Friday, June 24, 2022

In Development

 
Spider-Man vs. The Sinister Six: Vince Vaughn (One for the Ages, The Black Cat Strikes Again!) is set to reprise his role as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin in the latest Spider-Man film. He will also be joined by his The Black Cat Strikes Again! cast mate Holt McCallany (Cascade, The Black Cat Strikes Again!) who will reprise his role as Hammerhead. New faces in the film will include Youssef Kerkour (House of Gucci, Close), Scott MacArthur ("The Righteous Gemstones", Halloween Kills) and Joey Ansah (The Old Guard, "Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist"). They will play members of Fisk's "Sinister Six": Rhino, Sandman and Shocker, respectively. Damien Chazelle is directing from a script by D.R. Cobb and Chad Taylor.

So This Is What It Feels Like: Writer Sammy-Jo Ellis' LRF debut has added Virginia Madsen (Ghost Rider, Masters of the Universe), Himesh Patel (Tenet, Yesterday) and Rob Delaney (The Bubble, Home Sweet Home Alone) to its ensemble cast. Madsen will play the mother of the main character (played by Cooper Raiff), while Patel and Delaney will play colleagues of Raiff's character at a movie studio. Cooper Raiff, in addition to starring, is also directing the film.

The Nest: Mads Mikkelsen (Resident Evil 3, Burial Rites), Kathryn Newton (House Without End, Maledicta), Cara Buono (Camp Manhood, Long Time) and James Ransone (The Raid, Police Story: Case Closed) have been cast in director Scott Cooper's latest film, the thriller/mystery/drama The Nest, based on the Italian film of the same name. Mikkelsen will play a doctor, Newton and Buono will play maids, while Ransone will play the husband of Vera Farmiga's character. The film was written by Jack Slipter.

A Boy and His Robot: Michael Shannon (The Mask, Obsession) and Keri Russell (For Those Who Don't Read Me, Fear of the Dark) have joined JJ Abram's latest sci-fi film, A Boy and His Robot, playing the parents of the titular boy of the film (played by Archie Yates). Chad Taylor and Meirad Tako penned the film.

Calvin and Hobbes: Nancy Cartwright (In Search of Fellini, "The Simpsons"), Will Artnett (Skin Tight, Delaware) and Brooklynn Prince (Free Spirit, Zatanna) will lead the voice cast of the comic strip adaptation, Calvin and Hobbes. Cartwright will voice the boy, while Arnett will voice the tiger. Prince, meanwhile, will voice Calvin's nemesis, Susie. Pete Docter (Free Spirit, Inside Out) will direct the film from, while Joshua Collins (RoboCop Versus The Terminator, EarthBound) wrote the script based on the comic by Bill Watterson.

Poison Ivy: Mind Games: Sydney Sweeney (Black Hole, Gracie) has officially signed a lucrative, eight-figure contract to reprise her multi-GRA-winning role of Ivy in a sequel to the acclaimed Season 19 erotic thriller, Poison Ivy. This sequel will reportedly pick up shortly after the events of the first film which ended with Ivy's presumed demise. Sam Levinson (Poison Ivy, "Euphoria") is back behind the camera as director for this film, which was once again written by Roy Horne (Open Hearts, Gracie).

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