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Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Deneuve and Vincent Cassel will star in PARALLEL TALES, the next film by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi. There's no word yet on the plot, but filming is expected to take place in Paris in the autumn. Farhadi 2013's drama The Past was also filmed in Paris. Sydney Sweeney will produce and star in SPLIT FICTION, based on the videogame that follows the adventures of two authors who are trapped in fantasy worlds they created. Jon M Chu is directing from a script by Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Kit Connor and Joe Locke will produce and star in a feature film that will conclude HEARTSTOPPERS, following on from the third series based on Alice Oseman's series of graphic novels about teens navigating friendship and romance. Wash Westmoreland is directing from a script by Oseman. Anna Kendrick is set to return for a possible third THE ACCOUNTANT movie, after sitting out the second chapter. Ben Affleck and director Gavin O'Connor have both said they want her back on board, most likely as a romantic interest. O'Connor has said that the original idea was to make a trilogy. Tom Hanks will return for a sequel to GREYHOUND, continuing the story of an American naval commander in the North Atlantic during WWII. the sequel will be set in the Pacific, and Hanks will once again also write the script, with Aaron Schneider returning as director. Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan and Elisabeth Shue may return as well. Emma Mackey has officially landed the role as the White Witch in Greta Gerwig's THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA movie. Rumour has it that she is adapting The Magician's Nephew, the sixth book in the series but first in chronological order. There have also been unconfirmed reports that Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep are on board. Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Joseph Zada and Lenore Dove Baird have officially joined the cast of the next Hunger Games prequel, SUNRISE ON THE REAPING. Whitney Peak is also on board, but there's no confirmation yet on rumoured cast members like Emma Thompson, Kieran Culkin and Ralph Fiennes. Francis Lawrence is directing from a script by Billy Ray. Bradley Whitford is joining the cast of REMINDERS OF HIM, based on the novel about a young ex-con who returns to her hometown and faces resentment from her late boyfriend's parents, who are raising her daughter. Costars include Maika Monroe, Nicholas Duvernay, Rudy Pankow, Tyriq Withers and Lauren Graham. Vanessa Caswill is directing. Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis are joining Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgard in MOSQUITO BOWL, based on the true story of a group of Marines who played an epic football game while waiting for the Okinawa invasion in WWII. Peter Berg is directing and also writing the script with Mark L Smith. And Dev Patel will direct and star in THE PEASANT, an action revenge thriller set in the 14th century as a shepherd takes on a group of knights who sacked his village. The story reportedly blends Arthurian England with feudal India. Patel is also writing the script with Will Dunn (Ms Marvel).
Sydney Sweeney will star in OUTRUN, based on the 1980s arcade videogame in which players race through traffic to reach various destinations in a limited time. The film's plot hasn't been revealed. Michael Bay is directing from a script by Jayson Rothwell (Polar). Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton, Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde will star in THE INVITE, a remake of the 2020 Spanish comedy The People Upstairs, about a bickering couple who try to befriend their noisily sexual upstairs neighbours. Wilde is directing from a script by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. Kieran Culkin, Glenn Close, Kathleen Turner, Woody Harrelson, Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Laverne Cox, Jim Parsons and Andy Serkis lead the voice cast of the forthcoming animated film ANIMAL FARM, based on the iconic George Orwell novel. Serkis is also directing, from a script by Nicholas Stoller. Meanwhile, Bobby Cannavale is the latest to join the ensemble cast of Stoller's forthcoming comedy starring Zac Efron as an excon who takes Will Ferrell's TV judge hostage over a perceived injustice. Costars include Priyanka Chopra, Regina Hall, Michael Pena, Jimmy Tatro, Billy Eichner and Fortune Feimster. Keanu Reeves will play the villain in a film that's being made by the band Weezer. It's apparently a concert movie that spirals into a mock-documentary comical adventure, and there will be appearances from Juliette Lewis, Johnny Knoxville, Ben Schwartz and Eric Andre. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are directing. Antonio Banderas is joining Dominic Sessa in TONY, a biopic about Anthony Bourdin, the celebrity chef who travelled the world on various TV series and wrote cookbooks, novels and historical nonfiction. He died by suicide at age 61. Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) is directing from a script by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood, Shawn Hatosy, Nestor Carbonell, Kevin Durand and David Cronenberg are joining Samara Weaving in READY OR NOT: HERE I COME, the horror sequel once again directed by Radio Silence. There's no word yet on the plot, but it's likely to once again centre around murderous games. Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Kristine Froseth and Havana Rose Liu will star in HER PRIVATE HELL, a dramatic thriller that is Nicolas Winding Refn's first feature in 10 years. Plot details are being kept under wraps, with Refn only saying that the film will be filled with glitter, sex and violence. Paula Patton, Joel McHale, Josh Holloway and Kate Micucci will star in REIMAGINED, a musical about a young boy (Elio's Yonas Kibreab) fighting the organisers who are commercialising his town's annual holiday pageant, which was created by his late mother. Composer Mateo Messina is making his feature directing debut, adapting his own symphony The Pageant. Amy Sedaris, Ciaran Hinds, Christine Ebersole and American footballer Peyton Manning are joining the cast of IS THIS THING ON, which also stars Bradley Cooper, Laura Dern, Will Arnett, Sean Hayes and Andra Day. It's about a man who splits from his wife to pursue a career as a standup comic. Cooper is also directing, and cowriting with Arnett and Mark Chappell. Joseph Kosinski is apparently lined up to direct a new MIAMI VICE movie from a screenplay by Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler). There's no word yet on whether this will be a sequel to Michael Mann's 2006 film starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, which was an adaptation of his iconic 1980s TV series. And Emilio Estevez says that he has written the script for a fourth MIGHTY DUCKS movie, continuing the adventures of a kids' hockey team. He played the coach in the original 1992 film, then reprised the role in two sequels and a TV series. He says the new movie centres on an all-girls team, and that Keenan Thompson and Joshua Jackson would be back as well.
Jennifer Lopez will star in THE LAST MRS PARRISH, a psychological thriller based on the novel about a con artist who sets her sights on a wealthy couple, befriending the wife and seducing the husband. Robert Zemeckis is directing, reteaming with Flight screenwriter John Gatins. Kathryn Hahn, Sienna Miller and John Mulaney are joining Christian Bale and Nicolas Cage in MADDEN, David O Russell's biopic about the notoriously fiery American football coach John Madden, who had a second career as a broadcaster after being forced into retirement. Filming starts next month in Atlanta. Pete Davidson is joining the cast of David Leitch's thriller HOW TO ROB A BANK, alongside Nicholas Hoult. It's about a group of bank robbers who use social media to document their heists and torment the cops. The script is by Mark Bianculli. Karla Sofia Gascon and Vincent Gallo will star in THE LIFE LIFT, about a man who finds notes in his New York apartment elevator that tell him to murder three of his neighbours who are planning to kill their relatives. Stefania Rossella Grassi is making her directing debut. Giancarlo Esposito, Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, David Strathairn, Etham Embry, LisaGay Hamilton and Broadway star LaChanze are joining Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in BY ANY MEANS, a crime thriller set in 1960s Mississippi. Director Elegance Bratton (The Inspection) is currently filming in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Esposito will also team up with Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Tramell Tillman, Abubakr Ali and Tiffany Boone for YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER. The plot is being kept under wraps. Bassam Tariq (Mogul Mowgli) is writing and directing. Michael Keaton, Hamish Linklater, Owen Teague and John Carroll Lynch are joining Robert De Niro in THE WHISPER MAN, about a widowed crime writer who turns to his retired-cop father for help when his young son is kidnapped. Costars include Michelle Monaghan and Adam Scott. James Ashcroft is directing. Steve Buscemi and Aidan Quinn will star in the comedy drama AGES OF THE MOON, based on the Sam Shepard play about two old friends who look back at their five decades of friendship, including a bitter rivalry that still tests their connection. Quinn is also directing. Zoe Kravitz has lined up her next film as a director, HOW TO SAVE A MARRIAGE. There's no word on the plot, but it's said to have the same kind of edgy plot as her directing debut, last year's Blink Twice. Robert Pattinson is apparently producing. Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji are reportedly playing lead roles Ken and Ryu in the new STREET FIGHTER movie, which is being directed by Kitao Sakurai (Twisted Metal). It's based on the martial arts tournament videogame franchise that launched in 1987 and was previously adapted into movies in 1994 and 2009. Doug Jones, Reggie Lee, Jordan Kennedy and Jonathan Charles will star in THE WEEPING, a horror thriller about a group of campers who awaken an ancient witch deep in a protected Native American forest. Spyder Dobrofsky (Down Below) is writing and directing. And Sam Neill is joining the cast of the next GODZILLA X KONG movie, alongside the returning Dan Stevens, plus Kaitlyn Dever, Jack O'Connell, Delroy Lindo and Matthew Modine. The plot is the usual battle to prevent a world-ending catastrophe. Grant Sputore is directing from a script by Dave Callaham.
