Thursday, February 29, 2024

In Development

 
Mimsley and Me: In addition to directing the film, Frank Oz will also lend his expertise controlling the puppet and providing the voice for a puppet character in the film. Professional puppeteers Noel MacNeal and Steve Whitmire will also be lending their services and voices to some other puppet characters as well. Jacob Jones penned the script.

The Shadow: Christopher McDonald (D.I.C.K., Rosaline), James Frain (Green Lantern Corps: Sinestro War, The Architect) and Boris Kodjoe (Justice League Unlimited, "Station 19") are set to round out the cast of the pulp hero adaptation The Shadow. McDonald will play a doctor, Frain a thief, and Kodjoe a henchman to the main villain (played by Joe Taslim). Francis Lawrence directs from a script by Diane Esposito.

My Sister: My Sister is also finishing up its cast with the final additions of Aldis Hodge ("City on a Hill", Black Adam) and Folake Olowofoyeku ("Bob Hearts Abishola", Death Race 2050). Mati Diop directs from a script by Rosie JoLove. The film is based on the novel My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.

Vampire: Katherine Langford (Skin, American Idiot) and Tom Bateman (Thirteen Lives, Death on the Nile) are set to join the Samara Weaving-led drama/thriller, Vampire. Robert Eggers is directing the film. The script was written by Ben Collins, based on the 1915 silent film, A Fool There Was.

Starman: Joe Keery (House Without End, 7 Days) was announced as the leading man of Starman, the latest DC Comics Adaptation, based on the 1990s comic series from James Robinson. Keery will play Jack Knight, the youngest son in a family of superheroes, forced to take over his father's mantle as Starman even though he's perfectly happy running his small antique shop. Richard Gere (Coma, Maybe I Do) has been cast as his father, Ted Knight, the original Starman. Ashton Kutcher (Pudd'nhead Wilson, "The Ranch") has also signed on to join the project in a supporting role as David Knight, Jack's classically superheroic older brother. Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers ("Stranger Things", Hidden) are set to direct the film from a script by Roy Horne (Scarlet, The Hammer of Thor).

Under the Influence: Sandra Bullock (Attraction/Deception, The Hazel Wood) and Robert Downey Jr. (The Beat Goes On, Harvard Psychology) are set to star in a new drama/thriller Under the Influence. Bullock will play a mother who recently dropped her daughter off at college. The daughter will be played by Thomasin McKenzie (The Pull of the Stars, Letters). McKenzie's college roommate will be played by Madelyn Cline (Flick, Friday the 13th). Downey Jr. will play the ex-con father of Cline's character who takes up residence in her dorm room and becomes an unwelcome fixture on campus. Andrew Dominik (To the White Sea, White Jazz) has been hired to direct the film, based on a script by Chad Taylor (The Omen, The Beat Goes On).

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