Sunday, March 21, 2021

In Development

Teen Titans: Some new faces will be joining LRF's DC Comics Universe with the upcoming Teen Titans film. Haley Lu Richardson (High School, The Letter J), Suki Waterhouse (Femme Fatale, AGOS: A Game of Survival) and Robert Carlyle ("Once Upon a Time", T2 Trainspotting) have signed on to the film. Richardson will play the alien Starfire, Waterhouse will play her sister, while Carlyle will play an alien who has conducted experiments on the two sisters. Demian Bichir (Blue Beetle, The Raid) has also signed on to the film, reprising his role as the father of Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle from the film Blue Beetle, the first official DC Comics Universe production. Travis Knight is directing the film from a script by APJ and Jimmy Ellis.
 
Task Force X: DC Comics Universe villains Clayne Crawford (Plastic Man, Escape the Unknown), Mackenzie Davis (Batman: Gotham Knight, Y: The Last Man) and GRA-winner Ben Foster (The Flash, Fractured) will reprise their roles as Ralph Dibney/Elongated Man from Plastic Man, Copperhead from Batman: Gotham Knight and Mick Rory/Heat Wave from The Flash, respectively. They find themselves forced to work for Amanda Waller to fight against a greater evil in the film. Guy Ritchie is directing the film based on a script by Jimmy Ellis.

Princess Natalie: While she is shooting Teen Titans, Suki Waterhouse (Femme Fatale, AGOS: A Game of Survival) will be recording her voice role in the animated film Princess Natalie. Also joining her in the voice cast will be Patton Oswalt (Burnt Dreams, Long Time) and Craig Ferguson (Then Came You, "Hot in Cleveland"). Lauren Faust is directing the animated adventure from writer Jacob Jones.

Kansas City: Neal McDonough (Don't Hang Up, The Devil in the White City) and Odeya Rush (Dear Dictator, Dumplin') have joined the mystery/drama Kansas City from director David Robert Mitchell. McDonough will play the imprisoned father of Lucas Hedges' character, while Rush will play a woman who appears to be part of the mystery of the film. Chad Taylor wrote the script based on the 2018 Korean film, Burning.

Shouts from the Well: Director David Fincher (Heights, Cold) is set to return to work for LRF with the 15th century thriller Shouts from the Well. Thomasin McKenzie (He Kills, Gambit and Rogue), Kaitlyn Dever (Scream 5, Theater Kids) and Olivia DeJonge (Excalibur, Caesar) are set to star in the project as young women accused of witchcraft. The script comes from writer Ben Collins (Care of Death, Burnt Dreams).

Police Story: Case Closed: Jackie Chan (Police Story: Extradition, Dragon Ball: The Wrath of the Demon King), Jamie Dornan (Police Story: Extradition, X-Men) and Samuel L. Jackson (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Police Story: Extradition) are all signed on to be back for a third the Police Story series from writer Meirad Tako (Attraction/Deception, The Journey). Olivier Megaton (The Last Days of American Crime, Taken 3) is set to helm the film, which is expected to close out the trilogy.

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