Monday, December 9, 2019

In Development

Scream 5: Alex Wolff (The Vegan Movie, ID), Jay Pharoah (Unsane, "White Famous") and Kaitlyn Dever (The Virgin Suicides, Theater Kids) have all joined the cast of the new Scream sequel, directed by the Soska sisters and written by Alex Conn. Wolff will play the nephew of Neve Campbell, Pharoah will play a cameraman, while Dever will play a high school student.

The Fall Guy: Glen Powell (Hands on a Hard Body, Easy Money), Gabrielle Union (Breaking In, "L.A.'s Finest") and Wesley Snipes (Dolemite Is My Name, Chi-Raq) will join Dwayne Johnson in the adaptation of the classic television series, The Fall Guy. Snipes will play a bail bondsman, Union will play Johnson's ex-wife, while Powell will play Union's movie star boyfriend. Jon Favreau is directing from a script by Chad Taylor.

Red Sonja: Karen Gillan (Before and After, Splinter Cell: Blacklist) has been cast in the title role in Red Sonja, based on the comic character of the same name. Gillan will play Sonja, a young woman on a quest for revenge in the fantasy film. Milla Jovovich (Halo 5, B.R.I.G.A.N.D.S.) and Zach McGowan ("Black Sails", The Brawler) have also joined the film. Jovovich will play a villainous queen, while McGowan will play a thief who joins forces with Sonja. Lexi Alexander (Punisher: War Zone, Green Street Hooligans) is set to direct from a script by Roy Horne (God of War: Kratos, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic).

Oh Deer: Genndy Tartakovsky ("Primal", Hotel Transylvania) is set to direct the animated film, Oh Deer. The film will tell the story of a group of deer who go on a quest to find the perfect berry bush. Adam Sandler (Nobody, Uncut Gems), Elijah Wood (Odette, Evangelion) and Wayne Brady ("Black Lightning", "Colony") will voice the lead trio. Jacob Jones (Accordion De Chanson, Zoe Maye) penned the film.

Aliens vs Predator: The First Hunt: Carl Flimmer (Resident Evil 2, Alien: Isolation) has written a third Alien film, Aliens vs Predator: The First Hunt, based on the Dark Horse Comics series. Gemma Chan (Captain Marvel, Mary Queen of Scots), Joel Kinnaman (Eileen, Village of Madness), Tessa Thompson (Before You Help, Reality) and Simon Pegg (Mass Effect 3 - Part 2, Bright Neon Lights) will lead the film. Chan will play an employee at an alien planet colony, Kinnaman will play the captain of a transport ship, Thompson will play a friend of Chan's, and Pegg will a colonist. Fede Alvarez (Alien: Isolation, The Girl in the Spider's Web).

Germinal:
Legendary filmmaker Jean-Luc Goddard (Breathless, Passion) has signed on to direct an adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, Germinal. The film tells the story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s. Robert Pattinson (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, The Raven), Vincent Cassel (Mass Effect: First Contact, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic), Isabelle Huppert (Eva, Greta) andMia Wasikowska (Alan Wake, Odette) will all star in the ensemble film. Mo Buck (Someone Else, Halo 5) penned the adaptation.

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