In Development

Burial Rites: Rounding out the supporting cast of the upcoming film Burial Rites will be Katherine Langford (Runaway, Queen Mary), Natalia Dyer ("Stranger Things", Blue Like Jazz), Pablo Schreiber ("American Gods", First Man), Matt Smith (Standing Back, V) and Rupert Grint (Queen Mary, Sweet Tooth). The film tells the story of the last woman in Iceland to face execution (Jennifer Lawrence). Cate Shortland is directing the film from an adaptation by Willem Mainwright.

Halo 4: Another entry in the hit Halo film series is on the way. Alexander Skarsgard (Numero Uno, Halo 3) and Sarah Gadon (Halo 3, God of War) are set to reprise their roles from the other main entries in the series as the Master Chief and Cortana, while Robin Wright (Halo: Reach, "House of Cards") will reprise her role as Dr. Catherine Halsey from the prequel Halo: Reach. Gareth Edwards and Mo Buck return to their positions behind the scenes as director and screenwriter, respectively.

Village of Madness: Brad Anderson (Roanoke, Beirut) has been hired to direct his first film for Last Resort Films since Roanoke in Season 1. This time he will tackle the witchcraft-themed mystery, Village of Madness. Joel Kinnaman (Metal Gear Solid, "Altered Carbon"), Haley Bennett (The Cry of the Owl, Six Billion Dollar Man) and Scoot McNairy (Booster Gold II: The Booster Gold Story, Life on Mars) will star in the film. Kinnaman will play a farmer, Bennet will play a young woman accused of being a witch, and McNairy will play a priest. Billy Cruder (Adr1ft, Lost Planet) wrote the script.

Batman: Caped Crusader: Jake Gyllenhaal (Heavy Rain, A Farewell to Arms) will be back under the cowl as Batman in the highly-anticipated sequel to Season 4's Batman: Gotham Knight. Jonathan Pryce (The Dead Zone, Batman: Gotham Knight), Bryan Cranston (Triple Identity, Ranger) and Madeline Petsch (Ranger, Ringer) are also set to return from the previous film as Alfred, Commissioner Gordon and his daughter Barbara, respectively. Joseph Kosinski (Batman: Gotham Knight, Metal Gear Solid) returns to direct, once again from a script by APJ (Plastic Man, Huntress).

Alex + Ada: Donald Glover (Real is Better, "Atlanta") and Sofia Boutella (Atomic Blonde, The Mummy) are set to star in an adaptation of the comic series Alex + Ada from director Ava DuVernay (Lullabies for Little Criminals, A Wrinkle in Time) and writer H.G. Hansen (Maximum Ride, Eleanor & Park). Glover will play Alex a young depressed man who is given a lifelike android as a gift. Boutella will play Ava, the android.

Spark of Madness: David O. Russell (Joy, American Hustle) has signed on to direct his first film for studio. Steve Carell (Last Flag Flying, Beautiful Boy), Laura Linney (The Dinner, "Ozark") and Melissa Leo (Deprogamming, Bunny Lake is Missing) have been cast in the project, which will reportedly feature some top-secret cast members the studio and filmmakers are keeping under wraps. Carell will play a screenwriter struggling with his next project, Linney will play his high school crush, and Leo will play a studio executive. James Morgan (Mr. Big, Cosa Nostra) and Ann Morrow (Decrescendo, The Price of Fame) wrote the script.