Monday, August 29, 2022

In Development

 
Knight Rider: Aja Naomi King ("How to Get Away with Murder", The Upside) and Lexi Rabe (Silk Road, Avengers: Endgame) will round out the cast of the upcoming Knight Rider film starring Chris Pratt and Dakota Johnson. King will play a woman who has been kidnapped to keep her from testifying against a mob boss, while Rabe will play the granddaughter of Jeff Goldblum's character. DJ Caruso directs the TV series adaptation from a script by Joshua Collins.

Natural Selection: Billy Crudup (The Giver, Burnt Dreams) and James Van Der Beek (Bad Hair, "Pose") have joined Angelina Jolie, Jared Leto and Warren Beatty in the star-studded erotic thriller, Natural Selection. Crudup will play the ex-husband of Jolie's character, while Van Der Beek will play an old friend of Leto's character. Paul Verheoven is directing the film - his long awaited return to Hollywood films - based on a script by Roy Horne and Chad Taylor.

Midnight Tales: The large ensemble cast of the anthology film Midnight Tales continues to get even larger with the likes of Logan Miller (Happy Birthday, Columbine), Jai Courtney (Alien: Out of the Shadows, Eclipse), Cassady McClincy (Fear of the Dark, "The Walking Dead") and Ben Barnes (Resident Evil 3, Sunny Days) all signing on to appear. Believe it or not, the casting isn't even complete yet as there are still some roles left to fill. The film's various stories are being directed by John Carpenter, David Bruckner, Fede Alvarez and Adam Wingard. Ben Collins, Andrew Doster and Jack Slipter wrote the film.

Luke Cage: Power Man: It was just announced at Comic-Con that Omari Hardwick (Army of the Dead, "Power") is set to play Marvel Comics character Luke Cage for LRF. In the film, he will find him framed for a crime he didn't commit and sent to a prison where they conduct experiments on the inmates. These experiments make Cage superhuman strength. Joining Hardwick in this 1970s-set blaxploitation take on the Marvel Universe will be Olivia Munn (Pontiac, Care of Death) and Nathalie Emmanuel (We Were Never Here, Wish You Were Here). Munn will play private investigator Jessica Jones and Emmanuel will play  police offier Misty Knight. Both women will cross paths with Cage as they all have the common goal of cleaning up the mean streets of Harlem. George Tillman Jr. (Faster, The Longest Ride) is directing the film based on a script by Dwight Gallo (Elektra, Berserker) and Jimmy Ellis (Task Force X: Chaos and Madness, Silver Sable).

Citizen: Timothee Chalamet (The Giver, The Betrothed) has been tapped to star in the film Citizen from writer Rachel Hallett Hardcastle (Final End, Still Lives) and director Danny Boyle (Open Hearts, Antarctica). In the film, Chalamet will play a young man just released after a few years in prison who once again finds himself pushed toward a life of crime. Also signing on to the project right now are Jack Quaid (Final End, Run For Your Life), Owen Teague (Gracie, Maledicta) and the great Kurt Russell (Cold, The Squared Circle). Quaid will play a young sheriff, Teague will play Chalamet's younger brother, and Russell will play a local bookie.

Khumba the Flying Zebra:
Writer Jacob Jones (Bringing About Discord, The Oil Slick) is back with an all new animated adventure about a zebra who finds out that his ancestors were pegasus making him elligible to get wings. John Boyega (The Crow: Wings of Isaiah, Justice League Unlimited) will voice the title character. He will be joined by Kevin Hart (The Man from Toronto, The Upside) and Anna Kendrick (Golden Girl, Depth Perception). Hart will voice another zebra in the herd, while Kendrick will voice a monkey. Peter Ramsey (Rise of the Guardians, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) has been hired to direct the film.

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