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I N   T H E   U K . . .
  1. = DUNE: PART TWO
  2. + WICKED LITTLE LETTERS
  3. BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE
  4. = MIGRATION
  5. > IMAGINARY
  6. > SHAITAAN
  7. > TITANIC: THE MUSICAL
  8. WONKA
  9. + SAMI SWOI. POCZATEK
  10. MADAME WEB
Still showing: ORIGIN. THE INVENTOR. DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD. HIGH AND LOW: JOHN GALLIANO. SOUL. THE ZONE OF INTEREST. PERFECT DAYS. LISA FRANKENSTEIN. ARGYLLE. THE IRON CLAW.

I N   T H E   U S . . .
  1. > KUNG FU PANDA 4
  2. DUNE: PART TWO
  3. > IMAGINARY
  4. > CABRINI
  5. BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE
  6. ORDINARY ANGELS
  7. MADAME WEB
  8. MIGRATION
  9. > YOLO
  10. WONKA
Still showing: AMERICAN DREAMER. GLITTER & DOOM. ARGYLLE. SILVER HAZE. DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS. IO CAPITANO. COLD MEAT. LISA FRANKENSTEIN. BLEEDING LOVE. MEAN GIRLS.
T O P   N E W   S T R E A M E R S . . .
Also worth watching: PAST LIVES. NEXT GOAL WINS. AMERICAN STAR. TOTEM. THE LESSON. MONSTER. THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D'ARTAGNAN. SHOWING UP. THE ROYAL HOTEL. COLD MEAT.

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D A T E L I N E :   1 7   M A R C H . . .

Greta Gerwig will return in front of the camera, joining the ensemble cast of Noah Baumbach's next movie, which also stars George Clooney, Laura Dern, Adam Sandler, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Jim Broadbent, Isla Fisher, Emily Mortimer, Patrick Wilson, Kyle Soller, Eve Hewson and Jamie Demetriou. The adult coming-of-age movie was written by Baumbach and Mortimer.


Ke Huy Quan will play the lead role in the action thriller WITH LOVE. Details about the plot are being kept under wraps. Stunt coordinator Jonathan Eusebio is making his directing debut; the script is by Josh Stoddard, Luke Passmore and Matthew Murray. David Leitch is producing.
Meanwhile, Leitch is already in pre-production on two action movie sequels. Bob Odenkirk will be back for a followup to NOBODY, as a family man whose past as an assassin returns to haunt him. And David Harbour will return for a sequel to VIOLENT NIGHT, as an alcoholic Santa who takes on Russian mobsters.
Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner will team up for the romantic comedy ETERNITY. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the story centres around people who need to decide who they will couple up with for all time, and then some. David Freyne is directing from a Black List script by Pat Cunnane.
Jennifer Garner and Paul Walter Hauser will star in FRUITCAKE, based on the true story of a seemingly average couple that was actually embezzling millions from a Texas bakery and living the high life. Max Winkler is directing from the Black List script by Trey Selman.
Michael Jai White and Aimee Stolte will star in the action thriller HOSTILE TAKEOVER, about an assassin whose boss takes out a hit on him after hearing that he's been attending Workaholics Anonymous meetings. Stunt coordinator-turned-director Markos Rounthwaite started filming this week in Saskatchewan.
Richard Roxburgh is starring in THE CORRESPONDENT, a fact-based thriller about veteran Australian TV journalist Peter Greste, who was arrested in Cairo while covering the Arab Spring uprising in 2013 and sentenced to seven years in prison. Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) is directing from a script by Peter Duncan.
Patty Jenkins is once again working on ROGUE SQUADRON, the Star Wars movie she began developing in 2020 but left to instead make a third Wonder Woman movie. Then after that project fell apart, she has returned to Star Wars. Work is underway on the script.
Judd Apatow will produce a documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of Godspell, which launched the careers of Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, Victor Garber and Paul Shaffer. They went on to create Second City TV, a precursor to Saturday Night Live. Nick Davis is directing.
And it has emerged that Hugh Grant is playing Tony the Tiger in UNFROSTED, Jerry Seinfeld's comedy about the team that developed the Pop-Tart. Specifically, his role is a Shakespearean-trained actor hired to wear the tiger suit for an advert. The film also stars Melissa McCarthy, James Marsden, Amy Schumer, Dan Levy and Christian Slater.

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D A T E L I N E :   1 3   M A R C H . . .

