Wednesday, July 24, 2019

In Development

Don't Hang Up: Rounding out the cast of the upcoming crime dramedy from director Tom McCarthy and writers Mo Buck and Dominic Wilkins will be Ellen Burstyn (A Little Life, The Hazel Wood), Garret Dillahunt (Damned Ship, To the White Sea), Neal McDonough (The Devil in the White City, "Yellowstone") and Keith Carradine (The Raven, "Madam Secretary"). Burstyn will play a victim of a scam, Dillahunt will play an LAPD officer, while McDonough and Carradine will play lawyers. Ryan Reynolds and Michael Keaton lead the cast.

Mass Effect: First Contact: Woody Harrelson (Oh Johnny Boy, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City), Michael Sheen (Decrescendo, Reality) and Gwendoline Christie (Lucky Luke and Billy the Kid, "Game of Thrones") have all joined the latest Mass Effect spin-off, Mass Effect: First Contact. Harrelson and Christie will play astronauts, while Sheen will play a General. Alex Garland directs the film from a script by Seth Overton.

Our Father: The upcoming drama from director Steven Knight has added Michelle Williams (To the Other Side, Red Planet), Lea Seydoux (Assassin's Creed: The New Order, Justice League International) and Andrew Lincoln (Cleopatra, "The Walking Dead") to its cast. Williams will play a nurse, while Seydoux and Lincoln will play a married couple. Jimmy Ellis penned the script.

How to Survive in Hell: For the first time since Season 8, Tom Holland (Queen Mary, Nobody) has signed on to star in an LRF release, How to Survive in Hell from director Shane Black (Numero Uno, The Predator) and writer Dominic Wilkins (Metamorpho, Doppelganger 2). Holland will be joined by Maisie Williams ("Game of Thrones", Blue Heat), Cameron Monaghan (To the White Sea, "Shameless") and Alex Lawther (Life After Life, Goodbye Christopher Robin). The group of young actors will play a group of college students in a dystopian future society.

Hunter: Jaume Collet-Serra (The Commuter, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory) has signed on to direct a film based on the sci-fi novel, Hunter, by James Byron Huggins. Eric Bana (The Raid, The Stand) will lead the film a an expert tracker brought in to lead a team to track down a mysterious, deadly beast. Paula Patton (Tumulus, Road Rash), Jeff Bridges (Skyrim, Only the Brave) and Michael Douglas (XIII, "The Kominsky Method") will also star in the film. Patton will play the team's sniper, Bridges will play a Colonel, while Douglas will play a scientist. Mark Newton (The Raid, Neuromancer) penned the adaptation.

Time Passages: Ben Platt (Drunk Parents, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk) and Emma Watson (Story of Sade, The Queen of the Night) have signed on to the delayed musical, Time Passages. The film was originally set to be released last season, but was delayed by the studio when there were script issues. Platt will play a wannabe singer, while Watson will play a girl Platt met in high school. Rob Marshall (Into the Woods, Mary Poppins Returns) will direct the film based on an original screenplay by Jacob Jones (ASOG: A Game of Survival, Odette).

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