Friday, December 1, 2017

In Development

Share: Having already made the news for its unique casting negotiations, new writer Jack Ryder's sci-fi thriller Share has lured in Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, Dracula Origins) to direct. The cast already consists of the announced cameos from stars Ralph Fiennes (Jack the Ripper, Coriolanus)and Penelope Cruz (Murder on the Orient Express, The Counselor).

Peter and the Starcatchers: Ciaran Hinds (Justice League, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Kevin Durand (Skin Tight, "The Strain") have signed on to the family-friendly Peter Pan prequel. Hinds will play a veteran pirate. Durand will play Little Richard, the world's smallest giant. Jon M. Chu directs.

Splinter Cell: Colin Hanks ("Life in Pieces", Parkland) and Chin Han (The Dark Knight, 2012) have signed on to play supporting characters to the Tom Cruise starring Splinter Cell. Hanks will play a computer hacker, while Han will play a rogue Chinese general working with the Georgian villains.

Akira: Idris Elba (The Dark Towe, Thor: Ragnarok) and Ken Watanabe (Hiroshima, Godzilla) will join Dylan O'Brien and Ezra Miller in James McTeigue's Akira. Elba will play a mysterious colonel in charge of a secret project involving psychic test subjects. Watanabe will play Dr. Onishi, head scientist of the project.

Solution: In exchange for appearing in Share, Ralph Fiennes has received the greenlight to direct and star in this theatrical drama about the Wannsee Conference, where German officials during World War II discuss how to approach the "Jewish question." Fiennes will portray Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, deputy hear of the Reich Chancellory.

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