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Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal will reunite for HOLD ON TO YOUR ANGELS, a thriller set in southern Louisiana as a frantic outlaw runs into a woman who collects lost souls. Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) is directing. Jane Fonda, Chris O'Dowd, John C Reilly and Tom Hollander will star in CEASEFIRE, a political thriller following an Irish-American journalist who helps negotiate a meeting between the Clinton administration and the IRA, leading to peace in Northern Ireland. Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) is directing. Rachel Zegler, Adrien Brody and Ben Platt will star in LAST DANCE, about a young woman who joins her Broadway composer dad on a gay Caribbean cruise in 1991. Karim Ainouz is directing from an autobiographical screenplay by Emily Ziff Griffin. Eddie Redmayne and Miles Teller will team up for STAR ONE, a spy thriller about mismatched CIA operatives covertly delivering arms deep into enemy territory. Doug Liman is directing from a script by David Coggeshall. Charlotte Gainsbourg and Edgar Ramirez will star in OH HOW FUN, a satirical comedy set on a Greek island holiday for a group of friends who have a tradition of playing pranks on each other. Argyris Papadimitropoulos (Monday) is directing. Rachel McAdams, Jeff Daniels, Joel Edgerton and Caleb McLaughlin will star in the new thriller written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the story apparently follows people fighting against artificial intelligence. Shailene Woodley will star in the thriller MOTHER'S HELPER, as a woman who hires a handsome young man to help her as she juggles marriage, children and a job. Of course, things take a turn. Bridget Moloney is writing and directing. Jeremy Strong will star in THE PASSENGER, based on the 1938 novel about a businessman who flees from Berlin and sees his identity further disappear with each train he boards. Magnus von Horn (The Girl With the Needle) is writing and directing. Richard E Grant, Dominic West, Emily Fairn, James Nelson Joyce, Joel Fry, Kim Bodnia, Nia Towle and Herbert Nordrum will star in THE MAN WHO STOLE PORTUGAL, based on the true story of the outsider who launched one of the biggest cons in history. Director Thomas Napper is currently filming. Rooney Mara will star in QUEST FOR LOVE, a psychological drama set in Paris, as a woman tries to make sense of the broken relationship she has with her 10-year-old son. Antonia Campbell-Hughes is writing and directing. Damian Lewis is joining Ella Purnell and Nicholas Galitzine in THE RETURN OF STANLEY ATWELL, a thriller about a young aristocrat who causes chaos by returning to claim his inheritance after being presumed dead. Brian Welsh is directing from a script based on a Steven Soderbergh story. And Sean Astin will star in SCRUGGS, a modern-day take on Dickens' A Christmas Carol in which he will play a greedy real-estate developer. Costars include Miles Barnes, Rylie Palazzolo and Donnel Clayton. Zachary Ruda is directing.
Scarlett Johansson will star in SCAPEGOAT, the next movie from Midsommar writer-director Ari Aster. There's no word yet on the plot for this one, but it's most likely to have elements of horror in it. Michelle Williams and Mark Rylance will star in the comedy NICE FISH, based on the play by Rylance and poet Louis Jenkins, which follows two old friends who go ice fishing. Rylance is also making his feature directing debut, and writing the script with costar Jim Lichtscheidl. Isabella Rossellini is joining Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan and Josh O'Connor in Alice Rohrwacher's drama THREE INCESTUOUS SISTERS, based on the novel about siblings whose isolated life is disrupted by the arrival of a lighthouse keeper's son. Rohrwacher is currently filming on the island of Stromboli. Channing Tatum is joining Tessa Thompson, Eddie Redmayne and Patsy Ferran in LATER THE WAR, about a dream maker who begins manufacturing nightmares that leak into his own life. Charlie Kaufman is writing and directing. Kevin Hart will team up with director McG to make a still-untitled action comedy about rival spies whose paths cross at a prenatal class where their wives become close friends. Jonathan Tropper is writing the script with Adam and Aaron Nee (Masters of the Universe). Patrick Schwarzenegger will play twin brothers in THE BOOKIE AND THE BRUISER, which follows two WWII veterans, a thoughtful accountant (Theo James) and a tough guy (Vince Vaughn), who launch a dangerous gambling ring. S Craig Zahler is writing and directing. Keke Palmer and Zack Gottsagen will star in the road trip comedy LOTTERY, which follows a man with Downs syndrome who wins the lottery and goes on the run with a new friend. David Permut is directing. Brendan Fraser will lead the sci-fi adventure STARMAN, as a tech genius whose pioneering mission to Mars becomes a fight for survival far out in space. Director Josh Wakely is making his feature debut. Dave Franco and Sophie Wilde will star in the thriller SOON YOU WILL BE GONE AND POSSIBLY EATEN, about a young couple whose mountain resort wedding is interrupted by an alien invasion. Egor Abramenko (Altar) is directing. Isla Fisher, Colin Firth and Florence Hunt will star in BARE, about a young runaway who finds herself when she discovers other people like her. Documentarian Lorna Tucker is writing and directing the film, which is based on her own experiences. Filming is underway in London. Berenice Bejo and Nassim Lyes will return to chasing sharks in the sequel UNDER PARIS 2, in which their characters will track the predator from the first movie to a surprising discovery. This one is being directed by Alexandre Aja, who is currently filming in France. And HOCUS POCUS 3 is officially in the works, with original stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy back on board for more magical wackiness. There's no word yet on the plot.
