Monday, May 27, 2019

In Development

To the Other Side: Rounding out the cast of the sci-fi crime story To the Other Side, from director Alfonso Cuaron and writer Mo Buck, will be Giancarlo Esposito (Blackbird, Okja), Margo Martindale (Beartown, American Outlaws) and Tom Wilkinson (Alan Wake, The Catcher Was a Spy). Esposito will play the head of a time travel patrol organization, while Martindale and Wilkinson will play a married couple featured in the film.

Odette: Director Patty Jenkins' latest film has added Amy Poehler (The House, Wine Country), Sigourney Weaver (A Monster Calls, The Assignment), Miranda Cosgrove (The Intruders, "Crowded") and Julie Christie (The Company You Keep, Red Riding Hood) to its cast. Poehler, Cosgrove and Weaver will play a trio of swans, while Christie will play a queen. Jacob Jones wrote the script.

Orchid: The first release of Season 2 has been set, with it being the second directorial effort from writer Chad Taylor (Somewhere Somehow, Buried Child). Lily James (Darkest Hour, Star Trek: Enterprise) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Dark Matter, To the Moon) have signed on to star in the project which tells the story of the "famous for being famous" daughter of a movie star, Orchid (Lily James). Gordon-Levitt will play a musician she meets at an awards show.

Spawn 2: Payback: Idris Elba (Spawn, Ghost Town) will be back as Spawn early in Season 2. Kerry Washington (Spawn, Alex + Ada), Michael K. Williams (The Public, Spawn) and Sean Penn (Spawn, "The First") are also set to return for the sequel. Director Antoine Fuqua (Spawn, "Gauntlet") is also set to return behind the camera. Harry Wright (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Lucky Luke and Billy the Kid), who co-wrote the first film, wrote the script.

Depth Perception: Anna Kendrick (A Simple Favor, Pitch Perfect 3) has been tapped to star in Depth Perception, the latest original film from writer Matt Parker ("Gauntlet", The Stand). Kendrick will play a young woman who has recently gone blind and must fend off escaped convicts who want to hide out the cabin she's staying in. M. Night Shyamalan (Glass, Split) has been hired to direct the thriller.

Crimson Fox: The latest film in the DC Comics Universe will depict the character Crimson Fox. Alicia Vikander (Mass Effect 3 - Part 1, Dishonest) has been cast in the lead role, while Marion Cotillard (La Resistance, Assassin's Creed) and Jodie Foster (Elysium, Hotel Artemis) will take on supporting roles in the film. Ana Lily Amirpour (The Bad Batch, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) has been hired to direct the film based on a script by Mo Buck (B.R.I.G.A.N.D.S, Radisson) and Ann Morrow (Suzanne, Decrescendo).



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