In Development

Halo 4: Benedict Cumberbatch (Fevre Dream, Cape Torment), Sophie Turner (Looking for Alaska, Alien: Isolation) and Paul Giamatti (Stained, 2060) have joined the latest film in the Halo series. Cumberbatch will play the primary antagonist, the Didact, leader of the Prometheans. Turner will play a young Spartan solider, while Giamatti will play Captain Del Rio, commander of the UNSC Infinity ship. Gareth Edwards is directing from a script once again by Mo Buck.

Village of Madness: Sarah Snook ("Succession", Winchester), Charles Dance (La Resistance, "Game of Thrones") and James Caviezel ("Person of Interest", Paul, Apostle of Christ) have joined the ensemble cast of the witchcraft drama from director Brad Anderson and writer Billy Cruder. Dance will play a judge, Snook will play the wife of the farmer played by Joel Kinnaman, while Caviezel will play a priest.

Batman: Caped Crusader: While Caleb Landry Jones reportedly won't be appearing as The Joker in the new Batman film, the famed superhero will be facing off against the likes of Ralph Fiennes (October Crisis, Mass Effect: Silent Assassins), Tatiana Maslany (Maple Leaf, Velvet) and John Cusack (Lucky Luke and Calamity Jane, White Jazz). Fiennes will play Dr. Victor Fries a.k.a. Mr. Freeze, Maslany will play Selena Kyle a.k.a. Catwoman, while Cusack will portray Dr. Kirk Langstrom a.k.a. Man-Bat - marking the character's first ever big screen appearance. Joseph Kosinski is back to direct from a script by APJ.

Alex + Ada: Loretta Devine (Night School, Jumping the Broom), Yaya DaCosta ("Chicago Med", The Nice Guys), Lil Rel Howery ("Rel", Uncle Drew) and Khris Davis (Detroit, "Atlanta") have officially signed on for the comic adaptation Alex + Ada from director Ava DuVernay and writer H.G. Hansen. Devine will play Donald Glover's grandmother who gives him a life-like android as a gift, DaCosta will play Glover's former fiance, Howery will play a friend of Glover's Alex, while Davis will play the man DaCosta left Glover for.

Bravo/Samurai: Jack Ryder's (Before You Help, Blue Heat) last completed screenplay before going on his hiatus is a live action film based on two separate cartoons: Johnny Bravo and Samurai Jack. Chris Hemsworth (Numero Uno, Nation's Pride) will play the handsome, but dimwitted Johnny Bravo. Brian Tee (The Two Souls, Shogun), meanwhile, will play Samurai Jack. Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie) is set to direct the film.

Calamity: Leonardo DiCaprio (Blackwater, The Revenant), not seen in a Last Resort Films production since his Golden Reel Award-winning performance in Blackwater back in Season 2, is set to star in the upcoming drama, Calamity, from director Spike Jonze (Her, Where the Wild Things Are) and writers Mo Buck (Runaway, Captain Atom) and Chad Taylor (American Dream, Cascade). DiCaprio will play an Ohio man who goes missing during a fishing trip, and an idential man who appears in Nebraska a few days later. DiCaprio will be joined by Margot Robbie (Adr1ft, The Job) and Anne Hathaway (Ocean's 8, Colossal). Hathaway will play DiCaprio's Ohio wife, while Robbie will play the love interest of the Nebraska character.