Awkwafina, Anthony Ramos and Ken Jeong will star in the dark comedy KAET MIGHT DIE, the true story of a woman whose cancer diagnosis upends her carefully ordered life, and the a sense of humour required to cope with her overbearing family. Mercedes Bryce Morgan is directing. Bryce Dallas Howard and Violet McGraw will join Aaron Paul in ANYTHING BUT GHOSTS, which director Curry Barker is writing with Cooper Tomlinson. Presumably some sort of horror movie, plot are being kept under wraps. Barker and Tomlinson also have roles in the film. Karla Sofia Gascon, Daniela Vega and Lola Rodriguez will star in LAS MALAS, based on a book about a group of trans sex workers who adopt an abandoned baby. Armando Bo (Animal) is directing and cowriting with Josefina Licitra. Richard Gere will return to acting after an eight-year break, starring opposite Dana Silvers in ASYMMETRY, based on the novel about a famous author who discovers an unexpected chemistry with a young editorial assistant. Edward Zwick is directing. Dylan O'Brien and Lewis Pullman will star in BULLS, about a man who takes a last-ditch holiday to save his marriage, but instead ends up in a war with another woman's husband. James Morosini (I Love My Dad) is directing. Carrie Coon, Ben Platt and Lukas Gage will star in I AM NOT YOUR MOTHER, a psychological thriller about a first-time director who becomes obsessed with an iconic actress. Craig Johnson (The Skeleton Twins) is directing from a script he cowrote with Ryan O'Connell (Special). Wagner Moura, Ralph Fiennes and Colin Farrell will team up for ART, based on the award-winning play about long-term friends whose relationship is upended by a disagreement about the value of a pricey white painting. Fernando Meirelles is directing. Maisie Williams, Rory Kinnear and Lovi Poe will star in the London-set thriller IGNITION, about a woman who learns that a bomb has been planted in her car, and an anonymous phone call tells her to drive to the Royal Albert Hall. James Erskine (Copa 71) is writing and directing. Sam Worthington, Stephen Lang and Luke Bracey will star in the crime thriller EYES ALONG THE VALLEY, about detectives in 1950s Australia who team up to solve a series of missing person cases in the Outback, then stumble into a serial killer's trap. Kriv Stenders is directing. Cole Sprouse is joining the cast of the thriller HOT YEAR, about two childhood friends whose revenge plot against an ex-boyfriend takes a dark turn. The film also stars Kathryn Newton, Storm Reid, J Smith Cameron, Owen Painter and Dove Cameron. Roxy Sophie Sorkin (daughter of Aaron) is writing and directing. John Savage, Vincent Spano, Antonella Salvucci, Andrea Bruschi and Danny Kamensky will star in MELODIES IN THE FOREST, a drama about a world-famous conductor (Kevin Spacey) whose secret Nazi past comes back to haunt him. Roberto Lippolis is writing and directing. And Diego Luna is joining Kathryn Hahn in the live-action remake of TANGLED, the musical-comedy variation on the fairy tale about Rapunzel (Teagan Croft) and a handsome outlaw (Milo Manheim). Michael Gracey is directing.
