Thursday, October 18, 2018

In Development

Green Arrow: Hunters: To round out its cast, Green Arrow: Hunters has added the likes of Sandrine Holt ("Homeland", Terminator Genisys), rapper Colson "Machine Gun Kelly" Baker ("Roadies", Nerve), Robert Knepper (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, "iZombie"), and comedian Bill Burr to its cast (Daddy's Home, Walk of Shame). Holt will play a Star City mayoral candidate, Bill will play a detective, while Baker and Knepper have both signed on as minor antagonists. Wes Ball is directing from a script by APJ.

Wishmaster: Three more have joined Tarsem Singh's Wishmaster remake. Navid Negahban ("Legion", American Assassin), Australian stage actor Philip Quast (The Devil's Double, Clubland), and Anjelica Huston (Alan Wake, The Wolfman) have signed on to appear in the upcoming Wishmaster remake. Negahban will play a Persian emperor, Quast will play a sorcerer, and Huston will play a professor of folklore. Clive Steinbeck wrote the script.

The Tower: Going up against the rampage of Jesse Plemon's Charles Whitman in Scott Cooper's The Tower will be the likes of Michael Pena (Numero Uno, Easy Money), Lucas Black (Furious 7, "NCIS: New Orleans"), Richard Brake (Mandy, 31) and Ethan Embry (Blood on the Moon, First Man) who have all joined the film as law enforcement at the scene of the incident. Roy Horne penned the film.

Nevada, Iowa: After the success of Revolution, acclaimed writer John Malone is back with another original story. This time the story is about a suburban teacher who starts to suspect that her husband is having an affair. Reese Witherspoon (Revolution, Nocturne) will star in the film. Kyle Chandler (Death Dream, The Question: The End) will play her husband, a successful dentist, while Sam Rockwell (Cosa Nostra, Steins Gate) will play a fellow teacher who helps Witherspoon with her investigation. Director Jacob Aaron Estes (The Details, Mean Creek) will make his debut for the studio with the film.

October Crisis: Production has begun on the upcoming drama October Crisis for LRF. The film will tell the story of the "October Crisis" that occurred in Montreal in 1970, where members of the Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ) kidnapped two government officials. Nicholas Hoult (The Prisoner, Demons), Alfred Molina ("Feud: Bette and Joan", Message from the King) and Josh Hartnett (Dark Places, Pudd'nhead Wilson) are set to lead the cast of the film.  The three will play members of the FLQ who lead the kidnapping plot. Kathryn Bigelow (Detroit, Zero Dark Thirty) is set to direct the film from a script by Mo Buck (Obsession, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City).

Huntress: Hailee Steinfeld (Be More Chill, Cape Torment) is finally all ready to star in her own film as DC superhero Huntress. Michelle MacLaren ("Breaking Bad", "Game of Thrones") has been tapped to direct the film which will see Helena Bertinelli hunt for the man responsible for her family's murder when she was a child. She will be joined by Michael Imperioli ("Alex, Inc.", Oldboy), Frank Langella (High Society, "Kidding") and John Magaro (War Machine, The Big Short). Imperioli will play Helena's Uncle Jack, Magaro will play her adoptive older brother, and Langella will play an international crime boss. APJ (Uncharted, Plastic Man) wrote the script.

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