Saturday, August 1, 2020

In Development

Excalibur: Nicolas Winding Refn's anticipated Arthurian fantasy has added Callan Mulvey (Masters of the Universe, "Hitman"), Sam Hazeldine (Crowley, Killers Anonymous), Richard Coyle ("The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina", W.E.) and Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit) to its cast. Mulvey and Hazeldine will play knights, Coyle will play the King of Cornwall, while Griffin Davis will play the Arthur as a young child. Roy Horne wrote the script based on the 1981 film by John Boorman.

Gambit and Rogue: Cameron Britton (Torso, "Mindhunter"), Toby Huss ("Showtime", "Dickinson"), Cody Fern ("House of Cards", "American Horror Story") and Rachel Griffiths (Hacksaw Ridges, Saving Mr. Banks) have joined the Marvel Universe film Gambit and Rogue. Britton will play a mutant with the power to know if someone is telling the truth. Fern and Huss will play members of the Assassins Guild, while Griffiths will play a New Orleans socialite. Alma Har'el is directing the film based on a script by Chad Taylor.

Revelations: Todd Haynes' upcoming church-themed film has added David Strathairn (Harrelson, Cape Torment), Scoot McNairy (Love, Crimson) and Sally Hawkins (Orchid, The Host). Strathairn will play the right hand man of the church leadership, McNairy plays a man looking to join the church with questionable motives, and Hawkins has been cast as the wife of the main character, played by Joaquin Phoenix. James Morgan penned the script.

Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever: Jodie Foster (Hotel Artemis, Crimson Fox), Connor Kalopsis (Maximum Ride, "Outmatched") and Breanna Yde (Maximum Ride, "Malibu Rescue") have signed on to the Maximum Ride sequel, Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever. Kalopsis and Yde reprise their roles from the first film, while Foster has been cast as an FBI agent after the main characters. Joss Whedon returns to direct, once again from a script by HG Hansen, based on the novel by James Patterson.

Fractured: Ken Watanabe (Hunter, Mortal Kombat II), Hiroyuki Sanada (Shogun, Life) and Ron Cephas Jones (Lady Red, "This Is Us") have joined the MMA drama, Fractured, from writers Jimmy Ellis and Chad Taylor. Watanabe and Sanada will play Japanese fight promoters, while Jones will play a homeless man. Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi is directing the film.

Death in the Shadows: The upcoming WWII action-horror film from director S. Craig Zahler (Dragged Across Concrete, The Raid), Death in the Shadows, has signed Jamie Bell (Skyrim II: Dragonborn, Mass Effect: Silent Assassins), Boyd Holbrook (Blakcwater, Jonestown) and Charlie Hunnam (Planet LV 426, The Gentlemen) to the cast. All three actors will play members of a platoon that find themselves deep in a German forest toward the end of the war that encounter something far more dangerous than the enemy soldiers. Jack Slipter (Visions, Girl in the Fog) penned the film.

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