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Keanu Reeves will produce and star in the thriller KILL CURRENT, based on the first book in a forthcoming globe-hopping series of novels about a jaded CIA operative who sets out to avenge the death of his protege. Kit Connor and Diana Silvers will star in PREPPY, a new retelling of the 1986 "Preppy Murder" of Jennifer Levin in Central Park. Janicza Bravo (Zola) is directing. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Leslie Odom Jr are joining Storm Reid in the cast of GET LITE, about a New York teen caught between his plan to become an engineer and his love of Litefeet dancing. Teyana Taylor is making her directing debut. Glen Powell will produce and most likely star in a remake of the 2012 Korean thriller CONFESSION OF MURDER, about a cop determined to catch a man who admits to a string of killings just after the statute of limitations runs out. Christopher MacBride is writing the script. Carrie Coon is joining Greta Lee and Rebecca Ferguson in the romantic comedy HONEYMOON/FUNERAL, about a woman who takes a solo holiday after being jilted at the altar, then meets a woman travelling to her mother's funeral. Nahnatchka Khan is directing from a script by Julia Bicknell. Lea Seydoux and Bill Murray will star in THE QUIET LAND, about a retired Montana police officer who teams up with a young woman who is desperately seeking justice. Swiss-French director Ursula Meier is making her English-language debut. Kathryn Newton is joining Mike Birbiglia's comedy OLD FRIENDS NEW FRIENDS, about college buddies who see their group dynamic change when one of them gets married. Also on board are Lucas Hedges, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Geraldine Viswanathan and Dylan Gelula. Noah Schnapp will star in STEALING FROM PABLO, as a teen in the foster care system who sets up a skating event in an abandoned mansion in Florida, then discovers that it belongs to a notorious drug kingpin. Carlos V Gutierrez (Stay Safe) is directing. Abigail Breslin, Boboo Stewart and Yasim Kassim will star in PIPE CLEANER BOY, about a young woman who sets off on a cross-country road trip to reconnect with an old boyfriend after her life falls apart. Anna Rose Moore is writing and directing. Paul Feig is lined up to direct a sequel to the 2003 action caper THE ITALIAN JOB, itself a remake of the 1968 classic. There's no word yet on the plot or whether stars Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg and Edward Norton will be back. And Sarah Jessica Parker, Rachel McAdams, Claire Danes, Luke Wilson, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T Nelson, Tyrone Giordano, Elizabeth Reaser, Paul Schneider and Brian White will all be back for THE FAMILIES STONE, a sequel to the 2005 comedy The Family Stone, about an uptight woman meeting her boyfriend's bohemian family. In this one, the patriarch introduces his new girlfriend. Tom Bezucha is back as writer-director.
Colman Domingo, Meryl Streep and Bill Hader are joining the cast of LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, an animated/live-action fantasy about spirits who meet Abraham Lincoln (Tom Hanks) as he is grieving his son's death. Costars include Jonathan Bailey, Willem Dafoe and Peter Dinklage. Duke Johnson is directing. Meanwhile, Amy Madigan is joining Hanks in THE COMEBACKER, based on the Dave Eggers story about a young pitcher whose career is put in question when he is hit by a ball during a game. Callum Turner and Patricia Clarkson costar. Marielle Heller is writing and directing. After her gender-swapped role in Rose, Sandra Huller will again play a man in WORK AND STRUCTURE. It's adapted from the memoir by German artist Wolfgang Hermdorf, in which he uses wit to confront his own mortality after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Maria Schrader is directing. Marion Cotillard and Javier Bardem will voices characters in THE TURNING DOOR, an animated musical fantasy about a young girl who discovers a box that opens into another world. They join Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Redgrave, Alicia Vikander, Jamie Dornan, Jodie Turner-Smith and Bill Nighy. Nicholas Ashe Bateman is writing and directing. Morgan Freeman and