Saturday, April 28, 2018

In Development

The Beatles: Grace Gummer ("Mr. Robot", "Extant"), Isaac Hempstead Wright ("Game of Thrones", Closed Circuit) and Lisa Vicari ("Dark", Luna's Revenge) will round out the cast of Ron Howard's upcoming Beatles biopic. Gummer will play Linda McCartney, Wright will play original Beetles bassist Stu Sutcliffe, and Vicari will play Sutcliffe's love interest Astrid Kirchher. Chad Taylor wrote the film.

Resident Evil: Alexander Ludwig ("Vikings", When the Game Stands Tall), Ben Barnes ("Westworld, "The Punisher"), Frank Dillane (Paradise Lost, "Fear the Walking Dead") and Josh Stewart (The Finest Hours, The Mummy) have all joined James Wan's Resident Evil reboot from writer Carl Flimmer. They are all members of the STARS police team that find themselves at odds against a zombie outbreak.

Fevre Dream: Emily Blunt (Bride of Frankenstein, And Then There Were None) and Walton Goggins (Blood Meridian, Death and All His Friends) will join the already star-studded cast of the vampire film Fevre Dream. Blunt will play a powerful and alluring vampire, while Goggins will play a human servant to the vampires. Cary Fukunaga directs the film.

Detective James: Jason Momoa (Justice League, Braven) and Jorge Garcia (Steins Gate, "Hawaii Five-0") have joined Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk in the comedy Detective James. They will play two men native to the island the TV actors played by Fillion and Tudyk are shipwrecked on. Colin Trevorrow directs the film in a return to comedy based on a script by Jack Ryder.

Sinkhole: Adam Driver (Logan Lucky, Blood Meridian), Jessica Chastain (Blood Countess, The Prisoner) and Sarah Gadon (Halo 2, "Alias Grace") will star in Sinkhole, a new drama from director Derek Cianfrance (Femme Fatale, The Place Beyond the Pines) and writer Chad Taylor (A Farewell to Arms, Booster Gold). Driver will play a man who rescues a busload of kids following an accident, while Gadon will play his pregnant wife. Chastain plays a journalist sent to interview Driver who uncovers secrets about his past.

Halo: ODST: First there was a Mass Effect spin-off, now there is a Halo spin-off set to hit the big screen. Halo: ODST will follow an elite group of Marines with a cast led by Kit Harington (And Then There Were None, Lancelot), Amber Heard (Justice League, I Do...Until I Don't) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (The Job, Dino Crisis). Writer Dominic Wilkins will make his debut with the film which will be directed by David Yates (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Legend of Tarzan).

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