Friday, December 10, 2021

In Development

 
Wonder Woman: Camila Mendes (Dangerous Lies, "Riverdale"), Alycia Debnam-Carey ("Fear the Walking Dead", A Violent Separation), Ashley Romans ("Y: The Last Man", "NOS4A2") and Nasim Pedrad (Desperados, Aladdin) have all signed on to join LRF's debut of Wonder Woman. Mendes and Romans will play Amazonians, Debnam-Carey will play a younger version of Hippolyta, while Pedrad will play the assistant to Naomi Watts' Veronica Cale. Kathryn Bigelow directs the film from a script by D.R. Cobb.

Golden Girl: Rounding out the cast of Golden Girl from writer Jacob Jones and director Rian Johnson will be Ben Hardy (Stan, The Voyeurs), Josh Gad (Artemis Fowl, "Avenue 5") and Ben Kingsley (Nexus, Decrescendo). Hardy will play the boyfriend to Suki Waterhouse's character, Gad will play a detective, while Kingsley will play a local surgeon.

Run For Your Life: Daveed Diggs ("Snowpiercer", Velvet Buzzsaw), Michael Imperioli (Huntress, Primal) and Jack Quaid (Care of Death, "The Boys") have joined Edgar Wright's remake of Run Lola Run, Run For Your Life, starring Florence Pugh. Chad Taylor penned the adaptation.

Gigantor: Jack Dylan Grazer (Uncharted 3, That Was Then, This Is Now), Merit Leighton ("Alexa & Katie") and Colin Hanks (Cold, Sweet Tooth) will round out the cast of the anime adaptation, Gigantor. Hanks will play a scientist, Grazer will play the son of Paul Rudd's character, while Leighton will play the daughter of Woody Harrelson's character. Newcomer Joshua Collins wrote the script, which is being directed by Lana Wachowski.

Atlantis: Saoirse Ronan (Tough Girl, Resident Evil 3), Charlotte Rampling (The Cape, And the Birds Rained Down) and Natalia Dyer (Burial Rites, "Stranger Things") have joined the upcoming DC Comics Universe production, Atlantis. Ronan will play Princess Mera, Rampling will play Cetea, and Dyer will play Tula. David Michod is directing the film from a script by Jimmy Ellis. Steven Spielberg is lending his name to the project as producer.

Blue is the Warmest Color: Director Luca Guadagnino (High School, Isla Vista) is set to collaborate with writer Alex Conn (Tough Girl, The Case Against 8) for the third time. This time it will be on a remake of the French film, Blue is the Warmest Color. Starring in the lesbian romantic drama will be Kaitlyn Dever (Happy Birthday, Shouts from the Well) and Dakota Fanning (Death of the Artist, An Ember in the Ashes).

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