Saturday, April 14, 2018

In Development

Dishonest: Lewis Tan ("Into the Badlands", "Iron Fist"), Martin Freeman (Black Panther, Pudd'nhead Wilson), Angela Bassett (Black Panther, London Has Fallen) and Forest Whitaker (Black Panther, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) will round out the cast of the Ryan Coogler-helmed, Jack Ryder-penned espionage film Dishonest. Lewis Tan will play a colleague of Michael B. Jordan's, while the trio of Martin Freeman, Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker will all play representatives from the various warring regions of the story.

Nocturne: Kristen Connolly (The Wizard of Lies, "Zoo"), Farrah Mackenzie (Logan Lucky, Amanda McKay) and Jacob Tremblay (Wonder, Tumulus) have all joined Reese Witherspoon and Jeremy Renner in Reed Morano and Clive Steinbeck's upcoming supernatural thriller Nocturne. Connolly will play a woman whose son (Jacob Tremblay) is abducted by a supernatural creature, while Mackenzie will play Tremblay's traumatized sister.

Cape Torment: Michael Mann's latest continues to add to its all-star cast with the additions of Hailee Steinfeld (Cyrano de Bergerac, Last Rites), Diane Kruger (The Child Martyr, "The Bridge") and David Strathairn (Hiroshima, Femme Fatale). Steinfeld will play Benedict Cumberbatch's mistress, Kruger will play Cumberbatch's wife, and Strathairn will play a judge.

Mass Effect: Cerberus: The upcoming Mass Effect spin-off has added Will Yun Lee (San Andreas, The Wolverine), Ken Watanabe (Akira, Hiroshima) and Fatima Ptacek (Before O Disappear, Anything is Possible). Lee will play an assassin, Watanabe will play a scientist, and Ptacek will play a biotic and Bradley Cooper's adoptive daughter. Alfonso Cuaron is directing the film from a script by Seth Overton.

Booster Gold: Last Resort Films' latest DC Comics superhero project has quietly been shooting for a while now, but news is just now coming out. We already know that Billy Magnussen (An Honest Mistake, Game Night) will play the lead hero, who travels back in time with superhero technology. Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie) have been confirmed to be directing the project. Scoot McNairy (The Associate, Blue Beetle) will reportedly reprise his role as Ted Kord / Blue Beetle from the Season 2 film of the same name. Chad Taylor wrote the script.

The Life of the Party: Steven Spielberg will direct a film for the studio for the first time since the first season with the Lon Charles-written project The Life of the Party, which will detail the highly publicized rape and manslaughter trials of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Eric Stonestreet (The Loft, "Modern Family") will play Arbuckle, while Rhys Darby (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) and Elizabeth Gillies ("Dynasty", Vacation) will join him in supporting roles. Darby will play fellow film star Buster Keaton and Gillies will play Virginia Rappe, the woman Arbuckle was accused of raping before her death.

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