Arnold Schwarzenegger will play Father Christmas in the heist comedy THE MAN WITH THE BAG, which also stars Alan Ritchson. It's about a thief and a team of misfit elves who team up with Santa to find out who stole his magic bag. Adam Shankman is directing.


Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler, Clifton Collins Jr, Luke Grimes and Micheal Ward are set to star in EDDINGTON, the new film by Ari Aster, which started filming this week. It's about a travelling couple that has a fateful encounter with a small town sheriff in New Mexico.
Rumour has it that Lindsay Lohan may join the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play a villain in an upcoming movie. Which character that might be hasn't been revealed. Apparently, she auditioned to play Scarlet Witch several years back.
Neve Campbell will return to the SCREAM franchise for the seventh film in the series, after skipping the sixth one. And creator Kevin Williamson will also be back to direct this chapter in the saga from a script by Gary Busick. The project is being retooled after the departures of Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega and director Christopher Landon.
Finn Wolfhard, Andrew Barth Feldman and Kaia Gerber are joining the cast of SNL 1975, which chronicles the birth of Saturday Night Live. The ensemble cast includes Gabriel LaBelle, Nick Braun, Dylan O’Brien, Cooper Hoffman and Lamorne Morris. Jason Reitman is directing.
Liam Neeson wlll play the son of the late Leslie Nielsen's iconic detective Frank Drebin in a reboot of THE NAKED GUN franchise. Akiva Schaffer is directing and cowriting with his Chip 'N' Dale: Rescue Rangers cohorts Dan Gregor and Doug Mand.
Ming-Na Wen and Sadie Stanley are joining the cast of THE KARATE KID, a sequel connecting the original movies with both the more recent reboot and the Cobra Kai series. Also starring are Ben Wang, Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio and Joshua Jackson. Jonathan Entwistle (I'm Not Okay With This) is directing.
Zhang Ziyi, Leo Jiayin, Zhang Zifeng and Jackson Yee will star in SHE HAS NO NAME, a drama that tells the story of a woman whose personal suffering launches a movement to improve women's social rights in China. Peter Chan Ho-sun is directing.
Kimberly Peirce will direct a remake of the 1981 noir thriller classic BODY HEAT, about an ambitious woman who begins an affair with an inept lawyer so she can convince him to murder her older husband. The original is notable for its erotic tension, and as Katherine Turner's film debut.
And Elton John, Paul McCartney, Questlove, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will appear in the SPINAL TAP sequel, filming in New Orleans with returning stars Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. Reiner is again directing the mock-doc, which follows the band as they reunite after a 15-year break for one final concert.

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D A T E L I N E :   1 0   M A R C H . . .

Cameron Diaz will join Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill in OUTCOME, a dark comedy about a damaged movie star who must confront his demons after he is blackmailed by a video clip. Hill is also directing from a script he wrote with Ezra Woods.


Rebecca Ferguson will join Chris Pratt in MERCY, a near-future thriller about a police detective trying to clear his name when he is accused of committing a violent crime. Timur Bekmambatov is directing from a script by Marco van Belle.
Rege-Jean Page is joining the cast of Steven Soderbergh's spy thriller BLACK BAG alongside Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett. Details about the plot of David Koepp's script are being kept under wraps.
Laura Dern will reteam with Noah Baumbach for a film that also stars George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Billy Crudup and Riley Keough. Plot details are being kept under wrap for the film, which is described as a coming-of-age comedy about adults. Baumbach wrote the script with Emily Mortimer.
Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, JK Simmons and Cynthia Addai-Robinson will all be back for a sequel to the 2016 thriller THE ACCOUNTANT, this time as the autistic bookkeeper attracts the attention of top assassins as he tries to solve a murder. Director Gavin O'Connor and writer Bill Dubuque are also returning.
Vanessa Kirby will reteam with The Crown director Benjamin Caron for THE NIGHT ALWAYS COMES, based on the novel about a working-class woman in Oregon who embarks on a 24-hour quest to improve her perilous financial situation. The script is by Sarah Conradt.
Terry Crews has joined Dave Bautista in THE KILLER'S GAME, an action comedy about a veteran assassin who is diagnosed with a fatal disease and authorises a hit on himself. When he learns he isn't dying, he has to fight off his murderous colleagues. Ben Kingsley and Sofia Boutella costar; JJ Perry is directing.
Carla Gugino is joining Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in THE FRIEND, a comedy drama based on the novel about a New York writer struggling to deal with the unexpected death of her mentor and his messy legacy. Costars include Ann Dowd, Constance Wu and Owen Teague. Scott McGehee and David Siegel are writing and directing.
Juliette Lewis, Sasha Calle, Kathryn Newton and Erin Moriarty have joined the cast of LIPS LIKE SUGAR, alongside Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson. It's a thriller about detectives working to solve a serial killer case during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Brantley Gutierrez is directing from a script by Anthony Tambakis.
And Jerry Bruckheimer is apparently trying to lure Johnny Depp back, reprising his role as Captain Jack Sparrow for the sixth PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movie. Apparently it would be a supporting role this time. Craig Mazin and Ted Elliot are working on the script.

