Friday, January 24, 2020

In Development

Sabbatical Recovery: Rounding out the cast of Sabbatical Recovery will be Fiona Shaw (Burial Rites, "Killing Eve") and Columbus Short (The Temptations, Armed). Shaw will play the mother of Tobey Maguire's character, while Short's role is undisclosed at this time. Mike Mills is directing the film from a script by HG Hansen.

The Great Beyond: Naomie Harris (Rampage, Collateral Beauty), Ahn Sung-ki (Last Knights, The Divine Fury) and Elsa Pataky (The Fate of the Furious, 12 Strong) have joined Ang Lee's latest, The Great Beyond. They will play the main trio's loved ones back on Earth. Harris plays Idris Elba's wife, Pataky plays Amy Adam's life partner, and Sung-ki plays John Cho's father. Jimmy Ellis and Chad Taylor penned the original screenplay.

Harrelson: David Mackenzie's debut film for LRF has added the likes of John Magaro ("The Umbrella Academy", Overlord), Jacob Pitts ("Justified", "Sneaky Pete"), Stephen Root (Mandingos, The Lady in the Lake) and Daniel Stern (A Following, "Hype") to its cast. Magaro and Pitts will play Texas business men, Root will play a judge, while Stern will play a lawyer. Mo Buck and D.R. Cobb wrote the film based on the film of criminal Charles Harrelson.

The Arrival: Rose Leslie (Reality, Zomebieworld), Juno Temple (Runaway, Life of a Champion), Wilmer Valderrama (Dead Space, "NCIS") and Mike Epps ("Miami Vice", Dolemite Is My Name) have rounded out the cast of the horror film The Arrival. Leslis and Temple will play friends of the main character, Valderrama will play a gas attendant, and Epps will play a local vagrant. David F. Sandberg is directing the film from a script by Jack Slipter.

Sunny Days: Bennett Miller (Pressing Luck, Shake Hands with the Devil) has signed on to direct a biopic of wrestler Tammy Lee Sytch, aka Sunny. Haltson Sage ("Prodigal Son", Late Night) has been cast in the titular role. She will be joined by Lucas Till (Captain Atom 2, The Fog), Austin Butler ("The Shannara Chronicles", Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Jack Black (Hands on a Hard Body, Jumanji: The Next Level). Till will play wrestler Chris Candido, boyfriend of Tammy. Butler will play wrestly Shawn "The Heartbreak Kid" Michaels. Jack Black, meanwhile, will play veteran wrestler Tom Prichard. Jacob Jones (Oh Deer, Zoe Maye) wrote the script.

The Stranger: Yorgos Lanthimos (The Host, The Death of the Honest Man) has been hired to direct an adaptation of Albert Camus' 1942 French novel, The Stranger. Colin Farrell (Prey, Doppelganger 2) has been cast in the lead role. He plays a French man who is informed of his mother's death, which sets the absurd and darkly comedic plot into motion. Marion Cotillard (Crimson Fox, La Resistance) and Alessandro Nivola (Green River, Star Trek: Enterprise) have also signed on to the project. Cotillard will play Farrell's former flame, while Nivola will play Farrell's neighbor. Dominic Wilkins (Bright Neon Lights, How to Survive in Hell) has penned the adaptation.

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