Whaling: Whaling, the new drama from director Noah Baumbach has completed its cast with the additions of Paul Iacono (Animal, G.B.F.) and Monica Cruz ("Velvet Colección", Iron Cross). Iacono will play the assistant of Paul Giamatti's filmmaker character, while Cruz will play a famous Spanish singer in a relationship with the movie star played by Colin Farrell. The film is based on a script by Wyatt Allen.
Twisted Metal: Amber Midthunder (The Ice Road, "Legion"), Iggy Pop (Blood Orange, Suck), M.C. Gainey (Django Unchained, Deadman Standing) and Joe Pantoliano (Bad Boys for Life, The Brawler) have joined the violent video game happenings in the upcoming Twisted Metal adaptation. Midthunder will play a young daredevil who enters the destruction derby tournament for the thrill and Gainey will play a monster truck driving contestant. Pop will play the violent and silent henchman of Nicolas Cage, while Pantoliano will play the official bookie of the tournament. Written by APJ and Chad Taylor, the film is being directed by Alexandre Aja.
Pontiac: Leslie Odom Jr. (The Many Saints of Newark, Murder on the Orient Express), Olivia Munn (Care of Death, Tail) and Jason Mantzoukas (Painkiller Jane, Infinite) will join Glenn Howerton and Rachel McAdams in the Michigan-set dark comedy, Pontiac. Odom Jr. will play their father's doctor who has an affair with McAdams, Munn will play Odom Jr's wife, and Mantzoukas will play an old friend of Howerton who is trying to earn a living as a friendly neighborhood bookie. Martin McDonagh is directing the film based on an original story by John Malone and Jimmy Ellis.
American Dirt: As soon as he completes his work on Twisted Metal, Michael Pena (Bunker 17, The Tower) will join the production of American Dirt in a supporting role. Also signing onto the project to complete its ensemble will be Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mask of the Phantom, "His Dark Materials"), Kevin Alejandro (The Lost Husband, "Lucifer"). Patricia Riggen is directing the film from a script by Rosie JoLove and Harmony Winters. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Jeanine Cummins.
The Void: Josh Brolin (Jonestown, Pirate Latitudes) has been tapped to headline a new sci-fi drama film, The Void. Helmed by GRA-nominated director Jeff Nichols (Coma, Superman: The Last Son of Krypton), the film tells the story of an astronaut (Brolin) who was lost in space for several years but has finally been found. Dakota Johnson (Superman: The Last Son of Krypton, Lock Every Door) will reunite with her Superman director on the film, playing a NASA ground control worker who communicates with Brolin. Ed Harris (Kingmaker Chronicles, Letter to Myself) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (Decrescendo, Crowley) will also join the film with Harris playing an general and Gyllenhaal playing Brolin's wife. The film was written by Jimmy Ellis (The Grenade, The World: Done to Death).
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