Thursday, July 16, 2020

In Development

The Wonder: Molly Parker (A Lost Sense of Heaven, "Lost in Space"), Jonathan Pryce (The Dead Zone, Batman: Arkham) and Peter Capaldi (Life After Life, October Crisis) have all signed on to round out the cast of the Irish drama, The Wonder, starring Brie Larson. Lenny Abrahamson is directing from a script by Rosie JoLove.

McCain: Scoot McNairy (Love, Crimson), Lucas Till (Sunny Days, Captain Atom 2), Karen Allen (Year by the Sea, Bad Hurt) and Tom Selleck (Tales of Skyrim: Stormcloak, "Blue Bloods") have joined the Chris Pine-led John McCain biopic from director Clint Eastwood. McNairy will play a fellow Vietnam War POW, Till will play McCain's younger brother, while Selleck will play California Governor Ronald Reagan with Allen as his wife Nancy Reagan. Dwight Gallo penned the film.

Tail: The fantasy-horror film from director Vincenzo Natali andwriter Ben Collins has added Sean Bean (Tales of Skyrim: Stormcloak, Red Sonja), Neve Campbell (Scream 5, Skyscraper), Molly Gordon ("Animal Kingdom", Good Boys) and Rufus Sewell (Rasputin, Judy) to its ensemble cast. Bean and Campbell will play scientists, Gordon will play Tom Holland's girlfriend, and Sewell will play a mysterious doctor.

The Crow: Resurrected: Caitlin Carmichael (Life Itself, Wheelman), Santiago Cabrera ("Star Trek: Picard", Transformers: The Last Knight) and Ernie Hudson ("L.A.'s Finest", "The Family Business") have joined The Crow: Resurrected. Carmichael will play an orphan, Cabrera will play a bartender, and Hudson will reprise his role as Albrecht from the original The Crow film. Sam Raimi is directing the film from a script by Jacob Jones.

Heights: Tom Cruise will be joined in the David Fincher directed drama Heights by the likes of Martin Sheen (Mass Effect 3 - Part 2, Mass Effect: Cerberus), Bill Murray (The Mutation, Spark of Madness) and Ellen Burstyn (Don't Hang Up, Teslin, Yukon). Burstyn and Sheen will play Cruise's parents, while Murray will play the difficult Mayor of New York. Alex Conn and John Malone wrote the script.

Coma: Jeff Nichols (Superman: The Man of Tomorrow, Scion 3) has officially signed on to direct the medical thriller Coma, based on the novel by Robin Cook. After a much-publicized search, Elizabeth Olsen (Control, Heavy Rain) has scored the lead role of a young doctor who begins working at a hospital where patients begin going comatose and are sent to a secretive facility. Olsen will be joined by Oscar Isaac (Girl in the Fog, The Carpet Makers) as the male lead, Olsen's supervisor and potential love interest. Matt Parker (Pirate Latitudes, Y: The Last Man) scripted the adaptation.

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