Sunday, January 29, 2023

In Development

 
Nineteen Minutes: Peyton Wich (Goosebumps 2: Slappy's Revenge, Darlin'), Jahi Di'Allo Winston (Hillside, Charm City Kings), Sadie Stanley (Somewhere in Queens, "Cruel Summer") and Ian Patrick (Class Rank, "The Neighbors") will round out the ensemble cast of novel adaptation Nineteen Minutes. They will play students at the high school that becomes the setting of a school shooting. The film is based on the novel by Jodi Picoult. Matt Ross directs from an adaptation by Joshua Collins.

Believe It or Not!:
Patrick Warburton ("A Series of Unfortunate Events", Inheritance), Sara Paxton (Blonde, The Front Runner) and Scott Grimes ("The Orville", Pearly Gates) will round out the cast of the Robert Ripley biopic, Believe It or Not! Warburton will play a newspaper editor, Grimes will play a cartoonist, while Paxton will play famous actress Marion Davies. In addition to starring as Robert Ripley, Seth MacFarlane is directing the film based on a script by Lon Charles.

The Watsons Go to Birmingham: Marcus Scribner (Along for the Ride, "Black-ish"), Keith David (Metal Gear Solid, Nope), Issac Ryan Brown (Kings, Believe) and Braylon Owens (Live by Night) have filled out the large supporting cast of novel adaptation The Watsons Go to Birmingham. Dee Rees is directing the film from an adaptation by Wesley Campbell.

The Long Way Home: Comedian David Letterman, Hank Azaria (Stained, Out of the Blue) and singer Diana Ross have joined the cast of Cameron Crowe's LRF debut. Letterman will play the father of Andrew Garfield's character, Azaria will play a TV producer, while Ross will play the sister of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's character. Chad Taylor peneed the original story.

Scarlet: As announced at the latest LRF Comic-Con, Sadie Sink (The Big One, Tumor) will play LRF's version of Marvel character Scarlet Witch. In this take on the character, she will play an adopted girl who finds out that she was born with magical powers that have begun to manifest. Kate Winslet (The Squared Circle, Revolution) has been cast as her biological mother and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After Ever Happy, The Woman King) as her brother, Quicksilver. Leigh Janiak (Fear Street Trilogy, Honeymoon) is set to direct Sink in the film based on a script by Roy Horne (The Hammer of Thor, Red Sonja: Blood + Bone).

We Know Where You Live:
Toby Kebbell (Gargoyles, Femme Fatale), Matthew Fox (Metal Gear Solid, Who Watches the Watchmen) and Radha Mitchell (Jonestown, Supergirl) have been cast in a new horror project from writer Jack Brown (OZ, Friday the 13th). A classic home invasion story, Fox and Mitchell will play a married couple who go to a lake house with their family for a holiday, only to encounter a dangerous cult led by Kebbell's character. Franck Khalfoun (Prey, Maniac) is set to direct the film.

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