Tuesday, December 26, 2017

In Development


The Child Martyr: Rounding out the cast of Jean-Marc Vallee's latest drama are Noah Schnapp ("Stranger Things", Bridge of Spies) and Elsie Fisher (Despicable Me, McFarland, USA). They have been cast as Brie Larson's children from a previous marriage.

101: Rising stars Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect 2, The Edge of Seventeen) and Ezra Miller (Justice League, Perks of Being a Wallflower) have signed onto to co-star in 101 from writer Mo Buck and director Denis Villeneuve. They will play a young couple held hostage during an incident at their high school.

Mona Lisa: Sami Gayle (Detachment, "Blue Bloods") and Kaitlyn Dever ("Justified", Short Term 12) will finalize the cast of Antonio Campos' new film Mona Lisa. Sami Gayle will play a friend and colleague of Penelope Cruz's, while Dever will play Mickey Rourke's daughter that wants to reconnect with him.

And Then There Were None:
The impressive cast of And Then There Were None continues to get more impressive with the additions of Ben Whishaw (Skyfall, The Lobster) and Matthew Goode (Watchmen, The Associate). Whishaw will play Philip Lombard, a soldier of fortune. Goode will play William Blore, a former police inspector turned private investigator.

Dino Crisis: Following the huge success of Creature from the Black Lagoon, director Matt Reeves (War for the Planet of the Apes, Creature from the Black Lagoon) has been hired to direct this video game adaptation from writer Billy Cruder. Frequent blockbuster scene-stealer Karen Gillan (Splinter Cell, Guardians of the Galaxy) has been cast in the lead role, a memberf of a special forces team that must survive a government facility that is overrun with time-displaced dinosaurs.

Velvet: Last Resort Films has optioned Velvet, a script by writer Lon Charles that will reteam director David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises, Cosmopolis) and actor Robert Pattinson (Roanoke, The Lost City of Z). Pattinson will play a US diplomatic employee in Russia that gets caught up in drugs, sex, kidnapping and extortion.

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