Huntress: Hailee Steinfeld's young vigilante just got more company as Shea Whigham (Bad Times at the El Royale, Sicario: Day of the Soldado), Rhys Coiro (Entourage, "The Walking Dead"), Hannah Ware ("The First", Aftermath) and Anthony Carrigan ("Gotham", "Barry") have joined the upcoming DC Comics adaptation. Whigham will play the family lawyer, Coiro and Ware will play Helena Bertinelli's parents, and Carrigan has been cast as an undisclosed antagonist. Michelle MacLaren is directing from a script by APJ.
Outlaw Country: Young stars Dakota Johnson (Suspiria, Fifty Shades Freed), Caleb Landry Jones (Runaway, Dark Places) and Lucas Hedges (Be More Chill, Amelie) have joined the upcoming western from director David Michod and writer Dwight Gallo. Johnson will play Garrett Hedlund's love interest, while Jones and Hedges will play the younger brothers of Aaron Paul.
Before You Help: Anthony Hopkins (Riot Love, The Life Ahead) will reunite with writer Jack Ryder and director Lynne Ramsay for the third time, having signed on to their upcoming drama, Before You Help. Joining Hopkins will be Kate McKinnon ("Saturday Night Live", The Spy Who Dumped Me) and Cillian Murphy ("Peaky Blinders", Dunkirk). Hopkins will once again play Cox's father, McKinnon will play the best friend of Tessa Thompson, and Murphy will play someone Cox befriends.
Captain Atom: Add one more DC superhero has been added to Last Resort Films DC stable. This time it is the hero, Captain Atom. Jon Hamm (An Honest Mistake, Flicker) will star as Nathaniel Adam, a member of the US Air Force during Viet Nam, who is forced to undergo an experiment that turns him into a super-soldier. Isla Fisher (Tag, Keeping Up with the Joneses) and David Morse (Death Dream, "The Outsiders") have also joined the film. Fisher will play the terrorist Plastique, while Morse will play General Eiling, Hamm's military superior. Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman: The Golden Circle, X-Men: First Class) has signed on to direct the film from a script by Mo Buck (Runaway, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City). While the film won't be immediately connected to the main DC Universe characters written by APJ, Chad Taylor and D.R. Cobb, the option is reportedly being left open for future cross-over opportunities.
God of War: Tom Hardy (Crowley, The Squared Circle) may have a new franchise on his hands as he has just signed on to star in a film based on the God of War video game series. He will star as Kratos, a Spartan warrior who seeks revenge for the death of his family. Duncan Jones (V, Mass Effect: Silent Assassins) will direct the film based on a script by Carl Flimmer (Alien: Isolation, Resident Evil).
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