Tuesday, October 15, 2024

In Development

 

Animal Farm: Rupert Grint (The Day, The Guest List), Bel Powley (In Five Years, Stained), Patrick Stewart (Beasts, Prodigy) and Russell Brand (Anastasia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) are set to round out the voice cast of the new animated adaptation of Animal Farm. Genndy Tartakovsky directs from a script by Meirad Tako.

The Life Survey: Geoffrey Rush (A German Tragedy, Birth of Frankenstein) and Lou de Laage (The Mad Women's Ball, Coup de chance) are set to join Jesse Plemons and Christopher Walken in Spike Jonze's The Life Survey. Rush will play a mentor to Plemons' character, while de Laage will play a love interest of Plemons' character. Wyatt Allen penned the story.

Ghost Rider: Damnation: David Duchovny (Ghost Rider, Harvard Psychology) is officially back in the Marvel Universe as Mephistoples in Ghost Rider: Damnation. He will also be joined by Comic-Con guests Greta Lee (Past Lives, "The Morning Show") and Thomas Jane (Amnesiac, El Dorado) as Mephistophles' daughter Jezebel and Noble Kale, respectively. Ilya Naishuller directs from a script by Mark Newton.

Saving Yemen: Joining Adam Sandler and Reese Witherspoon in Saving Yemen will be Jacob Tremblay (No Promises in the Wind, Camp Manhood) and Miriam Spumpkin (Time for Sunset, Family Portrait), who will be playing their children. Jeremiah Zagar directs the comedy from a script by Jacob Jones. 

Ecstasy: More hot young actors are set to join Ecstasy, a modern teen version of The Great Gatsby. Rudy Pankow ("Outer Banks", Accidental Texan) will play Tom, Angourie Rice (Death of a Comic, The Last of the Mohicans) will play Jordan, and Halle Bailey (Connected, The Little Mermaid) will play Maya (based on the character of Myrtle). Megan Park is directing the film from a script by Diane Esposito.

Marvin the Martian: Mike Myers (X-Men, Amsterdam) is set to voice the title character in a new animated film based on Marvin the Martian, the popular Looney Tunes character. In the story, Marvin's long-awaited dream vacation is ruined by Bugs Bunny, who will be voiced by Seth MacFarlane (The Phantom of the Opera, Believe It or Not!). Chris Sanders (The Wild Robot, The Call of the Wild) is directing the animated film from APJ (Tarzan, The Champ), making his animation debut.

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