Tuesday, July 4, 2023

In Development

 
Home Before Dark: Margot Robbie (Man Made Machine, Broadway) is set to headline an adaptation of Riley Sager's 2020 novel, Home Before Dark. She will play a woman who briefly lived in an infamous haunted house when she was a young child who has now inherited the house. Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Emily, "Surface") and Samara Weaving (Y: The Last Man - Part 2, The Brilliant Friend) will Robbie's parents in flashback sequences, while Sally Field (Collapse, Haven) play a woman in town who recalls the past events. Issa Lopez (Tigers Are Not Afraid) directs the film from an adaptation by Harmony Winters (The Lone Gunman, The Past Before) and Rene Menzie (The Night Swim, Mexican Gothic).

Norse: Valhalla: Marvel's Thor won't be the only version of Norse mythology in LRF with writer Jimmy Ellis (Atlantis: Bloodline, Made Men) penning a non-comic-based take closer to the original myths. Charlie Hunnam (Antarctica, The Emperor of Latium) is set to star as a Norse warrior who finds himself caught in a war among man and gods alike. Jeff Bridges (The Case Against 8, Hunter), Sam Heughan (Daredevil, Elektra) and Kristofer Hivju (Gambit: District X, Gargoyles) have been cast as the mythological Odin, Baldr and Bjorn, respectively. Martin Campbell (Nation's Pride, The Refugee) has been hired to direct the ambitious project.

The Passenger: Robert Pattinson (The Last of the Mohicans, Queen Margot), Elizabeth Olsen (Open Hearts, Urban Cowboy) and John David Washington (Task Force X, So This Is What It Feels Like) are set to star in The Passenger, a horror/drama film from director Ari Aster (Krueger, Blind Faith) and writer Mo Buck (Collapse, Death of a Comic). Pattinson will play a professor who finds his life upended and the suspect of a murder after he picks up a mysterious hitchhiker played by Olsen. Washington will play Pattinson's best friend, a police officer. The film is based on the novel by Patrick Senecal.

Zero Hour: Taking a break from superhero/comicbook projects, Jack Reynor (Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer, Coma) is set to star in a sci-fi thriller from director Yann Demange (Splinter Cell: Double Agent, White Boy Rick). He plays a young man who finds out that he can see a clock counting down how long someone has left to live. Rosamund Pike (Lock Every Door, Girl in the Fog) and Idris Elba (Wish You Were Here, Mr. Earthling) are also set to star alongside Reynor. Pike is a woman who finds herself on the run with Reynor from a mysterious agent played by Elba. The film is based on a script by Chad Taylor (Miracles, The Long Way Home) and Matt Parker (The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands, Knievel). 

Desert Dreams: Daisy Edgar-Jones (Caesar Part III, The Big One) is set for her first leading role in LRF in the period show biz drama Desert Dreams. She plays a young woman who becomes obsessed with stardom when a movie shoot arrives in her Arizona hometown. Billy Magnussen (Booster Gold: Back in Time, Kazaria: Burns of the Lavita), Dylan O'Brien (Burnt Dreams, Zombielove) and Jessica Biel (Justice League Unlimited, Hawkworld) are also set to star in the film. Magnussen plays the film's war vet movie star, O'Brien the film's screenwriter who begins a relationship with Edgar-Jones' character, while Biel will play a Hollywood diva threatened by Edgar-Jones' character's incursion of the film set. David Mackenzie (Blue Ridge, Harrelson) is directing the film based on an original script by John Malone (Carte Blanche, Judas Iscariot) and Jimmy Ellis (Made Men, Atlantis: Bloodline).

Detroit: Become Human: Jennifer Lawrence (We Were Never Here, Still Lives) and Michael B. Jordan (Broadway, Kiss Me Katie) are set to headline an adaptation of the video game, Detroit: Become Human, which tells the story of a group of androids in a future version of Detroit. Lawrence will play an android sent to protect a young girl, while Jordan plays an android who devotes himself to freeing other androids from servitude. Brandon Micheal Hall ("God Friended Me", "The Mayor"), Lexi Rabe (Knight Rider, Silk Road) and Alfred Molina (Nightwing, Pocahontas) have also signed on to play supporting roles in the project. Denis Villeneuve (Carte Blanche, Control) directs the film from a script by Jack Slipter (Queen Margot, The Nest).

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