Tuesday, January 29, 2019

In Development

The Queen of the Night: Cate Blanchett (Made in Abyss, Mass Effect: Cerberus), Idina Menzel (Enchanted, "Glee"), Harrison Gilbertson (Look Away, Upgrade) and David Harbour (Dark Places, To the Moon) have all joined the ensemble cast of The Queen of the Night. Blanchett will play a powerful Parisian woman, Menzel will play an opera teacher, Gilbertson will play a prince, while Harbour will play P.T. Barnum. H.G. Hansen wrote the script based on a novel by Alexander Chee.

Uncharted 2: Joining the upcoming video game blockbuster, Uncharted 2, will be Anthony Hopkins (Before You Help, Riot Love), Joe Taslim (Merdeka, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow) and Justin Bartha (The Hangover Part III, "The Good Fight"). Hopkins will play a German man living at a monastery in the Himalayas, Taslim will play a Tibetan explorer, while Bartha will play Elena Fisher's (Brie Larson) cameraman. Brad Peyton is directing the film from a script by APJ.

Missing Men: Clint Eastwood's upcoming war thriller has added Jared Leto (Femme Fatale, The Outsider), Yvonne Strahovski ("The Handmaid's Tale", The Predator), Luke Bracey (Hacksaw Ridge, Point Break), Jay Hernandez (The Grind, "Magnum P.I.") and John David Washington ("Ballers", BlacKkKlansman). Bracey, Hernandez and Washington will play members of the military unit led by Casey Affleck, while Leto will play the film's villain with Strahovski as his girlfriend. Rookie writer Jimmy Ellis penned the original screenplay.

Maximum Max: Rounding out the cast of the original superhero film from writer Chad Taylor and director Jake Kasdan will be Lili Reinhart (Home Again, "Riverdale"), RJ Cyler (White Boy Rick, Power Rangers), Isabelle Nelisse (Close, The History of Love) and Nicholas Hamilton (Maximum Ride, It). Cyler will play Max's best friend, Reinhart will play his love interest, Nelisse will play Max's little sister, and Hamilton will play a high school bully.

Life of a Champion Part 2: Aaron Paul (Heart of Stone, Outlaw Country) and Clark Gregg (Ubik, The Life of the Party) will finish out the cast of Life of a Champion Part 2. Paul will play a drug dealer working for Dane DeHaan's lead character, while Gregg will play the owner of a wrestling company. Alex Conn wrote the film.

Skyrim:
Ray Liotta ("Shades of Blue", Blackway), Sean Bean (God of War, Blood Countess), Karl Urban (V, Thor: Ragnarok) and Christopher Plummer (Guilt, All the Money in the World) have signed on to the Skyrim, a film adaptation of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim video game. Liotta will play a powerful mage, Bean will play a cohort of Russell Crowe's character, Urban will play an executioner and Plummer will play a powerful elder. Mo Buck wrote the script before announcing his hiatus from screenwriting.

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