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Halle Berry will play the US president in THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING, based on the novel by James Patterson and Bill Clinton. It's about a terrorist threat that could send America back to the dark ages. Nicole Perlman and David Chasteen are writing the script. Ana de Armas will star in SWEAT, as a fitness influencer who, after a disastrous encounter with her idol, ends up in a dangerous relationship with an obsessive fan. This is a remake of the 2020 Polish film. J Blakeson is directing. Julia Garner will join Charlize Theron in TYRANT, a thriller set in New York's cutthroat elite culinary world. Other details about the plot are being kept under wraps. David Weil is writing and directing. Sam Worthington, David Duchovny and Taiwanese actress Ke-Xi Wu will star in THE EXILES, a crime thriller based on the true story of a Westerner seeking his fortune in Asia. Filming is underway in Taipei with director Midi Z (Nina Wu), who is making his English-language debut. Kate Beckinsale will star in the action thriller THE SAVIOR, about a woman struggling with addiction as she returns to her violent past to rescue her kidnapped daughter from human traffickers. Russell Mulcahy is directing. Diane Lane is joining the cast of the new EXORCIST movie, an all-new story that also stars Scarlett Johansson and Jacobi Jupe. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but writer-director Mick Flanagan is promising something that's both original and terrifying. Bill Nighy and Makram Khoury will star in A TOWN IN NOVA SCOTIA, which centres on a widowed man trying to help his best friend after surgery. Then his daughter invites him to move to Canada. Currently filming on location, Babak Jalali is directing from a script he wrote with Carolina Cavalli. Zoey Deutch has joined the cast of THE 99ERS, based on the true story of the US women's team as they defy the odds to take on China in the final of the 1999 Women's World Cup. Emily Bader costars; Nicole Kassell is directing. Mia Threapleton is joining the ensemble cast of Damien Chazelle's next film, alongside Daniel Craig, Cillian Murphy and Michelle Williams. Little is known about the film other than that it's set in a prison. And it's official, Jennifer Grey will be back for a 40-years-later DIRTY DANCING sequel, which will return her character to the summer resort. Kim Rosenstock (Dying for Sex) is writing the script.
Sydney Sweeney has landed the lead role in THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY, based on the Edith Wharton novel about a woman climbing the social ladder in early 20th century New York City. Sofia Coppola is writing and directing. Mila Kunis will star in the thriller NIGHTWATCHING, about a woman who takes a stranger into her home during a fierce winter storm, then struggles to protect her children when things take a turn. Brian Netto and Adam Schindler are directing. Odessa A'zion is joining Cailee Spaeny and Drew Starkey in the musical DEEP CUTS. It's about two music-loving young people navigating their lives in the early 2000s. Sean Durkin is directing. [UPDATE: A'zion has dropped out of this role.] Patricia Clarkson is joining Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT, Martin Scorsese's thriller that follows a couple travelling to Europe to adopt a baby. Then things take a confusing, scary turn as the hotel they are staying in appears to be haunted. Sally Hawkins and Victor Garber are joining Ryan Reynolds in ELOISE, based the beloved children's books about a mischievous girl (Mae Schenk) who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. Here, she heads to Paris to see her movie star mother. Amy Sherman-Palladino is directing. Lena Headey has joined the cast of RED, WHITE AND ROYAL WEDDING, the romantic comedy sequel carrying on the story of British Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine) and Alex (Taylor Zakhar Perez), who is son of the US President (Uma Thurman). Costars include Ellie Bamber, Chloe Fineman, Clifton Collins Jr and Stephen Fry. Jamie Babbit is directing. Madelyn Cline is joining Glen Powell and Cristin Milioti in the cast of Judd Apatow's still-untitled comedy about a country music star trying to navigate their collapsing career. Powell and Apatow are also producing and writing the script. Joey King is lined up for the title role in BAMBO, a 1980s-set drama about a boxing promoter who brings his daughter along as he seeks to become the next Don King. Natasha Lyonne is writing and directing. Diarmaid Murtagh (Outlander) will play the villainous Drom Baxton in SUPERGIRL, in which Kara (Milly Alcock) helps an alien girl on a quest for revenge. Costars include Jason Momoa, Matthias Schoenaerts, Emily Beecham, Ferdinand Kingsley and David Krumholtz, plus David Corenswet as Superman. Craig Gillespie is directing. And Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell will reunite to produce and star in KEENAN & KEL MEET FRANKENSTEIN, which is inspired by the iconic Abbott & Costello monster movie comedy about two delivery drivers who inadvertently awaken a monster in a creepy castle.
