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Spurious rumour has it that Taylor Swift and Demi Moore are being lined up for the lead roles as the villainous Mother Gothel and the heroic Rapunzel in Disney's live-action remake of their musical romcom fairy tale TANGLED. Michael Gracey is lined up to direct from a script by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. Kathryn Hahn has also been mentioned for Gothel. Brad Pitt will reteam with Fury director David Ayer for HEART OF THE BEAST, a survival adventure about a former Navy Seal who is stranded in the remote Alaska wilderness with his combat dog. Damien Chazelle is producing the film; the script is by Cameron Alexander. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock will be back for a 25-years-later sequel to their 1998 cult hit PRACTICAL MAGIC, about sisters who have been raised as witches and must use magic to survive an abusive boyfriend. Akiva Goldsman is back to write the screenplay, with Susanne Bier directing this time. Charlie XCX will produce and star in THE MOMENT. There's no word yet on the plot, but this is among several forthcoming films featuring the singer, including Gregg Araki's thriller I WANT YOUR SEX, alongside Olivia Wilde and Mason Gooding, and Cathy Yan's art-world satire THE GALLERIST, with Natalie Portman, Catherine Zeta Jones and Da'Vine Joy Randolph. Awkwafina is teaming up with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Ritchson for the holiday action comedy THE MAN WITH THE BAG, as Santa uses his naughty list to find a thief who can help him recover his stolen bag of gifts. Adam Shankman is directing. Jackie Chan has reteamed with Ride On director Larry Yang for THE SHADOW'S EDGE, a Macau-set action thriller about a retired surveillance expert who is hired by local police to mentor young detectives who are trying to stop a violent gang. Costars include Tony Leung Ka-fai, rising stars Zhang Zifeng (Sister) and Ci Shja (Creation of the Gods), and K-pop sensation Jun. Theo Rossi has joined the cast of the darkly comical thriller THE SAVIORS, alongside Adam Scott, Danielle Deadwyler and Ron Perlman. It's about a suburban couple whose life upends when they rent out their garage to mysterious tenants. Kevin Hamedani is directing from a script he wrote with Travis Betz. John Ridley will write and direct a film adaptation of Isaac Asimov's 1954 novel THE CAVES OF STEEL, set on an overpopulated Earth where people live in giant domed cities. The story centres on a detective who is reluctantly teamed with a robot to solve a high-profile murder mystery. The book has two sequels. Zach Cregger (Barbarian) will direct another reboot of RESIDENT EVIL, the zombie-battling videogame series that has been adapted into a number of films and TV series over the past two decades. Apparently, Cregger plans to take the premise back to its original horror roots. And Robert Eggers is reteaming with The Northman writer Sjon to make two new projects. WERWULF is a horror movie set in 13th century England, while the second film is a sequel to the 1986 musical fantasy LABYRINTH, which has been in the works for several years.
