Friday, March 11, 2022

In Development

Audible: The true story deaf high school football drama, Audible, has completed its cast with the additions of Eion Bailey (Extortion, "The Stand"), Juliana Canfield (The Assistant, On the Rocks), Victor Garber (Torso, Jonestown) and Russell Harvard ("Fargo", There Will Be Blood). Chloe Zhao is making just her second film for LRF, based on a script by Jimmy Ellis and Chad Taylor.

EarthBound: Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory", "Hollywood"), Roger Yuan (Mulan, Dune) and K. Todd Freeman (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Anesthesia) will round out the cast of Duncan Jones' latest video game adaptation, EarthBound, based on the classic Nintendo game of the same name. The sci-fi/fantasy adventure was written by sophomore writer Joshua Collins.

Broadway: Four more big names have joined Quentin Tarantino's latest project, a 1920s gangster epic: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Stepford, Orchid), Anya Taylor-Joy (Wolf, Ypsilanti), Danny DeVito (Dumbo, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") and Al Pacino (Haute Couture, The Mobster's Violin). JGL will play the baby-faced Mayor of New York City, DeVito will play a legendary Broadway choreographer, while Pacino will play a powerful organized crime mediator. Chad Taylor penned the film.

Arizona: Tyler James Williams (Hillside, Corndog), Elijah Wood (Germinal, Hex: The Cult of Cain) and Ryan Guzman (Happy Nuke Year, Standing Back) have joined the likes of Tessa Thompson, Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis in the adventure dramedy, Arizona. Williams will play the lone male member in the group of friends at the center of the story (alongside the three previously mentioned actresses). Guzman and Wood will play two men the group meets on their journey to Arizona to find diamonds. Jacob Jones wrote the film, which is being directed by Jason Reitman.

Gracie: Laura Dern (Blind Faith, Oh Johnny Boy), Dermot Mulroney (Umma, Urban Cowboy), Josephine Langford (The Birds, After We Fell) and Erin Kellyman (The Green Knight, "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier") have signed on to co-star in the Sydney Sweeney-led drama, Gracie. Dern and Mulroney will play Sweeney's parents. Langford will play her longtime best friend, while Kellyman will play a new friend she meets following a traumatic experience. Mark Pellington is set to direct the film. Roy Horne wrote the film, based on a South Korean film.

Elektra: As it was already announced at this season's Comic-Con, Sofia Boutella (Uncharted 3, Alex + Ada) is set to play the Marvel Comics character Elektra Natchios in a new film from director Zack Snyder (The Fountainhead, Gears of War). The film will follow Elektra as she makes enemies of the clan of assassins she works with and comes back to the United States after several years away. Dwight Gallo (Rodeo, X-Men: The Cure) wrote the script.

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