Wednesday, August 22, 2018

In Development

Plastic Man: David Dastmalchian (Ant-Man and the Wasp, "MacGyver"), Dean Norris (Death Wist, The Book of Henry) and comedian and voice actor H. Jon Benjamin ("Archer", "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp") will round out the cast of the Glenn Howerton-led Plastic Man, from director Rawson Thurber Marshall and writer APJ. Dastmalchian will play the villainous "Kite-Man", Norris will play the leader of a criminal organization, while Benjamin will play Elisabeth Moss' FBI superior.

The Squared Circle: The Paul Thomas Anderson wrestling drama has completed its cast with the additions of Michael Madsen (Atlantic City, Last Rites), Max von Sydow (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) and PTA-regular Philip Baker Hall (Flicker, The Last Word). Madsen will play Mel Gibson's friend and former wrestling rival, von Sydow will play Gibson's father, while Hall will play von Sydow's friend at his nursing home. Chad Taylor wrote the script.

Life of a Champion: The debut film from writer Alex Conn has added Bruce Greenwood (Swim Through the Darkness, Gerald's Game), Will Poulter (Death Dream, Bonnie and Clyde), Juno Temple (Wonder Wheel, Unsane) and James Franco (Purgatorio, "The Deuce") to its cast. Greenwood will play a lawyer, Poulter will play Dane DeHaan's henchman, Temple will play Dave Franco's wife, and James Franco will play a private detective. Derek Cianfrance is set to direct.

Damned Ship: Samara Weaving (The Babysitter, "SMILF"), Jeremy Davies (Bunny Lake is Missing, Tumulus) and Garret Dillahunt (To the White Sea, "Fear the Walking Dead") have joined the cast of Damned Ship from director Adam Wingard and writer Ben Collins. Weaving will play a model, Dillahunt will play a assistant to Garrett Hedlund, while Davies will play an expert on acient ships.

Splinter Cell: Double Agent: Tom Cruise and Laurence Fishburne are set to reprise their roles of Sam Fisher and Irving Washington in Splinter Cell: Double Agent, the fourth film in the Splinter Cell series. They are the only regular franchise players to return for this installment, with Karen Gillan and Joey King both sitting this one out. French director Yann Demange ('71, White Boy Rick) will helm this installment from a script by D.R. Cobb (Survivor, The Question: The End).

The Banded Ants 3 - Showdown: There will be a lot of familiar voices returning for the third film in The Banded Ants series with Zac Efron, Dwayne Johnson, Selena Gomez, Brandon Routh, Doug Jones and Ian McShane all set to return from the previous film. Once again, Guillermo del Toro directs from a Jack Ryder (White Tiger, Numero Uno) script.

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