Zendaya, Ariana Grande and Sydney Sweeney are the first picks to star in a remake of the 1980 workplace comedy classic 9 TO 5, about three secretaries who are tires of having their ideas stolen, so they kidnap their sexist boss and work out a way to cash in on his embezzled funds. Diablo Cody is writing the script, while Jennifer Aniston is producing and costarring. Meanwhile, Sweeney is lined up to star in THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, based on the Edgar Allen Poe story about a group of people who are quarantined from a deadly plague, so they decide to throw a party. But things turn nasty. Charlie Polinger is writing and directing. Ryan Gosling is teaming up with Shawn Levy to star in a STAR WARS movie written by Jonathan Tropper (The Adam Project). There's no word on the plot, but it will be a stand-alone film separate from other franchise projects. Colman Domingo is joining Bill Skarsgard in DEAD MAN'S WIRE, based on the true story of a property developer who in 1977 took a mortgage banker hostage then demanded both cash and an apology. Director Gus Van Sant is currently filming in Kentucky from a script by Austin Kolodney. Amandla Stenberg, Thuso Mbedu, Damson Idris and Tosin Cole will star in CHILDREN OF BLOOD & BONE, an action fantasy about a young woman in Africa who embarks on a quest to retrieve the magic that a ruthless king stole from her people. Costars include Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Regina King and Lashana Lynch. Gina Prince-Blythewood is directing from a script by novelist Tomi Adeyemi. Tom Blyth is joining Matt Dillon, Mia McKenna-Bruce and Isaach De Bankole in THE CRY OF THE GUARDS, which is set over a single night in Senegal as a man demands the release of his brother's body after an industrial accident. Claire Denis is directing. Dylan O'Brien is joining Rachel McAdams in SEND HELP, Sam Raimi's next thriller. It's about a woman who is stranded on a desert island with her irritating and inept boss after they are the only survivors of a plane crash. And they need to work together to survive. The script is by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. Jon Bernthal is joining the cast of THE ODYSSEY, Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's epic 8th century poem tracing a hero's adventure-filled journey home after the Trojan War. The cast includes Matt Damon, Zendaya, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlize Theron and Robert Pattinson. Lee Isaac Chung will direct THE TRAVELER, a family drama based on the novel about a middle-aged biologist who finds himself randomly jumping through time, Slaughterhouse-Five style. The script is by Justin Rhodes (Terminator: Dark Fate). And Jean-Claude Van Damme will be back for the surprise sequel KICKBOXER: ARMAGEDDON, which has already completed production. This is the seventh film in the series, which launched in 1989. Alain Mousi and Georges St-Pierre are also back. Dimitri Logothetis is writing and directing.
Cameron Diaz says she would be open to returning to her 1994 debut role for a sequel to THE MASK. Jim Carrey has also said he would be up for reprising his role as a bank clerk who transforms into an outrageous superhero. Diaz says she'd also be up for reteaming with Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu for another CHARLIE'S ANGELS adventure. Margot Robbie is producing a horror film, adapting the online comic STAGTOWN for the big screen. It's set in an isolated town where the residents try to ignore the odd things happening around them. Effects expert Benjamin Brewer (Everything Everywhere All at Once) is writing and directing. Thandiwe Newton and Steve Zahn have joined the ANACONDA remake, alongside Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Selton Mello and Ione Skye. This version is about a group of friends who travel to the rainforest to remake a favourite childhood film. Tom Gormican is directing from a script he wrote with Kevin Etten. Emily Beecham and David Krumholtz are joining the cast of SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW, which stars Milly Alcock as Superman's even more powerful cousin. Costars include Jason Momoa, Matthias Schoenaerts and Eve Ridley. Craig Gillespie is directing. Cosmo Jarvis is joining the cast of WIFE & DOG, alongside Rosamund Pike, Benedict Cumberbatch and Anthony Hopkins. The plot is being kept tightly under wraps. Guy Ritchie is directing. Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game) and Son Ye-jin (Thirty Nine) will star in NO OTHER CHOICE, the next film by Park Chan-wook. It's about a man who gets tired of being unemployed, so he comes up with a plan to eliminate his competition. Bunny Levine, Adam Lebowitz-Lockard, Dree Hemingway, Connie Shi, Morgana Shaw and Ken Lerner will star in OMI, a comedy about a guy who is possessed by the spirit of his dead Yiddish grandmother, just after proposing to his non-Jewish girlfriend. Emily Lerer is directing from a script by Lebowitz-Lockard. Serena Motola, Seiya Matsudo and Ray Shirakawa will star in SEASONS, an epic tale about a couple destined to fall in love but held apart by a vengeful soul. The story spans a century and will be shot in London, New York, Vancouver and Nepal. Anky Cyriaque is directing from a script by Kalman Apple. Chris McKay will direct BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD, based on the first novel in the Ruinous Love trilogy, a pitch-black romantic comedy about two serial killers whose rivalry leads them to target other murderers as they try to outdo each other. Laura Kosann is writing the script. And rumour has it that Uma Thurman is being lined up to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Of course, no one is saying who she might play or what projects she might appear in. Her last comic book movie was 1997's Batman & Robin.
