Saturday, April 27, 2019

In Development

Martian Manhunter: For the first time, LRF's Batman series is set to cross-over ever so slightly with the rest of the studio's DC Comics Universe with Karl Glusman (Batman: Gotham Knight, "Rolling Stone") reprising his role as Firefly from Batman: Gotham Knight in Martian Manhunter. Also joining the film are Kris Kristofferson (Blaze, "Texas Rising") and Oona Chaplin ("Taboo", "Game of Thrones"). Kristofferson is playing a rancher, while Chaplin will play Martian Manhunter's wife in Mars-set scenes. David Lowery is directing from a script by Chad Taylor.

Radisson: Gary Cole (Stray Dogs, Metamorpho), Alexander Ludwig (An Ember in the Ashes, Resident Evil), Zahn McClarnon ("The Sone", "Nez Perce") and Natalie Dormer (Nexus, Booster Gold) have signed on to appear in the Joe Wright-directed historical film Radisson. Cole will portray a governor, Ludwig will play one of his knights, McClarnon will play a Native Radisson (Christian Bale) encounters, and Dormer will play Radisson's sister. Mo Buck penned the screenplay.

Oh Johnny Boy: Alex Conn's directorial debut has added the talents of Mark Strong (Bioshock, La Resistance), Laura Dern (Cold Pursuit, Downsizing), Jean Dujardin (La Resistance, The Queen of the Night), Alexandra Shipp (Straight Outta Compton, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) and Katherine Langford (Haute Couture, The Host). Strong and Dern will play Chalamet's parents, Dujardin will play a pastor, while Shipp and Langford have been cast as psychiatric patients.

Vixen: The Totems of Zambesi: Anika Noni Rose (Assassination Nation, Half of a Yellow Sun), Mark Rylance (A Farewell to Arms, Salem's Lot), Jimmy Tatro ("American Vandal", 22 Jump Street) and Mekhi Phifer (Divergent, "Lie to Me") have joined the DC Comics Universe film Vixen: The Totems of Zambesi. Rose and Phifer will play Vixen's parents, Rylance will play a college profesor and Tatro will play one of his students. Steven Caple Jr. is directing the film from a script by Jimmy Ellis and H.G. Hansen.

Suzanne:
Sally Potter (The Party, Ginger & Rosa) has signed on to direct a film based on the Oscar-nominated short film, Marguerite, about an elderly woman who reveals her past to her nurse. Lupita Nyong'o (Us, Mass Effect: The Shadow Broker) has signed on to play the nurse, Rosemary Harris (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, This Means War) will play the title character, while Rosamund Pike (Mass Effect: Silent Assassins, Strangers Friends) will play a younger version of Suzanne. Ann Morrow (Haute Couture, Decrescendo) and Harry Wright (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Lucky Luke and Billy the Kid) penned the adaptation.

Long Time:
Ethan Hawke (The Troop, Runaway) and Naomi Watts (Stained, Jack the Ripper) have signed on to star in a film from writer Chad Taylor (Hands on a Hard Body, Ghost Town) and director Mike Mills (Thumbsucker, Beginners). Hawke will play a middle-aged man attending his 30th high school reunion, and Watts will play a former classmate he had a crush on.

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