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D A T E L I N E :   6   M A R C H . . .

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan have announced that they plan to be back for a sequel to their 2003 remake of FREAKY FRIDAY, about a mother and daughter who swap bodies for a day. There are no details yet about the project.


Rumour has it that Austin Butler will play a younger version of Val Kilmer's character in HEAT 2, Michael Mann's next movie, which is both a prequel and a sequel to his 1995 cop epic starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Karl Urban will star in THE BLUFF, an adventure set in the 19th century Caribbean as a pirate sets out to protect her family after her mysterious past catches up with her. Frank E Flowers is directing.
Wendell Pierce has joined the cast of the new SUPERMAN, playing newspaper editor Perry White in James Gunn's reboot of the franchise. David Corenswet stars as Clark Kent, alongside Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Skyler Gisondo, Edi Gathegi, Isabela Merced, Nathan Fillion and Anthony Carrigan.
Kevin Spacey will plat the devil in THE CONTRACT, a supernatural thriller that also stars Eric Roberts and Vincent Spano. Shot in Rome, the film is directed by Massimo Paolucci, with a script by actress Eva Henger based on an idea by her filmmaker husband Massimiliano Caroletti.
Joshua Jackson has joined THE KARATE KID, the new project connecting the original movies with both the more recent reboot and the Cobra Kai series. Ben Wang leads the cast, alongside returning stars Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio. Jonathan Entwistle (I'm Not Okay With This) is directing.
Kim Kardashian will produce and star in a thriller that was written with her in mind by Natalie Krinsky, who previously rote and directed the romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Gallery. Details about the plot are being kept tightly under wraps.
Sofia Carson, Sebastian de Souza, Connie Britton and Kyle Allen will star in THE LIFE LIST, a heartwarming romance based on the novel about a young woman who sets out to complete her mother's childhood bucket list. Adam Brooks is writing and directing.
Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans) will direct WOLF NIGHT, a sci-fi horror movie project that's being described as a cross between District 9 and The Purge, but with werewolves. The script is by Will Honley and April Maguire.
And the disastrous Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow, which has gone viral for how it disappointed fans, has inspired a horror project called THE UNKNOWN. The movie will star the silver-masked chocolate-making villain from the event as he menaces a couple grieving the death of their young son Charlie.

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S T A G E   &   M O R E
beyond the big screen...

Dazzling sights and sounds

DANCE: Company Wayne McGregor brings Autobiography and UniVerse to Sadler's Wells...


What really happened?

STAGE: Intense two-hander Blue explores social issues at Seven Dials Playhouse until 30 Mar...


Pushing forward

DANCE: New York City Ballet presents four expertly performed pieces at Sadler's Wells...


Blissfully out of control

STAGE: Zach Zucker's Stamptown
takes Soho Theatre audiences by
storm until 27th Jan...

STAGE: The Mother of Kamal at the Gatehouse in Highgate...

Jan TV Roundup: Frasier, The Crown, Fellow Travelers, Morning Show, Lessons in Chemistry, Brothers Sun and more...

STAGE: Unfortunate is a riotous explosion at Southwark Playhouse Elephant...

STAGE: Connor Burns stand-up Vertigo at Soho Theatre, on tour until March...

STAGE: Blind Summit brings The Sex Lives of Puppets to Southwark Playhouse...

STAGE: Royal Vauxhall Tavern presents its annual adult-oriented panto Tossed...

STAGE: Above the Stag's riotous panto Puss in Boots is at Wonderville until 31st Dec...

STAGE: Garry Starr Performs Everything is a flurry of comedy and nudity at Southwark Playhouse...

DANCE: Taiwan's Cloud Gate Theatre brings Lunar Halo to Sadler's Wells...

DANCE: This year's Young Associates mixed bill of four new works at Sadler's Wells...


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