Monday, January 29, 2018

In Development

Mass Effect: Casting has wrapped up on Rian Johnson's Mass Effect with the additions of Dominic Purcell ("Prison Break", "Legends of Tomorrow"), Andre Braugher (The Gambler, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine") and Seth Green (The Story of Luke, "Dads"). Purcell has been cast as Urdnot Wrex, performing motion capture and voice work for a large, intimidating alien helping the lead characters. Braugher has been cast as David Anderson, a human war hero. Green has been cast as Jeff "Joker" Moreau, reprising his role from the video game as the wisecracking pilot.

Blood Countess: Angela Sarafyan (The Promise, "Westworld"), Sean Bean (the upcoming Hawkman, The Job) and Rhys Ifans (Roanoke, The Amazing Spider-Man) have all joined the Jessica Chastain-led Blood Countess. Sarafyan will play the lover of Gyorgy Thurzo (Mads Mikkelsen), Sean Bean will play King Mathias II, and Rhys Ifans will play a monk. Jennifer Kent directs from Clive Steinbeck's original screenplay.

Pudd'nhead Wilson: The cast of the peculiar Mark Twain adaptation has been completed. Zachary Quinto (The Fountainhead, Star Trek Beyond), Eli Roth (Aftershock, Inglourious Basterds), Stephen Amell ("Arrow", Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows) and Josh Hartnett ("Penny Dreadful", 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain) have all joined the film. Quinto and Roth will play brothers, Harnett will play a slave owner, while Amell will play a duel participant. Ava DuVernay is directing the Jack Ryder-penned adaptation.

V: Karl Urban (Thor: Ragnarok, Star Trek Beyond) and Onata Aprile (About Scout, What Maisie Knew) have rounded out the cast of V from writer John Malone and director Duncan Jones. Urban will play a mercenary who joins the alien resistance, while Aprile will play a human-alien hybrid.

Heart of Stone: The "terrific trio" of Brie Larson (The Fountainhead, The Child Martyr), director Jean-Marc Vallee (The Child Martyr, Maria) and writer Mo Buck (The Child Martyr, Inferno) are back at it again with an adaptation of Claude-Henri Grignon's 1933 novel "Un homme et son péché" (A man and his sin). Larson will lead the cast as a woman who marries an older man to pay off her father's debt, despite being in love with another man.

The Wolfman: Yet another new entry in the Last Resort Film Monster Universe will hit the big screens with the addition of The Wolfman. Javier Bardem (Skyfall, the upcoming Mass Effect) will star as the titular character. James Mangold (Logan, 3:10 to Yuma) has been hired to direct the film.

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