Police Story: Retribution: The returning stars of the Police Story franchise will have company in the form of some new faces to the franchise with the additions of Karl Urban (The Lone Gunman, The Betrothed), Hiroyuki Sanada (Gamera, Among Us), and Jessica Henwick (Photographs, Mortal Kombat II) set to complete the cast. Mathieu Kassovitz is directing this entry from a script once again by Meirad Tako.
Coriolanus: Also officially completing its casting process now is the latest Shakespeare adaptation from writer Jimmy Ellis. Stephen McHattie (Amityville, My Animal), Damian Lewis (Camp Manhood, The Crucible), and Rene Russo (The World: Done to Death, The Raven) will be those final additions to the soon-to-be-released film. David Lowery directs.
Ruby Ridge: The film detailing the true story of the Ruby Ridge siege has added Matt Jones (Swamp Thing 2, Free the Chicago Seven!), Marc Menchaca (The Champ, Justice League Dark), Ki Hong Lee (Standing Back, Looks That Kill), and Don Johnson (Blood on the Moon, The Hulk 2) to its cast. Jones will play a friend of the Weaver family, Menchaca will play a DEA informant, Lee will play a sniper, and Johnson as Bo Gritz - a famed soldier, lawyer, and political figure who became part of the ordeal. Kathryn Bigelow is directing the film from a script by Lon Charles and Dwight Gallo.
Superman: Doomsday: A lot of faces familiar to the Superman franchise are set to return for Superman: Doomsday, with Frances McDormand (The Driftwood Populace, Superman: Exile) as Martha Kent, Bradley Whitford (Superman: Exile, Good Marriage) as Perry White, Hugh Laurie (Superman: The Last Son of Krypton, Haunted) as Emil Hamilton, and Noel Fisher (The Producer, Superman: Exile) as Jimmy Olsen as the latest returnees. Jeff Nichols is once again directing the DC film from a script by John Malone.
ThunderCats: Jack Reynor (The Avengers, Sins of the Father) finally has his wish as the development package he brought to the studio for an adaptation of the famed Thundercats cartoon is finally on the way to the big screen. Reynor will play the lead role of Lion-O. He will be joined in the film by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Long Way Home, Man Made Machine) as Tygra, Dave Bautista (Batman: Knightfall, Man Made Machine) as Panthro, Eiza Gonzalez (The Fall Guy: Trouble in Tahiti, Mexican Gothic) as Cheetara, and Bill Skarsgard (The Lights, Supercrooks) as the villainous Mumm-Ra. Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angles, Wrath of the Titans) has been hired to direct the film from a script by Joshua Collins (Tethered, Punch Buggy).
Tara's Wrath: Victoria Pedretti (Songbird, Sexual Paradise) is set to return for a third time is Tara Maritato, the femme fatale at the center of Tara's Web and Tara's World. This third film will not be written by the series' original writer Jacob Jones though, as Roy Horne (Hideaway, Scarlet Witch) has taken over for the trilogy capper. Jacob Elordi (The Lone Ranger, American Gigolo) will be returning as Andrew Miller from the first film, a young man who had his future ruined by Tara, after sitting out the sequel. Lynne Ramsay (Tara's World, Rock Paper Scissors) is returning to direct.
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