Thursday, February 28, 2019

In Development

Letter to Myself: John Slattery (Displacement, Halo 3), Diane Lane (Death Dream, Serenity) and Henry Winkler (Here Comes the Boom, "Arrested Development") will round out the cast of Mo Buck's directorial debut, Letter to Myself. Slattery and Lane will play Mo's parents, while Winkler will play a teacher.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Another traditionally large Grand Theft Auto ensemble is getting bigger for GTA: San Andreas with the additions of Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse, Dude), Demetrious Shipp Jr. ("All American", All Eyez on Me), Diego Luna ("Narcos: Mexico", Triangle) and Brett Gelman ("Camping", Like Father). Shipp will play the sister of the main character (Michael B. Jordan), Shipp Jr. will play a rapper, Luna will play Shipp's boyfriend, while Gelman will play a shady figure. Ryan Coogler directs from a script by Harry Wright.

Hands on a Hard Body: Speaking of ensemble casts, the cast of Richard Linklater's latest films, documentary adaptation Hands on a Hard Body, has added the likes of Glen Powell (Easy Money, The Informers), Joan Cusack (Snatched, The End of the Tour), Holly Hunter ("Here and Now", The Big Sick) and eccentric filmmaker Werner Herzog (Jack Reacher, The Grand). Powell will play a former Marine who entered the titular contest, Cusack will play a semi-toothless contestant, Hunter will play the rules judge of the contest, while Herzog will play an enigmatic contestant. Chad Taylor wrote the film's script.

Blackbird: Giancarlo Esposito ("Better Call Saul", Okja), Vincent Cassel (Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Hunt) and Claire Danes ("Homeland", Brigsby Bear) have all joined Blackbird, from director Chan-wook Park and writer Seth Overton. Esposito will play a doctor, Cassel a detective, and Danes will play the fiance of Rami Malek's character.

Splinter Cell: Conviction:
Tom Cruise (Alan Wake, Splinter Cell: Double Agent) is back once again as Agent Sam Fisher is the latest Splinter Cell film, Splinter Cell: Conviction. This time around Fisher investigates rumors that his daughter's death may not have been an accident. Brazilian director Jose Padilha (7 Days in Entebbe, "Narcos") will helm the film from a script once again by D.R. Cobb (The Question: The End, Splinter Cell: Double Agent).

Driving Around the Time: Hoping to rebound from the flops of Alternative and Evangelion last season, Meirad Tako has written a time travel drama. Hugh Jackman (Fevre Dream, 101), Dev Patel (Hotel Mumbai, Lion) and Anthony Hopkins (Before You Help, Uncharted 2) have signed on to star in the project. Jackman will play a criminal who uses time travel to his advantage, Patel will play the founder of the Time Patrol Organization, while Hopkins will play a legendary time patrol officer. Duncan Jones (God of War, Mass Effect: Silent Assassins) has been tapped to direct the film.

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