Mikey Madison and Lea Seydoux will star in THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, a darkly comical adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe horror story about a masquerade ball in a palace that's visited by a mysterious, murderous figure. Director Charlie Polinger (The Plague) starts filming in Budapest next month. Pamela Anderson is joining Billy Bob Thornton and Ariana Greenblatt in SOMEDAYS, about a fatally ill delivery driver who finds a new reason to live when he rescues a troubled teen girl. Writer-director Brian Klugman is currently filming in New Jersey. Vanessa Kirby will star in THE SUN ALSO RISES, based on the Ernest Hemingway novel about expats in Europe following the Great War. The story centres on an American journalist struggling with an injury that has an impact on his romance with an aristocrat. James Gray is directing. Mark Wahlberg will reteam with director Baltasar Kormakur for THE BIG FIX, starring alongside Riz Ahmed in a cat-and-mouse thriller based on a true story about match-fixing in the international football world. Filming has just kicked off. Holly Hunter, Craig T Nelson, Sarah Vowell and Huck Miller will be back to voice their superhero family in a third INCREDIBLES film, once again written by Brad Bird. Peter Sohn is directing this one. Dafne Keen and Aidan Gillen will star in DRIVER, a romantic thriller about a sex worker who teams up with an ex-con as they try to escape the grip of a violent London mob boss. Patrick Ireland is making his feature directing debut. Maika Monroe, Michael Shannon, Paul Dano, Judy Greer and Brandon Sklenar will star in VEGAS: A LOVE STORY, about a graphic designer living in her car as her romance with a single father is disrupted by the re-appearance of her ex. The film reteams Shannon with 99 Homes director Ramin Bahrani. Gabrielle Union, Steve Park and Lacey Claire Rogers will star in the psychological thriller PERDITA, based on the Henry James story The Romance of Certain Old Clothes. It's about a lonely woman who inherits a creepy old house. Megan Raney Aarons is directing from a script by Matthew Hurt. Snoop Dogg will star in the horror thriller DON'T GO IN THAT HOUSE, B*TCH, which writer-director Eli Roth says will be the ultimate haunted house movie. Otherwise, the plot is being kept under wraps, with filming set to start this summer. Omari Hardwick is joining Hayley Atwell and Gerard Butler in EMPIRE CITY, a thriller about a New York firefighter and his cop wife trying to rescue people who have been taken hostage in a skyscraper. Costars include Michael Beach, Tre Hale, Stephen Murphy and Dominic Boogard. Director Michael Matthews is currently filming in Melbourne. Blake Jenner, Erin Cummings, Chrystee Pharris, Robert Lee Leng, Jennafer Newberry and Mark Famiglietti have joined the romantic drama VERONICA & JULIAN, about a New York marketing exec (Nadia Bjorlin) who falls for a younger architect (Kyler Pettis). Otoja Abit is writing, directing and costarring in the film. And Paul Feig has come on board to direct a third MAMMA MIA movie, nearly a decade after the last one. Much of the cast is expected to reassemble, including Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters and Dominic Cooper, plus hopefully Meryl Streep and Cher.
Cate Blanchett will play the live-action version of her animated character Valka in the remake of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2. Olafur Darri Olafsson is also joining the cast as the villainous Drago. Now in production with director Dean DeBlois, the adventure film again stars Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Julian Dennison and Gerard Butler. Antonio Banderas and Danny Trejo are reteaming to star in ARMADILLO UNITED, a comedy-drama set around a fictional youth football team that's trying to get to the World Cup. Costars include Danay Garcia and Ruben Blades. Alan Jacobs is writing and directing. Adria Arjona and Kingsley Ben-Adir will star in SCORN, about a woman who refuses to go away quietly after her married lover tries to dismiss their romance as just a fling. Sarah-Violet Bliss is writing and directing. Jack Whitehall, Casey Wilson and Scott MacArthur are joining Kim Kardashian in THE FIFTH WHEEL, a comedy about a successful woman surprised to find herself the odd woman out on a Vegas holiday with longtime friends. Eva Longoria is directing. Cristin Milioti is joining Glen Powell in the cast of Judd Apatow's still-untitled comedy about a country music star who has fallen on hard times. Powell and Apatow are also producing and writing the script. Sophia Bush, Jerry O'Connell, Violet McGraw and Tim Rozon will star in SUMMER'S LAST RESORT, a comedy about a teen trying to sabotage her mother's relationship with her school's vice principal. Melanie Scrofano is directing from a script by Emily Andras. Michael Angelo Covino will direct and star in THE LAST FIX, a comedy about a political fixer in Boston who learns that he has a terminal illness. So he plans to go out in a blaze of glory. The script is by Chuck MacLean. Gracie Abrams (JJ's musician daughter) will star in PLEASE, the next film by Halina Reijn (Babygirl). The plot details are being kept under wraps, but it's said to centre around themes of violence and masculinity. Stephen Lang, Bruce Boxleitner, Samuel Roukin and Eric Nelsen will star in GETTYSBURG 1863, about a Union soldier struggling with conflicting loyalties during the American Civil War. Bo Brinkman is writing and directing. Lang played a Confederate soldier in the 1993 epic Gettysburg. Myles Truitt (Stranger Things), Madison Wolfe, Alex Aiono, Genneya Walton, Marley Aliah and Mitchell Hoog will star in YOUNG BLOOD, about university friends who travel to Key West for spring break, then somehow end up stranded on a deserted island with ravenous vampires. Ari Schlossberg is writing and directing. And Jorge R Gutierrez (El Tigre) will direct an animated SPEEDY GONZALES movie, based on the lively Looney Tunes mouse. There's no word yet on the plot. Created in the 1950s, the character most recently turned up in 2021's Space Jam: A New Legacy, voiced by Gabriel Iglesias. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | |||
 Married to the job STAGE: Gecko brings The Wedding, a sparky exploration of social contracts, to Sadler's Wells East...  Let it all hang out STAGE: Golden Goose Theatre's new production of cheeky song and dance hit Boys in the Buff until 10th Jan...  Make the yuletide gay STAGE: The Fit Prince brings a hilarious sense of holiday romcom anarchy to King's Head Theatre until 3rd Jan...  The boss’ new groove DANCE: ZooNation's a dazzling hip-hop take on Dickens, Ebony Scrooge at Sadler's Wells East until 4th Jan... STAGE: The Great Christmas Feast<, Dickensian dinner and immersive show... STAGE: RVT's panto Growled< riotously spins Beauty and the Beast... STAGE: Brick Lane Music Hall's The Magic of Christmas dinner-theatre... NOV TV: Boots, Only Murders 5, Chad Powers, Peacemaker 2, MobLand, The Morning Show 4, Alien: Earth, more... 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... DANCE: Akram Khan and Manal AlDowayan's elemental Thikra at Sadler's Wells... STAGE: KC and the Sunshine Band musical Get Down Tonight at Charing Cross... STAGE: Ghost Stories returns to London's Peacock Theatre...
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