Sunday, February 9, 2020

In Development

Uncharted 3: Shahab Hosseini (Without Remorse, The Salesman), Oded Fehr (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Inescapable) and Jack Dylan Grazer (Sandbox, Germinal) will round out the cast of Uncharted 3. Hosseini will play a mysterious figure Nathan Drake meets in the desert, Fehr will play a villainous mercenary, while Grazer will play a young version of Nathan Drake in flashbacks. The film is directed by Brad Peyton and written by APJ.

Control: Joining the Jake Gyllenhaal-led mystery will be Laurence Fishburne (Bright Neon Lights, Splinter Cell: Double Agent), David Dastmalchian (Torso, Plastic Man) and Jacki Weaver (The Grudge, Widows). Fishburne will play a police lieutenant, Dastmalchian will play a murder suspect, and Weaver will play the suspect's mother. Denis Villeneuve directs the film from a script by Jimmy Ellis and John Malone.

Silver Surfer: The Power Cosmic: Burn Gorman (Silver Surfer, "Jamestown") and Gemma Arterton (The Wolfman, AGOS: A Game of Survival) will also return from the first Silver Surfer film, reprising their roles of Uatu the Watcher and Silver Surfer's love Shalla-Bal. Also signing onto the film is Christopher Walken (Jersey Devil, Spark of Madness) and DeObia Oparei (Dumbo, Jumanji: The Next Level). Walken will play Kamo Tharnn also known as The Possessor, while Oparei will Morg, Galactus' latest and most brutal herald. Ciro Guerra is directing the film from a script by Mark Newton.

Justice League Europe: Christoph Waltz (Rocket Red, Kingmaker Chronicles), James Remar (A Following, Rocket Red), Dominic Purcell (Mass Effect 2, BRIGANDS), Jim Caviezel (Village of Madness, Rocket Red) and Hafbor Julius Bjornsson (Doctor Love, Mortal Kombat) will finally get to be the main villains in a film following a few smaller appearances as DC villain group The Extremists. JJ Abrams is direction from a script by the trio of Mo Buck, Dominic Wilkins and Harry Wright.

Police Story: Extradition: Jackie Chan (Dragon Ball: The Wrath of the Demon King, Police Story: The Return), Jamie Dornan (The Tournament Flash Gordon) and Samuel L. Jackson (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Police Story: The Return) will all return for the sequel to the surprise international success Police Story: The Return. The three will reprise their starring roles in Police Story: Extradition, which will be directed by Wilson Yip (Ip Man 4, Paradox), while the previous entry's director Patrick Hughes (Police Story: The Return, The Hitman's Bodyguard) remains onboard as producer.

The Second Life of John Wilkes Booth: Quentin Tarantino (Death and All His Friends, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) hasn't directed a film for the studio since Season 5's Death and All His Friends Part II, but now he's finally set to return to work for LRF with The Second Life of John Wilkes Booth - a historical thriller set in the aftermath of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Emile Hirsch (2060, Crowley) has been tapped to play the title role of presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth. Hirsch will be joined by Colin Farrell (The Stranger, Prey), Margaret Qualley (Halo 3, Purgatorio) and William Fichtner (Mass Effect 3 - Part 2, "Gauntlet"). Farrell will play a newspaper reporter, Qualley will play a young school teacher, while Fichtner will play President Lincoln. The film is based on the novel by Barnaby Conrad. Jimmy Ellis (The Devil's Passage, The Great Beyond) penned the adaptation.

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