Monday, September 11, 2023

In Development

 
The Giver of Stars: Stephanie Beatriz (The Night Swim, Silver Sable), Lauren Cohan (Tumor, Lowell), Hunter Schafer ("Euphoria") and Melissa McBride ("The Walking Dead", The Happys) will round out the cast of The Giver of Stars. The film, which is based on the novel by Jojo Moyes, is being directed by Lorene Scafaria and adapted by Abbie Q.

Idlewild Ranch: Hollywood veteran Elliott Gould (You People, Dangerous Lies) is set to make his LRF debut in the western mystery Idlewild Ranch from directors Joel & Ethan Coen. He will play a vagrant banjo player. Willow Shields (Hated: The Ballad of GG Allin, Columbine) is also being added to the cast as the town gossip. Jacob Jones penned the film.

Swamp Thing 2: Ian McShane (Swamp Thing, Kingmaker Chronicles) is set to return as the villainous Anton Arcane in Swamp Thing 2. In this sequel his character becomes an avatar for "The Rot". Lucy Griffiths (Swamp Thing, Uncanny) is also set to return from the first film as Linda Wise, Alec Holland's ex-girlfriend. One new face to the film will be Matt Jones (Run, Free the Chicago Seven!) who has been cast as a conspiracy-obsessed FBI agent. Jordan Vogt-Roberts is once again directing from a script by APJ.

Task Force X: Jungleland: The opening film of Season 28 is set to be the third film in the DC Comics Universe's Task Force series. Halle Berry (Moonfall, Task Force X: Chaos and Madness) will be back as Amanda Waller and John David Washington (The Passenger, So This Is What It Feels Like) will be back as the Black Spider. Rose Leslie (Birds of Prey, The Arrival) is going to reprise her role as Poison Ivy from Birds of Prey, while Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Wish You Were Here, Walker) will reprise her role of Vixen from Vixen: The Totems of Zambesi. In this film, the team is sent to a jungle to locate a scientist conducting experiments in gorillas. Guy Ritchie (Paki, Task Force X: Chaos and Madness) is back to direct from a script by Jimmy Ellis (Nightcrawler: Demons of the Past, Norse: Valhalla).

D.I.C.K.: Adam Sandler (Death of a Comic, Broadway) is set to headline the dark comedy D.I.C.K. about a man who forms his own country in his backyar. Omari Hardwick (Luke Cage: Power Man, Army of the Dead) will play Sandler's sensible best friend and Hilary Swank (Runaway, "Alaska Daily") will play Sandler's sister. Chris Morris (Four Lions, The Day Shall Come) has been hired to direct the film based on an original script by Jacob Jones (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Get Georgie).

Who Do You Trust When the World is at War?: Writer Meirad Tako (Something and/or Nothing, Police Story: Brother) is set to return behind the camera to direct the drama Who Do You Trust When the World is at War? The film is set in near-future Germany following a third World War that ravages the country. Daniel Bruhl (Pirate Latitudes, Red Planet), Dafne Keen (No Promises in the Wind, Run) and Louis Partridge ("Pistol", Enola Holmes 2) are set to star in the project. Dafne Keen will play a teenage girl unsure of how to feel about the end of the war. Bruhl will play her father, leader of a new version of the Nazi party. Partridge will play Keen's love interest.

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