Julianne Moore, Halle Bailey, Paul Giamatti, Havana Rose Liu and Bernadette Peters will star in the next movie by writer-director Jesse Eisenberg. It's about a shy woman who is cast in a community theatre musical, and she completely loses herself in the role. Eisenberg also wrote the songs for the musical; filming is underway in New Jersey. Jessica Chastain will star in the horror movie INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE, based on the novel about a young girl whose family is tormented by a supernatural entity she calls "other mommy". Rob Savage (The Boogeyman) is directing from a script by Nathan Elston (Succession); James Wan is producing. Glen Powell will team up with Judd Apatow to write a comedy about a country-western star whose life goes into free fall. Powell will also star in the film, while Apatow is directing. There are no more details about the still untitled project. Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgard will team up for MOSQUITO BOWL, based on the true story of four top college American football players who enlisted in the Marines after the 1941 Pearl Harbour attack. They played a legendary game while preparing for the Japanese invasion of Okinawa. Peter Berg is directing and also writing the script with Mark L Smith. Vera Farmiga is joining Russell Crowe and Harry Lawtey in BILLION DOLLAR SPY, a thriller set at the height of the Cold War, based on the real-life experiences of a Russian who passed thousands of top-secret Soviet documents to the US. Amma Asante is directing from a script by Stephen Gaghan. Judy Greer, Harvey Guillen, Douglas Hodge, Anna Sawai and Pete Holmes are joining the cast of the comedy drama (SAINT) PETER, which stars Christian Convery as a teen struggling to cope with the fact that everyone at school believes that his big brother is an actual saint. Josh Klausner is writing and directing; Peter Farrelly is producing. Michael Shannon will play legendary American football player and coach Bill Parcells in the inspirational drama MR IRRELEVANT. David Corenswet has the title role as John Tuggle, who made a huge impact on the New York Giants. Isabel May costars. Jonathan Levine is directing from a script by Nick Santora. Andy Nyman, Tim McInnerny and Rose Williams will star in SPIDER ISLAND, a horror comedy about a group of young people who head off for a sunny beach holiday and encounter some very nasty critters. Christopher Smith (Creep) is directing from a script by Christopher Jolley and David Quantick. Ed Helms, Paulina Alexis and Jana Schmieding will star in SMUDGE THE BLADES, which centres on an under-18 indigenous hockey team that goes all out to win their violent league championship before their star players age out of eligibility. Cody Lightning is costarring, directing and cowriting with Samuel Miller. Josh Holloway will produce and star in the Western thriller FLINT, based on the Louis L'Amour novel about a businessman who travels home to New Mexico, where he gets caught up in a violent conflict that forces him to face up to his violent past. Ryan Whitaker (After) is writing and directing. Philip Barantini will reteam with Adolescence writer Jack Thorne to direct THE ALCHEMIST, based on the beloved Paul Coelho novel about a shepherd boy from Andalusia who sets off on an epic journey to find a priceless treasure hidden inside the pyramids in Egypt. And Leonardo DiCaprio will produce MONOLITH, a documentary about the impact of Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking 1968 classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Written with novelist Arthur C Clarke, the film has predicted and shaped scientific and social changes. Stevan Riley (Listen to Me Marlon) is directing. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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Dark Horizons.
The Hollywood Reporter.
Variety.
Deadline.
Empire.
IMDb.
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