russell (The Water Horse) will direct THE RENAUD BROTHERS, a narrative biopic based on the Oscar-nominated documentary short Armed Only With a Camera, which follows journalists Brent and Craig Renaud as they cover conflicts around the world. Brent was killed working in Ukraine; Craig is writing the film's script. And as Quentin Tarantino continues to delay his 10th and self-declared final movie, he is turning instead to the stage, writing and directing the original play THE POPINJAY CAVALIER for a West End theatre. Inspired by old-fashioned British swashbucklers it's about a company struggling to stage a sexy comedy.
Teyana Taylor says she is having serious conversations with Paul Thomas Anderson about making a sequel to One Battle After Another that covers the journey of her character Perfidia in the 16-year period when she's off-screen. If made, the film would likely involve her partner (Leonardo DiCaprio) and daughter (Chase Infiniti). Sandra Bullock is reteaming with The Lost City writer Dana Fox to star in a new film project. There's no word yet on the plot, but it's likely to be another comical action adventure movie. Bullock and Fox are also producing the film. Word has it that Ben Kingsley has joined the cast of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 4, although there's no word yet on whether his role is vocal or on-screen. One rumour suggests he'll play the villainous Metal Sonic. Jim Carrey, James Marsden and Tika Sumpter star in the film, with Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Colleen O'Shaughnessey and Kristen Bell providing voices. Charlotte Rampling, Adam Bessa, Anton Lesser and Eduardo Scarpetta are joining Mark Ruffalo in SANTO SUBITO, about a priest investigating whether or not a deceased pope is worthy of sainthood. Director Bertrand Bonello (The Beast) is currently filming in Rome from a script he wrote with Thomas Bidegain. Terry Crews, Jermaine Harris, Lexi Underwood and Bart Johnson will star in INAUGURATION DAY, a drama about a father and son who clash and bond on the day Obama is sworn in as president in 2009. Sterling Hampton IV is directing from a script by Sabrina Lassegue. Danny Huston and Michael Imperioli are joining the cast of EMPIRE CITY, an action thriller about a firefighter (Gerard Butler) and his police officer wife (Hayley Atwell) who are trying to rescue hostages from a New York skyscraper. The film also stars Omari Hardwick, Michael Beach and Evan Handler. Michael Matthews is directing. Michael Jai White is joining the cast of PAPER MADE, an action thriller that also stars Myles Truitt, Taimak, Walter E Jones, Quartay DeNaya and wrestler Daria Rae Berenato. It's about a university student who joins a secret fraternity of Black martial artists. Ryan Watson is directing and cowriting with Herron Horton. Lea Drucker, Jacques Gamblin and Nina Blanc-Francard will voice characters in the animated comedy BLAISE, based on the comics about a quiet 16-year-old boy who upends his life when he meets a girl. Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue are directing. The comics were previously adapted into an animated 2016 TV series. Paris Hilton will appear in the holiday comedy CLASHING THROUGH THE SNOW, alongside Michelle Randolph, Christopher Briney, Lukas Gage, Roy Shuler and Monica Joelle Ortiz. Director Carlson Young started filming last week. And Beau Willimon (Andor) has been hired to write a feature film prequel to GAME OF THRONES. The story is being kept under wraps, but it will reportedly centre around Aegon I, who became the first king to sit on the Iron Throne, launching the Targaryen dynasty. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | |||
 Grounded in Indian soil INTERVIEW: Chatting with filmmaker Rohan Parashuram Kanawade about his acclaimed romance Cactus Pears...  February TV Roundup SCREEN: The Beauty, Heated Rivalry, Stranger Things 5, The Night Manager 2, Wonder Man, Industry 4, more...  Remember my name DANCE: Pina Bausch's evocative Sweet Mambo finally has London premiere, at Sadler's Wells until 21st Feb...  More relevant than ever INTERVIEW: A conversation with writer-director Bill Condon and actor Tonatiuh about Kiss of the Spider Woman... STAGE: The Fit Prince, hilarious holiday romcom anarchy at King's Head Theatre... DANCE: Ebony Scrooge is a dazzling hip-hop take on Dickens, at Sadler's Wells East... STAGE: Beauty and the Beast is Charing Cross Theatre's annual adult pantomime... STAGE: The Great Christmas Feast<, Dickensian dinner and immersive show... STAGE: RVT's panto Growled< riotously spins Beauty and the Beast... NOV TV: Boots, Only Murders 5, Chad Powers, Peacemaker 2, MobLand, The Morning Show 4, Alien: Earth, more... STAGE: Brick Lane Music Hall's The Magic of Christmas dinner-theatre... DANCE: Ballet Black's Shadows, a new double bill at Sadler's Wells... DANCE: Pite and McBurney's staggering Figures in Extinction at Sadler's Wells...
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