In Development

Obsession: Hot off the success of Spawn, Idris Elba (Spawn, Star Trek Beyond) has signed on for Mo Buck's latest film, Obsession, directed by David Lynch. Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures, The Shape of Water) has also signed on to play Elba's wife. They will play patients of the peculiar psychologist played by Michael Shannon.

Lost Planet: Ali Larter (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter), Josh Pence (Star Trek: Enterprise, La La Land) and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaye (Sherwood, Suicide Squad) have been cast in video game adaptation Lost Planet from director Dan Trachtenberg and writer Billy Cruder. Pence and Akinnuoye-Agbaye will play NEVEC soldiers, while Larter will play a woman Aaron Taylor-Johnson's lead character encounters.

Texas Rangers: John Malone and Scott Cooper's upcoming western film has added the talents of Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One, Deprogramming), Joel Edgerton (Red Sparrow, Gorky Park), Bryan Cranston (Uncharted, Life on Mars) and O'Shea Jackson Jr. (Den of Thieves, Straight Outta Compton) to its cast. Edgerton has been cast as Leander McNelly, Texas Rangers captain. Cranston will play a cattle baron who convinces McNelly to form a team to stop the band of outlaws led by Oscar Isaac. Sheridan will play a farmer who joins the Rangers, while Jackson will play a Northerner who joins up.



Mortal Kombat: The heroes of the story have already been cast, now it's time for the villains. Ken Watanabe (Mass Effect: Cerberus, Akira), Dave Bautista (Carbon, The Grind), Manu Bennett (Nation's Pride, Masters of the Universe) and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ("Game of Thrones", Kickboxer: Retaliation) have all joined the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot. Watanabe will play Outworld sorcerer Shang Tsung, Bautista will play Outworld emperor Shao Khan, Bennett will play international criminal Kano, and Björnsson has been cast as the four-armed Outworld champion, Goro. Gareth Evans directs the film from a script by APJ and Chad Taylor.

White Tiger: Writer Jack Ryder (Standing Back, The Grind) is back in the world of Marvel with a film based on the character White Tiger. Benicio del Toro will play the lead role, Hector Ayala / White Tiger, a vigilante granted powers from an amulet. Eiza Gonzalez (Baby Driver, "From Dusk till Dawn: The Series") and Ed Harris (Halo 3, "Westworld") have also signed on to the film. Gonzalez will play del Toro's niece who takes up his cause, while Harris will play a criminal kingpin. J.A. Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Birth of Frankenstein).

The Lady in the Lake: Joel & Ethan Coen (An Honest Mistake, Hail, Caesar!) are back to work for Last Resort Films, this time tackling a film based on the Raymond Chandler novel The Lady in the Lake. Coen Brothers regular George Clooney (High Society, Money Monster) will portray private detective Philip Marlowe, who is investigating the case of a missing woman. Dwight Gallo (Shōgun, Heavy Rain) wrote the adaptation.