In Development

 

Gas Bar Blues: Matt Walsh (Flamin' Hot, You People), Eric Roberts (Nomad, Red Sonja: Blood + Bone), Tony Hale (Bad Education, Faster Higher Stronger) and Keith Carradine (Don't Hang Up, The Raven) have all been cast to round out the ensemble cast of the Tom Hanks-led Gas Bar Blues. Ron Howard is directing the film from a script by Mo Buck. The film is based on the 2003 Quebecois film Gaz Bar Blues.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame: The big-budget live-action adaptation of the animated film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, has added Charlie Murphy ("Peaky Blinders", "Obsession"), Santiago Cabrera (The Crow: Wings of Isaiah, The Crow: Resurrected), Peter Serafinowicz (

White House Plumbers", The School for Good and Evil) and Matt Berry (Blue Beetle: Legacy, "What We Do In the Shadows") to its cast. Murphy and Cabrera will play the parents of Quasimodo, while Serafinowicz and Berry will play Parisian guards. Sam Taylor-Johnson is directing the film from an adaptation by Walter McKnight.

The Beat Goes On: The ambitious jukebox musical The Beat Goes On has added music superstar Rihanna (Broadway, Hair), Paul Mescal (Audible, Captain America) and Paul Giamatti (Whaling, Kazaria) to its high-profile cast. Rihanna will play a disco star mistress of the main character (played by Will Smith), Mescal will play a heartland heartthrob rock singer, while Giamatti will play a music manager. Ryan Coogler is directing from an original story by Chad Taylor.

Red Wolf: Wanderer: The latest Marvel Universe production - the sequel to Red Wolf - has added the likes of Jessica Matten ("Dark Winds", The Empty Man), Keith Jardine (The Kid, "Godless") and Michael Horse (Red Wolf, The Call of the Wild). Horse will be reprising his role as the hero's father. Matten will be playing Danielle Moonstar, an illusion creating mutant. Jardine, meanwhile, will play a violent biker named Bulldozer. Sterlin Harjo is back to direct, once again from a script by Dwight Gallo and Jimmy Ellis.

The Incredible Shrinking Man: Andrew Garfield (The Long Way Home, Shoe Dog) has been tapped to star in a new adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel The Shrinking Man. Garfield will play a man exposed to a chemical that begins to slowly shrink his body. Mary Elizabeth Winstead (The Long Way Home, Krueger) has also signed on to the project as Garfield's wife who struggles to adjust to her husband's shrinking size. Jason Reitman (Arizona, Maple Leaf) has been hired to direct the film. Billy Cruder (Camping, The Liberation of Evil) penned the film.

Watch Dogs: Gerard Butler (Blood in the Water, The Black Cat) has been cast in the lead role in an adaptation of the video game Watch Dogs. He will play a hacker and vigilante seeking revenge after the death of a family member. Willem Dafoe (Days Without End, To the Other Side) and Al Pacino (Broadway, The Mobster's Violin) have also joined the project in supporting roles. Dafoe will play a fellow hacker to Butler's character, while Pacino will play a Chicago mobster. Neill Blomkamp (Batman Beyond, Mr. Earthling) is set to direct the action film. Joshua Collins (Nineteen Minutes, Krueger) wrote the film based on the video game of the same name.