Pedro Pascal, Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler and Tang Wei will star in THE BRIGANDS OF RATTLECREEK, a Western thriller directed by Park Chan Wook from a script by S Craig Zahler. It's about a sheriff who teams up with a doctor to stop bandits who are terrorising a small town during a thunderstorm. Vanessa Kirby and Lewis Pullman will star in THE SPACESUIT, a thriller about an astronaut who has an unnerving incident with her copilot just days before the mission is due to blast off. Kitty Green (The Assistant) is writing and directing. Tessa Thompson, Ebon Moss-Bacharach and Owen Cooper are lined up to star in the psychological thriller FOXFINDER, based on the play about a grieving couple whose life is disrupted by an officious government worker determined to root out a fox on their farm. Aoife McArdle is directing and cowriting the script with playwright Dawn King. Chris Evans is joining the starry ensemble cast of MY DARLING CALIFORNIA, alongside Jessica Chastain, Mikey Madison, Charles Melton, Don Cheadle and Chris Pine. It's about a single crime that weaves together the lives of disparate people in 1980 Los Angeles. Elijah Bynum (Magazine Dreams) is writing and directing. Catherine Zeta-Jones is joining Anthony Hopkins, Aneurin Barnard and Geraldine James in A VISIT TO GRANDPA'S, based on the Dylan Thomas story about a young boy who discovers mischief and imagination on a summer visit to his grandfather's remote Welsh farm. Director DJ Caruso is currently filming in Wales. Leo Woodall and Clemence Poesy will star in A WAITER IN PARIS, based on a memoir tracing the experiences of an over-educated British man trying to prove himself as a waiter in a French brasserie. Peter Hoar (The Last of Us) is directing from a script by Ben Hopkins. Paapa Essiedu is joining Charlize Theron, Demi Moore and Julia Garner in TYRANT, a thriller set in New York City's most elite fine dining scene. Plot details are being kept under wraps. David Weil (Hunters) is writing and directing. Emma Roberts will star in EXPIRATION DATES, based on the novel about a woman who receives mysterious notes telling her when each relationship will end. Then one man defies the prediction. Laura Lekkos is writing the script. Joe Alwyn, Erin Kellyman and Sophie Thatcher will star in CAVENDISH, a blackly comical thriller set amid the witch hunts of 17th century Great Britain, about two women who take on a tenacious witch hunter. Christopher Andrews (Bring Them Down) is writing and directing. Meanwhile, Ariane Labed will star in THE POSSESSED, which follows two women who escape from witch hunts in 17th century Europe by creating their own refuge. Then they capture a man, sparking a dark romantic triangle. Bosnian-Dutch writer-directgor Ena Sendijarevic (Sweet Dreams) is making her English-language debut. After stealing scenes in Marty Supreme, Abel Ferrara will remain in front of the camera for THE NIGHT BURNS, playing a gangster in a story about a group of 20-year-old addicts who stage drug-fuelled robberies at nightclubs. Costars include Giovanni De Maria and Raika Hazanavicius. First-time director Angelica Gallo is currently filming in Rome. And Brian Helgeland will adapt the DJANGO/ZORRO comic books for the big screen. Written by Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner, the comics were a crossover sequel about bounty hunter Django (Jamie Foxx in Django Unchained) and Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins in The Mask of Zorro). OLDER NEWS >> | ||
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 Rage against the machine DANCE: Jefta van Dinther brings his hypnotic music and dance piece Remachine to Sadler's Wells East...  Joyful mischief DANCE: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo celebrate their 50th anniversary on a delightful UK tour until 24th June...  Art, absinthe and anarchy STAGE: The Lost Estate immerses us in 1890s Paris for Chat Noir!, in West Kensington through the summer...  We own this city STAGE: Mark Gatiss leads Brecht's electrifying The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at RSC Swan until 30th May...  April TV Roundup SCREEN: Beef 2, Jury Duty 2, Bridgerton 4, Starfleet Academy, Bait, The Madison, Paradise 2, Rooster, more... INTERVIEW: talking with Bill Condon and Tonatiuh about Kiss of the Spider Woman... DANCE: Shobana Jeyasingh's We Caliban, a twist on The Tempest at Sadler's East... DANCE: Dorrance Dance's explosive The Center Will Not Hold at Sadler's Wells... STAGE: Stephen Brower's Palatable Gay Robot at Udderbelly Boulevard... FEB TV: The Beauty, Heated Rivalry, Stranger Things 5, The Night Manager 2, Wonder Man, Industry 4, more... INTERVIEW: Rohan Kanawade talks about his acclaimed romance Cactus Pears... STAGE: Where There Is No Time grapples with art and commerce, at Seven Dials... DANCE: Pina Bausch's evocative Sweet Mambo at Sadler's Wells... STAGE: The Wedding explores social contracts at Sadler's Wells East...
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