Michael Keaton will reteam for RODE TO RUIN, a thriller set in the Wild West, as a retired marshal who after four decades finally discovers his wife's killer, who is also aging and now losing his memory. Keaton is also directing. Eva Longoria will star in MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD, based on the novel about a young man negotiating his way into adulthood with autism. Costars include Eugenio Derbez, Astrid Berges-Frisby and Matthew Borrero. Lucia Puenzo is directing. Inde Navarette will star in the horror thriller THE WAFFLE HOUSE INDEX, as young woman who is working an overnight shift in a fast-food outlet as a serious storm rolls in. Louis Paxton is directing from a script by Andrew Nunnelly. Melissa Leo is joining the Will Smith action thriller SUPERMAX, about FBI agents investigating a murder in a high-security prison. Costars include AnnaSophia Robb, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Jason Clarke and Jaafar Jackson. David Gordon Green is directing. Josh Duhamel will star in SPEAK, a psychological thriller set in 1994 as a boy watches his father fall under the spell of a sinister ventriloquist dummy. John Kissack (Everfall) is directing from a script he cowrite with Joe Carnahan and Casey Giltner. And Jordan Firstman will lead the English voice cast of the French animated comedy JIM QUEEN, about a gay influencer who, when a virus turns all of Paris' gay men straight, sets out to find a cure. Also on board are John Cameron Mitchell, Matteo Lane, Nicole Byer and Bob the Drag Queen. Nicolas Athane and Marco Nguyen directed the film, which was released in France in June.
Anne Hathaway will join Tom Cruise for a sequel to DAYS OF THUNDER, continuing the story of the hotheaded Daytona champion driver fully 38 years after the first movie. Jerry Bruckheimer is back as producer; Jonathan Levine (50/50) is directing. Jonathan Bailey, Willem Dafoe and Peter Dinklage will join Tom Hanks in LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, a live-action/animated adaptation of the novel about spirits who meet Abraham Lincoln as he grieves the loss of his son. Duke Johnson is directing from a script by novelist George Saunders. Jason Momoa, Miles Teller, Adria Arjona and Kiefer Sutherland will team up for COPPERHEAD, a thriller about a veteran detective who teams up with a young federal agent to expose a conspiracy. John Swab (King Ivory) is directing. Mark Wahlberg will produce and star in the odd-couple action thriller THE OPERATOR, as a CIA clean-up man whose latest assignment is to escort his nemesis to safety while being pursued by killers. Joe Carnahan is directing from a script by Harrison Query. KiKi Layne, Luke Hemsworth and Sasha Caile are joining Jaime Foxx in DEADLOCKED, an action thriller about a former Marine who must step into action when a trial turns into a hostage standoff. Nikhil Bhat is directing from a script by Eric Scot Anderson and Matt Bosack. Odessa A'Zion, Javier Bardem and Rebecca Ferguson will star in WET, the next film by writer-director Alma Har'el (Honey Boy). There's no word yet on the plot, but it's being described as Succession meets Triangle of Sadness. Jamie Dornan will join Zoe Kravitz and Adele Exarcholoulos in Megan Park's new comedy-drama DIE ALIVE, about a woman who is forced to take care of the children she never knew her older boyfriend had. Lee Byung-Hun and Park Hae-soo will reteam with Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk for the thriller KO CLUB, which is set in the near future as wealthy old people extend their lives by purchasing youth from poor people. Costars include Cho Yeo-jeong (Parasite), Kim So-jin (Emergency Declaration) and Oh Jung-se (Wild Sing). Odessa Young is joining the cast of HEAT 2, Michael Mann's sequel/prequel to his 1995 thriller about a gangster squaring off with a detective. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Adam Driver, Stephen Graham and Jason Clarke. And Danny Ramirez is joining Michael B Jordan and Austin Butler in MIAMI VICE '85, another remake of the iconic TV series about two stylish, rule-bending detectives who take on organised crime. Costars include Alden Ehrenreich, Camila Morrone and Whitney Peak. Joseph Kosinski is directing.
