Friday, January 31, 2020

In Development

The Great Beyond: Rounding out the cast of the sci-fi drama from director Ang Lee will be Ella Balinska (Charlie's Angels), Jeon Jong-seo (Burning) and Rainn Wilson ("Call My Agent", Blackwater). Balinska will play Idris Elba's daughter, Jong-seo will play John Cho's fiance, while Wilson will voice the astronaut's contact back at mission control. The film was written by Jimmy Ellis and Chad Taylor.

Harrelson: The true crime film, Harrelson, is also rounding out its cast. Nick Wechsler ("Revenge", "Dynasty"), Rhys Coiro (Huntress, Hustlers), Marin Ireland ("Sneaky Pete", The Irishman) and Sarah Snook ("Succession", Winchester) have all signed on to the project. Snook plays Harrelson's first wife, Ireland will play a woman he meets while in prison, Wechsler will play a shady lawyer with Coiro playing his convict brother. D.R. Cobb and Mo Buck penned the script, with David Mackenzie behind the camera.

Sunny Days: The fact-based professional wrestling drama Sunny Days has added Spencer Locke (Walk Ride Rode, Insidious: The Last Key), Matty Cardarople ("A Series of Unfortunate Events", Itsy Bitsy), Jason Dolley ("American Housewife", "Good Luck Charlie"), Brittany Snow (Parasite, "Almost Family") and Alan Ritchson (Masters of the Universe, "Showtime") to its cast. Locke will play the wrestler Sable, Cardarople will play Marc Mero, Dolley will play Billy Gunn, Snow will play Luna, while Ritchson will play Bret Hart. Bennett Miller is directing the film from a script by Jacob Jones.

The Stranger: Yorgos Lanthimos' absurdist dark comedy has added  Tim Blake Nelson ("Watchmen", Hands on a Hard Body), Max von Sydow (The Squared Circle, Skyrim II: Dragonborn), Alexander Siddig ("Gotham", 21 Bridges) and Bill Camp (Cascade, Joker) to its ensemble cast. Dominic Wilkins has penned the film based on the novel by Albert Camus.

Uncharted 3: Ryan Reynolds (Bright Neon Lights, Don't Hang Up), Brie Larson (Hands on a Hard Body, Haute Couture), Bryan Cranston (Batman: Arkham, Uncharted 2) and Sofia Boutella (Uncharted 2, Alex + Ada) have all signed on to reprise their roles in Uncharted 3. Reynolds is back as treasure hunter Nathan Drake, Larson is back as reporter Elena Fisher, Cranston is back as Drake's mentor Sully, and Boutella is back is fellow treasure hunter Chloe Frazer. Brad Peyton (Rampage, Uncharted 2) is back behind the camera, while APJ (Batman: Arkham, Swamp Thing) once again wrote the script.

A Lost Sense of Heaven: Florence Pugh (Red Farm, One for the Ages) and Molly Parker ("Lost in Space", 1922) are set to star in the drama A Lost Sense of Heaven, from writer Chad Taylor (The Fall Guy, The Young Pretender) and director Lynne Ramsay (Before You Help, Riot Love). Pugh will play a young pregnant woman, while Parker will play her mother in prison.

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