Greta Lee and Wagner Moura will star in 11817, a survival thriller about a family that is inexplicably confined to their house, unable to leave. And their supplies of food begin to run out, forcing them to both find solutions and figure out what's going on. Louis Leterrier is directing. Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson will be back for a sequel to ALIEN: ROMULUS, and filmmaker Fede Alvarez is working on the script. He says he plans to take the franchise somewhere it's never been before. Like Romulus, this film will also be set between Alien and Aliens. Rising star Mia McKenna-Bruce will star in Claire Denis' new film THE CRY OF THE GUARDS, replacing Riley Keough in the cast alongside Matt Dillon and Isaach De Bankole. The plot centres on a group of people who get caught up with a man who demands the release of his brother's body after an industrial accident. Filming starts next week in Senegal. Joel McHale has joined the cast of SCREAM VII, alongside the returning Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown, plus McKenna Grace, Celeste O'Connor, Anna Camp and Isabel May. The very first movie's screenwriter Kevin Williamson is directing from a script by Gary Busick. Filming is underway. Alex Essoe and Lou Taylor Pucci will star in THE AVALANCHE, a psychological thriller about ex-lovers who are trapped in a cabin on a mountain, while secrets emerge and danger lurks. Debut writer-director Johnny Coffeen begins filming this month. Leila Bekhti (The Eddy) will star in CHANGING THE FLOWER WATER, based on the novel about a cemetery caretaker who works with a police commissioner to solve a mystery surrounding a couple that is buried there. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) is directing. William Sadler, Corbin Bernsen, Brittany Allen, Eric Nelson and Jim Cummings will star in the horror adventure THE YETI, which is set around the search for a missing oil tycoon and explorer in far-north Alaska. Writer-directors Gene Gallerano and William Pisciotta start filming this month in Buffalo, New York. Brazilian soap star Murilo Benicio and teen star Kevin Vechiatto will play the lead roles in NICO, a comedy about a cancelled comic and his estranged sensitive son who reunite for a 30-hour road trip in an overpacked car. Mariana Youssef is directing from a script by Filipe Serra. Spike Lee is developing a military comedy-drama titled LIBERTY, which he plans to produce and direct. The plot is described as in the vein of the Hal Ashby classic The Last Detail, about cadets on a wild night out. The project reteams him with writers Rebecca Murga and Jalysa Conway, as they are also putting together a coming-of-age military series. And romcom veterans director Donald Petrie (Miss Congeniality) and writer Karen McCullah (Legally Blonde) will team up for THE LAST RESORT, about a hotel executive sent to scout a new potential resort in the Philippines, where she meets a charming expat pilot. << NEWER NEWS | |
S T A G E & M O R E beyond the big screen... | ||
December TV Roundup SCREEN: Disclaimer, A Man on the Inside, Monsters, Perfect Couple, Only Murders 4, Heartstopper 3 and more... This is the greatest show STAGE: Riches and Kearns are hilarious as Ball and Boe for 14 nights only at Soho Theatre... A gleeful panto mashup STAGE: Potted Panto makes a triumphant return to Wilton's Music Hall for the holidays. Walk away the blues DANCE: Rosas brings Exit Above, an extraordinary explosion of movement, to Sadler's Wells... COMEDY: Larry Dean takes his must-see Dodger on tour until April...
INTERVIEW: An encounter with COMEDY: Paly & Jay bring their Ultimate Roadshow to London... STAGE: Tom Gaskinbrings his endearing, impressive Filibuster to Jackson's Lane...
DANCE: Chicos Mambo bring Tutu STAGE: Emma Hemingford's new play Foreverland at Southwark Playhouse Borough... DANCE: Frontiers showcases Canadian choreographers at Sadler's Wells... DANCE: Akram Khan brings his powerful take on Giselle to Sadler's Wells... STAGE: The Sex Lives of Puppets returns for another run at Southwark until 28th Sep... AUGUST TV ROUNDUP: The Bear 3, Shogun, The Boys 4, The Acolyte, Fallout, The Curse... DANCE: London City Ballet's Resurgence at Sadler's Wells...
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