Thursday, December 28, 2017

In Development

And Then There Were None: The large ensemble cast of the latest adaptation of Agatha Christie's And There Were None has been completed with the additions of Cillian Murphy (Dunkirk, "Peaky Blinders") and Kit Harington ("Game of Thrones", Lancelot). Murphy has been cast as Thomas Rogers, Kate Beckinsale's husband and the butler of the estate. Harington has been cast as Anthony Marston, a handsome but amoral young man. Joe Wright directs from a script by James Morgan.

Dino Crisis: Matt Reeves' video game adaptation Dino Crisis has added Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Sicario) and Nicolaj Coster-Waldau (Headhunters, "Game of Thrones"). Kaluuya will play a computer expert, while Coster-Waldau will play an experienced special forces operative. They join the already cast Karen Gillan. Billy Cruder wrote the script based on the 1999 PlayStation game.

Velvet: Robert Pattinson now has company in the cast of David Cronenberg's latest film, Velvet, with the casting of Tatiana Maslany (Stronger, "Orphan Black") and Tim Robbins (Maria, Green Lantern). Maslany will play Pattinson's wife. Robbins will play the US Ambassador to Russia, Pattinson's boss and Maslany's father.

Planet LV 426: One half of the directing duo, the Russo brothers, Anthony Russo (Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier), has been hired to direct this film set within the Alien universe. In addition to his hiring, the film has also added two actors to the project: Frank Grillo (The Purge: Election Year, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Jacob Tremblay (Wonder, the upcoming The Child Martyr). Grillo has been cast as a soldier on the title planet, while Tremblay has been cast as a boy growing up at a mining colony.

Atlas Shrugged: The second film in the deal with Ayn Rand's estate will be what is being called a proper adaptation of the author's most famed novel, Atlas Shrugged. The studio has hired Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation, "True Detective") to direct the film with Charlize Theron (Atomic Blonde, Mad Max: Fury Road) and Ben Affleck (The Town, Justice League) in talks for two of the lead roles. Theron will portray Dagny Taggart, hero of the story and the runner of Taggart Transcontinental railroads. Affleck will portray Hank Rearden, owner of the most important steel company in the US and a romantic interest of Theron's.

The Secret History: Last Resort Films has optioned the rights to the novel The Secret History by Donna Tartt, which will be directed by Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Life of Pi) from a screenplay by Clive Steinbeck (the upcoming Eclipse). Leading the film will be Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name, Paradise Lost) and Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver, The Fault in Our Stars). Chalamet will play a lower-class college freshman who goes to a prestigious college in Vermont. Elgort will play a rich student who belongs to a small Classics class that Chalamet's character becomes involved with.

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