Monday, March 26, 2018

In Development

Alan Wake: Tom Cruise's latest film has completed its cast with the additions of Brent Sexton (The Belko Experiment, "Bosch"), Sissy Spacek (Pudd'nhead Wilson, "Bloodline"), Tom Wilkinson (Snowden, Unfinished Business), Jake Johnson ("New Girl", Jurassic World) and Anjelica Huston (The Wolf Man, The Big Year). Sexton will play an FBI agent, Spacek will play a local woman, Wilkinson will play the head of the local mental institute, Johnson will play a park ranger, and Huston will play a mysterious writer from the 1970s. David Slade directs from a script by APJ.

Lullabies for Little Criminals: Odette Annable ("Pure Genius", "Supergirl") and Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water, Hidden Figures) have joined Ava DuVernay and Mo Buck's gritty drama Lullabies for Little Criminals. Annable will play the wife of Chris Pine and mother of Mackenzie Foy, while Spencer will play an agent with child protective services.

The Life Ahead: Anthony Hopkins ("Westworld", Transformers: The Last Knight) and Abby Ryder Fortson (Ant-Man, "Togetherness") will round out the cast of Lynne Ramsay's The Life Ahead. Ryder will play an orphan Charlie Cox looks after, while Hopkins will play Cox's father. Jack Ryder wrote the script.

Hawkeye: Adrianne Palicki (John Wick, "The Orville"), Vincent Piazza (Jersey Boys, "Boardwalk Empire"), Brian Thompson (The Extendables, Trafficked) and Linda Cardellini (Daddy's Home 2, The Founder) have joined the anticipated Hawkeye film. Palicki will reprise her "Agents of SHIELD" role as Mockingbird, Piazza will play a criminal, Thompson will play the imposing villain John Nash, and Cardellini will reprise her Avengers: Age of Ultron role as Renner's wife. The Jeremy Renner-led film is set to be the first release of Season 5.

True West: Matthew McConaughey (Blood Meridian, American Outlaws) and Bradley Cooper (Paradise Lost, Burnt) will star in an adaptation of Sam Shepard's acclaimed play True West. Cooper will play a Hollywood screenwriter, while McConaughey will play his older criminal, drifter brother. John Wells (August: Osage County, Burnt) will direct from a script by Dwight Gallo (American Playboy, Blackwater).

Sisters: Elle Fanning (Home Again, The Neon Demon) and Dakota Fanning ("The Alienist", Effie Gray) will star in a suspenseful drama film about the Papin Sisters. Chan-wook Park (Hunt, Snowpiercer) will direct the film from a script by Andrew Doster.

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