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Timothee Chalamet will produce and star in PLAYGROUND, based on the acclaimed novel about four people who meet on an island to plan a future involving cities that float on the ocean. Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson will team up for THE CACKLING OF THE DODOS, a black comedy about a small-town farmer who finds a dead body in a grain silo, then finds himself in a messy cover-up orchestrated by his boss. Jason Bateman is directing from a script by Rye Curtis. In addition to joining the sequel to A MINECRAFT MOVIE, Kirsten Dunst will also join Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in THE HOUSEMAID'S SECRET, Paul Feig's sequel in which Sweeney's maid gets into another dangerously seductive domestic situation. Nava Mau, Stephen Lang and Shohreh Aghdashloo lead the cast of THE DREGS, a horror comedy in which a group of friends drink a cursed bottle of grappa while on holiday in the Italian Alps. Connor Martin is writing and directing. Christopher Meloni will team up with his daughter Sophia Meloni to star in CHOP CHEEZE, about a teen boy trying to achieve boss status from the grill master at a New York bodega. Sophia is also writing and directing the film, which also stars Michael Gandolfini, Luca Rickman and Dylan Frankel. Jai Courtney and Aimee Carrero are joining Jason Momoa and Andy Samberg in PROTECTING JARED, an action comedy set in Hawaii. There's no word yet on the plot for this one. Ruben Fleischer is directing from a script by SNL writers John Solomon and Rob Klein. Sarah Pidgeon (Love Story) is joining Jake Gyllenhaal and Kevin Costner in HONEYMOON WITH HARRY, about a guy who, when his fiancee dies right before the wedding, ends up taking his honeymoon trip with his awkward father-in-law. Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa start filming next month in Sydney. Efren Ramirez, Vannessa Vasquez and Michael Raymond-James will star in the noir-style thriller MOTIVES, about two detectives who are investigating a murder that is linked the elite youth in the city. Bill Camp is joining the crime thriller OPERATION FASTLINK, which centres around a piracy case involving a former mobster and his teenage protege. The film also stars Roman Griffin Davis, Michael Rispoli, Steven Strait and James Mount. Jerry Careccio is writing and directing. And Michaela Coel will write and direct a remake of the 1988 martial arts action thriller BLOODSPORT. Apparently, rather than focussing on the violent combat, this version will explore the fighters' internal motivations and ambitions, more about the journey than the battles.
Jane Fonda will produce and star in THE CORRESPONDENT, based on the novel about a retired lawyer who is forced to confront her long-buried grief and guilt as she receives a series of very personal letters. The script is by Cat Vasko. Marion Cotillard and Walton Goggins will star in JOB, as a couple staging an immersive theatre version of The Book of Job, about a man whose faith is sorely tested in a wager between God and Satan, but he remains faithful. Yuval Adler (Sympathy for the Devil) is writing and directing. Glen Powell will produce and perhaps star in romantic horror thriller THE DEATH ROLL, about a couple whose dream holiday in the tropics is interrupted by a hungry 15-foot crocodile. The script is by Kas Grahan and Rebecca Pollock (Stolen Girls). Erin Doherty has joined Nancy Meyers' still-untitled romantic comedy about a young writer-director who has to work with her producer ex on a high stakes new project. Costars include Jude Law, Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender, Kieran Culkin and Owen Wilson. Jack O'Connell, Katy O'Brian and Jason Clarke have joined A QUIET PLACE: PART III, alongside Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmons and Cillian Murphy. John Krasinski is once again writing and directing. Plot details are being kept under wraps. Meanwhile, Benjamin Bratt is joining Clarke in the cast of the thriller ALLY CLARK, alongside Viola Davis. It's about an investigator who discovers a secret global conglomerate while looking into her friend's death. Phillip Noyce is directing from a script by Irwin Winkler and Jose Ruisanchez. Jackie Chan will star in the live-action/animated action comedy PAWFECT AGENTS, about a veteran spy who teams up with animal agents, traveling to Europe to recover a priceless mask stolen from a Chinese museum. Leo Zhang (Bleeding Steel) is directing. Amy Sedaris, Owen Thiele, Emil Wakim and Alex Consani are joining PEAKED, a comedy about two former mean girls who try to recapture their glory days at their 10-year reunion. Molly Gordon and Allie Levitan are writing, directing and starring in the film alongside Emma Mackey, Laura Dern, Simone Ashley and Connor Storrie. Former world taekwondo champion Taemi will star in BELLADONNA, a K-pop action thriller about a former assassin who has reinvented herself in Seoul as a florist, but someone from her past forces her back in action. JK Yoon (Tidal Wave) is writing and directing. And Sean Anders (Spirited) is making a movie adaptation of the classic board game THE GAME OF LIFE, in which a spin of the dial propels players through various stages of relationships, careers and home-building. Details are being kept under wraps. The script is by Allan Loeb (The Space Between Us).
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. OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | |||
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