Friday, June 29, 2018

In Development

Heavy Rain: Abigail Spencer ("Timeless", Alien: Isolation), Gary Cole (Small Crimes, Blockers) and Jacob Tremblay (Tumulus, Nocturne) will round out the cast of Adam Wingard and Dwight Gallo's video game adaptation Heavy Rain. Spencer will play Jake Gyllenhaal's ex-wife, Gary Cole will play an FBI agen, and Tremblay will play Gyllenhaal's son.

Standing Back: Brandon Mychal Smith (Dirty Grandpa, "You're the Worst"), Trevor Jackson ("Grown-ish", Burning Sands), Ki Hong Lee (Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Wish Upon) and Ryan Guzman (Armed, Everybody Wants Some!!) have all joined Standing Back, the soccer-themed drama from writer Jack Ryder and director Tom Hooper.

Scion: Taylor Kitsch (Atlantic City, Hawkman) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (The Raven in the Night, The Price of Fame) will round out the cast to the original sci-fi epic from writers John Malone and Chad Taylor. Kitsch will play the aggressive security officer for the interplanetary mission led by Russell Crowe. Ejiofor (under prosthetic make-up and digital enhancements) will play the chief of a civilization on a planet Crowe and his crew try to settle on. Jeff Nichols is directing the film.

2060: Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge, Berlin Syndrome), Ana de Armas (Girl/Girl, Blade Runner 2049) and Laura Vandervoort (Jigsaw, "Bitten") have signed on to Marc Forster and Jack Slipter's upcoming science fiction film 2060. They will play women the two leads (played by Emile Hirsch and Richard Madden) find themselves being cared by following their waking up from a hibernation experiment.

Trip: Olivia Cooke and Katherine Langford will have company on their "trip" with Zoe Kravitz ("Big Little Lies", Kin), Harris Dickinson (Beach Rats, "Trust"), Wyatt Russell (Goon: Last of the Enforcers, Everbody Wants Some!!) and Emory Cohen (War Machine, "The OA") all joining the project. Cohen will play the girls' older brother who works for the Grateful Dead, Dickinson will play Cooke's love interest, while Kravitz and Russell will play a couple of "Deadheads". The small, but high-profile role of Grateful Dead front man Jerry Garcia is the only part yet to be announced. Sean Baker is directing the film from a script by Chad Taylor.

Halo 3: Timothy Olyphant ("Justified", "Santa Clarita Diet"), Andy Serkis (Black Panther, Peter and the Starcatchers) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Brigsby Bear) will be the only new faces in the Halo universe this time around. Olyphant will play a Convenant who fights against the Prophet of Truth, Serkis will portray a character known as the Gravemind, and Hamill will lend his voice to a robotic character. Gareth Edwards once again directs from a script by Mo Buck.

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