Ryan Gosling is producing a new live-action FLINTSTONES movie, in which he is likely to star as a grown-up Bamm-Bamm, the adopted super-strong son of Barney and Betty Rubble. It's unknown if this will connect with the films made in 1994 and 2000. Lucas Hedges, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Geraldine Viswanathan and Dylan Gelula will star in OLD FRIENDS NEW FRIENDS, a comedy about a close-knit group attending their college friend's wedding, surprised to discover that he has an all-new group of friends. Mike Birbiglia is writing and directing. Michael Fassbender is lined up to return for a third Alien prequel, following on from 2012's Prometheus and 2017's Covenant. Ridley Scott is back as producer and director, and says the story will catch up with the android David as he creates a world for himself and tinkers with AI. Patricia Clarkson is joining Tom Hanks and Callum Turner in THE COMEBACKER, based on the Dave Eggers story about a young pitcher whose career is put in question when he is hit by a ball during a game. Marielle Heller is writing and directing. Dianne Wiest and Ciaran Hinds will team up for the comedy-drama THIS OLD LOVE OF MINE, about a retired couple whose retirement is upended when the husband discovers that his wife once had an affair. Terry Loane is directing from a script by Irish playwright Eugene O'Hare. Samara Weaving and Nicholas Braun are starring in HIVEMIND, a thriller about small-town authorities who are trying to prevent a deadly invasion from a new breed of killer wasps. Currently filming in Dublin, Ciaran Foy is directing from a script by Peter Gaffney. Tara Reid and Johnny Pemberton will star in SCISSOR MOUTH, a gothic horror thriller inspired by a Japanese folktale. It's set in the early 1980s as a teen girl escapes years of captivity by her beauty-obsessed mother. Deborah Richards is writing and directing. Algee Smith, Camron Jones and Tre Hale are joining the cast of SNOOP, the Snoop Dogg biopic, as rappers Warren G, Tupac Shakur and record exec Suge Knight, respectively. Jonathan Daviss has the title role, plus Miles Bullock Be as Dr Dre and Lauren London as Snoop's mum. Craig Bewer is directing. Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Andres Almeida, Martin Bats Bradford and Erika Ringor are joining the cast of SUPERMAX, alongside Will Smith, AnnaSophia Robb, Jason Clarke and Jaafar Jackson. It's about FBI agents investigating a murder in an impenetrable prison. Director David Gordon Green started filming this week in Australia. And it turns out that Ricky Martin costars in actor-director Gael Garcia Bernal's new film HOMBRE AL AGUA, premiering at Venice Film Festival. It's about a Mexican lifeguard who rescues a powerful businessman from the sea and is offered a new job that isn't what it seems. Costars include Esmeralda Pimentel, Manuel Garcia Rulfo and Anna Diaz. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | |||
 Move, members, move DANCE: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater explores its soulful, celebratory Legacy at Sadler's Wells...  Shadows at the Fringe FESTIVAL: Daily reports filed from Edinburgh...  August TV Roundup SCREEN: Ride or Die, The Bear 5, Tip Toe, Widow's Bay, Spider-Noir, The Vampire Lestat and more...  Feel the heat DANCE: Matthew Bourne's The Car Man, a sexy, thrilling take on Bizet, returns to Sadler's Wells until 29th August... STAGE: The Lost Estate immerses us in 1890s Paris for Chat Noir! STAGE: Mohamed-Zain Dada's pointed Blue Mist at Stratford East and on tour... INTERVIEW: Coffee in Annecy with Minions & Monsters' Pierre Coffin, Chris Meledandri & Brian Lynch... STAGE: Nicolás Pérez Costa's high-octane Richard III at the Cockpit... STAGE: Hideki Noda brings his expansive, dazzling –320°F to Sadler's Wells... JUNE TV: Half Man, The Four Seasons 2, The Comeback 3, the finales of Hacks, Euphoria and The Boys, and more... INTERVIEW: Chatting with Rohan Kanawade about his acclaimed romance Cactus Pears... DANCE: Phoenix Dance Theatre's exuberant, engaging Interplay at Sadler's Wells East... DANCE: Acosta Danza Yunior's Next Generation at Sadler's Wells East...
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