Friday, August 2, 2024

In Development

 

X-Men: Hellfire: Rounding out the cast of the fourth X-Men film, X-Men: Hellfire will be Millie Bobby Brown (The Girls, X-Men) back as Kitty Pryde, Jamie Bell (Nightcrawler: Demons of the Past, Supercrooks) entering the main series as Nightcrawler, Laura Fraser (Heartstone, Scarlet) returning as Dr. Moira MacTaggert and KiKi Layne (Gambit: District X, The Old Guard) returning as Storm. Miguel Sapochnik is directing the Marvel Universe production based on a script by Dwight Gallo.

Eve of Destruction: Chase Stokes ("Outer Banks", Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets) and Austin Abrams (Graduation Trip, Do Revenge) have signed on to complete the casting of Eve of Destruction. They will both play friends of the main character, played by Jeremy Allen White, who has just returned from the Vietnam War. Jeremy Saulnier directs from a script by Jimmy Ellis. Dwight Gallo acts as a producer on the project.

Shatterhand: The third James Bond film from writer John Malone will bring back some more familiar faces with Richard E. Grant (The Deadliest Night in Show Business, Wolf), Kelly Macdonald (Territory, Carte Blanche), Himesh Patel (So This Is What It Feels Like, Risico) and Shea Whigham (The Punisher: Last Exit, Carte Blanche) all back as M, Miss Moneypenny, Q and Felix Leiter, respectively. Joe Wright has taken over as director for this sequel.

Dating Vanessa: Emma Stone (Photographs, The Stand) and Zac Efron (Zoe's Vegas, Supercrooks) have signed on to star in a new romantic comedy, Dating Vanessa, from director Will Gluck (Anyone But You, Peter Rabbit) and writer Jacob Jones (The Scam of Success, Tara's World). The film tells the story of a unlucky-in-love socialite (Stone) who becomes the subject of a dating reality show. Efron will play one of the male contestants on the show, as will Pete Davidson (Zoe's Vegas, Be More Chill).

American Gigolo: Jacob Elordi (Starkweather, AKA Billy the Kid) has been cast as the lead in a remake of Paul Schrader's 1980 film, American Gigolo. Elordi will play Julian Kaye, a handsome gigolo accused of a crime. Sarah Gadon (Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer, Halo 6) and Giovanni Ribisi (Harrelson, Believe It or Not!) have also joined the project. Gadon will play the wife of a senator, while Ribisi will play a detective. Paolo Sorrentino (The Hand of God, Youth) has been hired to direct the film from a script by Roy Horne (Scarlet, Starman).

Justice League Invasion: We finally have some of the superheroes set to return for the third Justice League film, which will see the heroes face off against an invasion from Darkseid, who is on the hunt for the last piece of the Anti-Life Equation. Mahershala Ali (The Devil's Run, The Flash #2) is back as Martian Manhunter, Glenn Howerton (Pontiac, Justice League Unlimited) is back as Plastic Man, Taylor Kitsch (Vampire, Knievel) is back as Hawkman, while Giancarlo Esposito (The Void, The Lone Gunman) is playing Darkseid. Michael Bay (Cocaine Cowboys, Justice League Unlimited) is back to direct the film, which is penned by APJ (The Champ, Swamp Thing 2), D.R. Cobb (Captain America, Wonder Woman: Labyrinth), Chad Taylor (The Omen, Under the Influence) and making his Justice League debut, John Malone (Murder Mysteries, Superman: Exile).

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