Monday, August 2, 2021

In Development

The Curse of Janara: Iain Armitage (The Cape, "Young Sheldon"), Jessica De Gouw (Gretel & Hansel, OtherLife) and Anthony LaPaglia (The Question: The End, Nation's Pride) will round out the cast of The Curse of Janara. Armitage will play the mute son of characters played by the previously cast Alison Brie and David Giuntoli. De Gouw and LaPaglia's roles have not yet been announced. Colin Trevorrow is directing the film from a script by Andrew Doster.

Risico: Two well-known characters in the James Bond mythos have been added to the cast of Dan Stevens' debut as the character, Risico. Shea Whigham (The Punisher, Huntress) has signed on to play American CIA agent Felix Leiter, while Kelly Macdonald (Ghost Town, "Line of Duty") has signed on to play Jane Moneypenny, the personal secretary to M. Also joining the film will be Dar Salim (Exodus: Gods and Kings, Curveball) and Filippo Nigro (The Book of Vision, The Goddess of Fortune) in villainous roles. Christopher Nolan is directing the film from a script by John Malone.

L.A. Rex: Robert Sheehan (Kingmaker Chronicles, X-Men), Michel Duval ("Deadly Class", "Queen of the South"), Tom Hopper (Crimson, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard) and Edward James Olmos (Martian Manhunter, "Mayans M.C.") have all joined the ensemble cast of the crime thriller L.A. Rex from director Gavin O'Connor. Wesley Campbell penned the adaptation based on the novel by Will Beall.

The World: Done to Death: Christian Serratos (Care of Death, Selena: The Series"), Freddie Highmore (Looking for Alaska, Cyrano de Bergerac) and Jim Beaver (Billy Boy, Crimson Peak) will round out the cast of director Mike Flanagan's post-apocalyptic zombie picture. Jimmy Ellis has penned the script with the hopes of starting a series.

Photographs: The new slasher film from writer Ben Collins, Photographs, has added Jessica Henwick (Mortal Kombat II, The Grind), Leila George (The Kid, Mortal Engines), Francesca Eastwood (Enchained, A Violent Separation) and Robbie Amell (Desperados, The Babysitter: Killer Queen) to its ensemble cast. The Emma Roberts-led film is being directed by the duo of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.

Wish You Were Here:
Jane Seymour (Friendsgiving, The War with Grandpa) and Colin Salmon (Nobody, Mortal Engines) have joined the mystery drama Wish You Were Here. They will play the parents of the characters played Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Nathalie Emmanuel. Joe Wright helms the film from a script by Roy Horne based on the 2012 Australia film of the same name.

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