Thursday, September 23, 2021

In Development

 
Y: The Last Man - Part 2: Sophie Lowe (Gargoyles, Above Suspicion), Lucy Fry (Bright, "Wolf Creek") and Rila Fukushima (Resident Evil 2, Star Trek: Enterprise) have signed on to appear in the second film in the Y: The Last Man series. Lowe will play a former member of the Australian Navy, Fry will play a woman who becomes romantic with Yorick on his journey, and Fukushima will a ninja. Julianne Moore (Tumor, 7 Days) is also set to reprise her role as Jennifer Brown, a lowly cabinet member who unexpectedly finds herself elevated to President of the United States following the death of all the men. Ana Lily Amirpour is directing the in-production film which was written by Matt Parker, based on the comic series of the same name.

Sinatra: Bobby Cannavale (Love, Of Rocks and Sand), Seth Gilliam (Still Alice, "The Walking Dead"), David Schwimmer ("Intelligence", The Laundromat), Dominic West (Sherwood, Colette), Emilio Estevez (The Public, "Mighty Ducks: Game Changers") and Patrick Wilson (Burnt Dreams, Mortal Kombat II) have joined the massive ensemble cast of the Leonardo DiCaprio-led and Martin Scorsese-helmed Frank Sinatra biopic, Sinatra. Cannavale, Gilliam, Schwimmer, and West will play members of the so-called "Rat Pack": Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford, respectively. Estevez, meanwhile, has been cast as President John F. Kennedy, with Wilson cast as his younger brother Robert Kennedy.

Justice League Unlimited: More familiar DC faces have officially been announced as part of the Justice League sequel. Glenn Howerton (No Laughing Matter, Plastic Man 2: Electric Boogaloo) will be back as Plastic Man, John Boyega (The Crow: Resurrected, Green Lantern Corps) will be back as John Stewart, Dan Stevens (Risico, Risico) will be back as Rip Hunter, and Daniel Craig (Excalibur, Superman: The Last Son of Krypton) will once again play Superman nemesis Lex Luthor. Michael Bay is again directing the film from a script by the trio of APJ, D.R. Cobb and Chad Taylor.

Resident Evil 4: Season 21's first release has added Frank Grillo (The Host, Jersey Devil), Rila Fukushima (Resident Evil 2, Star Trek: Enterprise), Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad, Parque Mayer) and Tyler Mane (Victor Crowley, Playing with Fire) to its cast. Grillo has been cast as a government agent with mysterious allegiences. Fukushima will reprise her role as Ada Wong from the second film in the franchise. Mane will play a hulking Catholic priest, while Melchior's role has not yet been disclosed. James Wan is back behind the camera for this fourth entry in the franchise, once again written by Carl Flimmer.

Wolf: Bradley Cooper (Sunny Days, Mr. Big) and Anya Taylor-Joy (Fear of the Dark, The Young Pretender) are set to headline a re-imagining of the 1994 werewolf film, Wolf. Cooper will play a Hollywood film executive who begins experiencing changes following an accident. Taylor-Joy will play the daughter of the studio's new owner who finds herself attracted to the dark side Cooper begins showing. Also joining the film, hot off his well-regarded take on M in Risico, will be Richard E. Grant (Risico, Pulp) as the new studio owner and Taylor-Joy's father. The film will be the fourth collaboration between director Nicolas Winding Refn (Cecil, Excalibur) and writer Roy Horne (Wish You Were Here, Poison Ivy).

Rookie's Road: Nick Robinson (Isla Vista, Queen Mary), Adam Driver (Lowell, The Crow: Resurrected), Dwayne Johnson (The Fall Guy, AGOS: A Game of Survival) and John Cena (Zoe Maye, But What Am I?) have all signed on to the star-studded war comedy, Rookie's Road. Robinson will play a new recruit. Driver will play a sergeant who takes Robinson under his wing. Johnson will play an intense general, while Cena will play a veteran soldier. Todd Phillips (Hated: The Ballad of GG Allin, Joker) will direct the project, his first for LRF since Season 5. Jacob Jones (Strawberry High, The Crow: Wings of Isaiah) wrote the film.

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