Saturday, April 22, 2023

In Development

 
Death of a Comic: Chris Tucker (Luke Cage: Power Man, Air), Angourie Rice (The Last of the Mohicans, The House of Romanov), Michael Imperioli (Run For Your Life, Huntress) and Connor Swindells ("SAS: Rogue Heroes", Barbarians) will round out the expansive supporting cast of the Adam Sandler-led drama, Death of a Comic. Thomas Vinterberg directs from a script by Mo Buck.

Caesar Part III: Some fresh faces will be joining the trilogy-capper, Caesar Part III. Michael Cimino (Senior Year, Annabelle Comes Home) will play Cleopatra's brother, Ptoelmy XIV.  Walker Scobell (Secret Headquarters, The Adam Project) will play Julius Caesar's nephew, Octavian. Stephen Graham (Wish You Were Here, Boiling Point) will play a gladiator game master of ceremony. Gabriella Wilde (The Sandman, "Poldark"), meanwhile, will play Caesar's niece and the mother of Octavian. Christopher Nolan is once again directing from a script by John Malone and Chad Taylor.

The Mars Room: Brianna Hildebrand (Unknown, Deadpool 2), Pom Klementieff (Who Watches the Watchmen, Tekken: Blood Feud), Laverne Cox ("Orange Is the New Black", Jolt) and O-T Fagbenle ("The First Lady", Black Widow) will round out the ensemble cast of the drama The Mars Room based on the novel by Rachel Kushner. Rosie JoLove adapted the novel for director Desiree Akhavan.

Among Us: The upcoming video game adaptation Among Us has added Randall Park (Control, "Young Rock"), Jharrel Jerome (L.A. Rex, Audible), Dominique McElligott (Dark Places, Death in the Shadows), Hiroyuki Sanada (OZ, Fractured) and Gemma Chan (Odysseus - Part One, Aliens vs. Predator: The Long War) to its cast. Park and McElligott will play scientists on the ship, Jerome will play a storage worker, Chan will play the ship's lead engineer, and Sanada will play a mysterious crew member from a different ship that they rescue. Andre Ovredal directs from a script by Sammy-Jo Ellis.

Paki: Emily Blunt (Standing Back, Fevre Dream), Ralph Fiennes (Run For Your Life, Anarctica) and Simon Pegg (A Boy and His Robot, Task Force X: Chaos and Madness) have joined Tom Hardy and Riz Ahmed in Guy Ritchie's Paki. Blunt will play Hardy's ex-wife, Fiennes will play a gangster running an underground fight tournamanet, while Pegg will play a bookie fixing fights. John Malone and Jimmy Ellis penned the film.

Footage from the Past: Director Eduardo Sanchez's new found footage horror film for LRF has added Andi Matichak (Son, Halloween Ends), Emma Dumont (Tekken: Blood Feud, Licorice Pizza) and Elizabeth Lail (Resident Evil 3, Mack & Rita) to its cast. Carl Flimmer penned the script.

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