ThunderCats: As the first film of Season 35, ThunderCats is just about to be released and has now officially announced the rest of its cast with the additions of Jeffrey Dean Morgan (X-Men: Age of Apocalypse, Metroid) as Claudus, Adam Brody (Citizen, "Nobody Wants This") as Slythe, Rupert Friend (Fading Nights, Becoming Carole Lombard) as Jackalman, and Kevin Durand (Red Lantern Corps, Halo 6) as Monkian. Jonathan Liebesman is directing the cartoon adaptation from a script by Joshua Collins.
Tara's Wrath: Tara's Wrath has also finished its casting process. Corey Stoll (Mises, Repeal and Replace) will be the only character debuting in the second film, Tara's Web, to return for the trilogy capper, reprising the role of Detective Joe Alamanie. A new face for the series is joining as well with Justice Smith (Flick, Kite) set to play a young tech millionaire. Lynne Ramsay is back to direct stars Victoria Pedretti and Jacob Elordi for the third time. Roy Horne has stepped in to write this one, taking over for Jacob Jones.
The Writer and the Film Star: Kate Micucci (The Last Laugh, Clerks III), Jai Courtney (Eclipse, Alien: Out of the Shadows), and Ben Whishaw (Care of Death, Crowley) have all joined the period show business drama from director Thomas Vinterberg and writer Alex Conn. Micucci will play a confident to the female lead (played by Elle Fanning), while Courtney and Whishaw will play the film's only real life figures - Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, respectively.
Thus Dreamed Zarathustra: Liv Lisa Fries (Hinterland, "Babylon Berlin") and Alina Levshin (Stand Up, Am Abgrund) have signed on to the genre-bending film about Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Dreamed Zarathustra. Fries will play Nietzsche's sister, while Levshin will play Lou Salome in the project. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is directing from a script by Meirad Tako.
Zorro: The legendary swashbuckling hero Zorro is finally heading back to the big screen in a new film from director Alfonso Cuaran (Beasts, Mass Effect: Cerberus). Diego Luna (The Lone Gunman, American Dirt) is set to portray the iconic title character in the period action film. Joining Luna's heroic character will be Michael C. Hall (Shouts from the Well, The Smoke in the Red Country) and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (Cocaine Cowboys, Who Watches the Watchmen) as the film's villains. Hall will play a scheming land baron, while Garcia-Rulfo will play a former Mexican soldier with a grudge against Zorro. Writer Johnny Mercer makes his LRF debut with the project.
The Punisher: Purgatory: Mel Gibson (The Punisher: Last Exit, Sins of the Father) is going to be back as Frank Castle aka the Punisher in Round 2. This time around he will be trying to "punish" Jigsaw, played by Jonathan Tucker (Sunny Days, Red Farm). Shea Whigham (Shatterhand, An Irish Rendezous) and Jennifer Carpenter (The Punisher: Last Exit, Poison Ivy) are now confirmed to return as well, reprising their roles as Martin Soap and Molly von Richtofen, respectively. The R-rated Marvel Universe production is once again directed by S. Craig Zahler (Patient Zero, Territory) and written by Dwight Gallo (The Lone Ranger, X-Men: Age of Apocalypse).
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