Thursday, November 22, 2018

In Development

Asylum: Rounding out the cast of Neil Burger's YA adaptation Asylum will be Claire Foy (First Man, God of War), Jack O'Connell (Resident Evil, Planet LV-426), Ben Barnes (Resident Evil, White Jazz) and Nathan Fillion (Detective James, Maple Leaf). Foy will play the aunt of one of the main characters, O'Connell will play a serial killer once institutionalized in a psychiatric hostpital that is now part of a college campus, while Fillion will play a doctor. The film is the debut for writer T.F.W. Hallowayne.

Burial Rites: Domhnall Gleeson (The Beatles, Missoula), Fiona Shaw (The Tree of Life, Dorian Gray), Brendan Gleeson (Live by Night, "Mr. Mercedes") and Mads Mikkelsen (Mass Effect: Silent Assassins, The Question: The End) have joined Jennifer Lawrence in Burial Rites from director Cate Shortland and rookie writer Willem Mainwright. Brendan Gleeson is set to play a government official called upon to house Jennifer Lawrence's character while she awaits her execution, Shaw will play his wife. Brendan Gleeson's son Domhnall will play a young priest, while Mikkelsen will play a local police commissioner. The film is based on the novel by Hannah Kent.

Alternative: Tim Burton's upcoming film about God resetting Earth and choosing a leader has added Kellen Lutz (Road Rash, Extraction), Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood, The Circle) and Kaya Scodelario (Looking for Alaska, Maze Runner: The Death Cure) to its ensemble. Lutz will play a fallen angel, Coltrane an angel, and Scodelario will play Eve opposite Nicholas Hoult as Adam. Meirad Tako penned the film.

Mandingos: The slavery-themed drama from director Steve McQueen and writer Mo Buck has added Donald Glover (Real is Better, "Atlanta"), David Oyelowo (A Wrinkle in Time, The Cloverfield Paradox), Tyler James Williams (Detroit, Dear White People), Bobby Cannavale (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, The Lady in the Lake) and Matt Dillon (Going in Style, "Wayward Pines") to its impressive ensemble cast.

Rachel Rising:
Bailee Madison ("Good Witch", The Strangers: Prey at Night), Hayley Atwell (Reality, Van Helsing), Richard Armitage (Lancelot, Ocean's 8) and Theo James (Cleopatra, How It Ends) have signed on to the cast of Karyn Kusama and H.G. Hansen's upcoming comic adaptation, Rachel Rising. Madison will play a teenager possessed by a demon, Atwell will play a murderous woman, Armitage will play a demon, and James will play the boyfriend of main character (played by Taylor Schilling).

Happy Nuke Year: Charlie Sheen (9/11, Mad Families), John Cena (Blockers, The Wall) has re-teamed with his Platoon and Wall Street director Oliver Stone for the political satire Happy Nuke Year. Sheen will play an eccentric Libertarian Senator in the film. Also joining the cast are Sharon Stone (Fading Gigalo, The Disaster Artist), Ryan Guzman (Standing Back, "9-1-1") and Maulik Pancholy ("30 Rock", "Weeds"). Stone has been cast as Nicolas Cage's wife, Guzman as Gal Gadot's brother, while Pancholy has joined the cast as a young Senator and friend of Shia LaBeouf's character. The film is the debut of writer Jacob Jones.

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