Friday, May 3, 2024

In Development

 
Spider-Man: Requiem: Zoey Deutch (Undefeated Abe, Spider-Man vs The Sinister Six) and Ron Perlman (Spider-Man vs The Sinister Six, Odysseus - Part One) are set to return from the previous Spider-Man film as Mary Jane Watson and J. Jonah Jameson, respectively. Sarah Silverman (Maestro, Marry Me) will also be reprising a previous role, Jameson's trusted assistant Betty Brant, who she previously played in a guest appearance on LRTV's "She-Hulk" series. Alan Ruck ("Succession", Freaky) has also joined the film as an OsCorp scientist overseeing the care of Harry Osborn. Damien Chazelle is directing the Marvel Universe production from a script by D.R. Cobb and Chad Taylor.

Kill Zone: Rounding out the cast of the Chris Pratt-led war-action film will be Cosmo Jarvis (OZ, "Shogun") and Trieste Kelly Dunn ("Banshee", Girl on the Third Floor). Jarvis will play another member of Pratt's unit, while Dunn will play Pratt's love interest in the film during scenes set away from the war. Pratt is playing real life war hero Brian Chontosh in the film which is being directed by Zack Snyder. Jimmy Ellis and John Malone penned the story.

Boy's Life: The first novel adaptation of Season 30, Boy's Life, has added Iain Armitage (The Passenger, "Young Sheldon"), John James Cronin (Confetti, We Need to Do Something), Roman Griffin Davis (Akin, Police Story: Brother) and Alfre Woodard (Boys of the Bayou, The Book of Clarence) to its ensemble cast. Director Benh Zeitlin  is making his LRF debut on the project based on the novel by Robert McCammon. Eden Townsend penned the adaptation.

Amnesiac: Asa Butterfield (Titans: Evil Incarnate, Exta Ordinary) and Rose Byrne (Ghost Stories, Fractured) have joined Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon in the original superhero project, Amnesiac, from writer Jack Ryder. Byrne will play Gordon-Levitt's love interest, while Butterfield will play a supporting role as a victim of the city's crime who finds himself helped by the masked vigilante played by Gordon-Levitt. Drew Goddard is set to direct the project, which hopes to be the start of a new franchise.

Slowly Dying: Patricia Clarkson (Red Riding Blood, The Vacationers), Rachel Blanchard (Deep Water, "The Summer I Turned Pretty") and JK Simmons (Shoe Dog, Extra Ordinary) are set to join the Paul Giamatti-led comedy-drama Slowly Dying. Clarkson will play Giamatti's boss at a university, Blanchard will play Giamatti's unfaithful wife, and Simmons will play the producer of a successful political talk show. Alexander Payne is making his LRF debut as director on the project from a script by Alex Conn.

The Ninth Hour: The Ninth Hour has added Mary-Louise Parker (Red Sparrow, Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp), Teresa Palmer (Firestorm, The Mutation), Constance Zimmer ("Good Trouble", Run the Tide) and Judi Dench (Haunted, Standing Back) to its ensemble cast in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a woman who is taken in by a convent of nuns following the tragic death of her husband. Reed Morano will direct the film. Rosie JoLove adapted the film from the novel by Alice McDermott.

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