Written By Jason: Elsie Fisher (Nineteen Minutes, Collapse), Minnie Driver (Rosaline, The Beekeeper) and Joshua Bassett (Better Nate Than Ever, "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series") will be rouding out the cast of Sofia Coppola's latest, Written By Jason. Fisher will have a prominent role as a (slightly) younger version of Jade Pettyjohn's character, while Driver will play the mother of Millie Bobby Brown's character and Bassett will play adult Jason's (Lucas Hedges) best friend. Jacob Jones penned the film.
Gamera: LRF's first kaiju blockbuster, Gamera, has added Violet McGraw (The ComeBack, The Crow: Midnight Garden), Nicola Coughlan ("Bridgerton", Barbie) and Karen Fukuhara (Two Souls, The Beatles) to its cast led by David Harbour and Hiroyuki Sanada. McGraw will play Harbour's daughter who develops a bond with Gamera, while Coughlan and Fukuhara will play two members of a team of scientists formed to investigate the kaiju. David Leitch is directing from a script by rookie writer Nic Suzuki.
Friday the 13th: Blood Ties: Stefanie Scott (Red Riding Blood, The Spectre), Austin Abrams (Eve of Destruction, Graduation Trip), Larsen Thompson (Tarot, Bloodline) and Luke Benward (Playing God, Grand Isle) will play members of the main group of young people for Jason Voorhees to prey on in Friday the 13th: Blood Ties. They will play student filmmakers set to use the Camp Crystal Lake setting for a horror film based on the urban legends surrouding Jason. Patrick Lussier is back to direct, once again from a script by Jack Brown.
Repeal and Replace: The Jon Hamm-led political drama Repeal and Replace has added Raul Esparza (Cocaine Cowboys, D.I.C.K.), Keri Russell (A Boy and His Robot, For Those Who Don't Read Me) and Corey Stoll (The Night Swim, Tara's World) to its cast. Raul Esparza will play Senator Ted Cruz, Keri Russell will play Paul Ryan's wife, and Croey Stoll will play Congressman Jim Jordan. Paul Schrader is directing the film. Alex Conn penned the script.
Black Widow x Hawkeye: Tom Selleck (McCain, Captain America) and Claire Danes (Wolf, Revelations) are set to join Boyd Holbrook and Mila Kunis in the latest Marvel Universe production. Selleck will reprise his role as SHIELD Director Tony Stark, while Danes will play SHIELD agent Bobbi Morse. J Blakeson is making the jump to blockbuster filmmaking as director of the project, which was penned by the duo of Jimmy Ellis and John Malone.
Guy on the Fly: Maude Apatow (The Saints, Free the Chicao Seven!) and Dylan Sprayberry (The Girls, The Last of the Mohicans) are set to lead the teen rom-com Guy on the Fly for director Marc Webb (Zombielove, Nobody) and writer Jacob Jones (Scrappy, Saving Yemen). Apatow will play a cheerleader who convinces Sprayberry to pose as her boyfriend when her real boyfriend suddenly ghosts her. Tiffany Haddish (Story of Sade, Haunted Mansion) will play a teacher in a supporting role.
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