Deadline is reporting that young Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp and Oscar-winning actress Anjelica Huston (Prizzi’s Honor) have joined the cast of Goldfinch Studios’ Michael Morpurgo adaptation Waiting For Anya. Directed by Ben Cookson (Almost Married) from a script by Morpurgo and Toby Torlesse, the film will see Schnapp portraying a young shepherd called Jo, […]
Sam Claflin to hunt Jamie Dornan in IRA thriller Borderland
IMR International has announced that Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) have signed on to star in the action thriller Borderland. Directed by Brian Kirk (Luther, Game of Thrones) by a script by Ronan Bennett (Public Enemies), the film takes place in the 1970s and sees Dornan […]
James Norton and Vanessa Kirby set for politically-charged drama Gareth Jones
According to Variety, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa) has recruited McMafia star James Norton and The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby for the politically-charged drama Gareth Jones. Based on real events, the film takes place in the early 1930s and will see Norton as a Welsh journalist who visits Moscow hoping to interview Joseph Stalin. There […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Anne Nikitin on American Animals, finding her voice, and more
Alex Moreland chats with composer Anne Nikitin about her latest score on American Animals, her creative process, and more… How did you first get involved with American Animals? I worked with Bart before, on a film called The Imposter, about six years ago now, it’s a film that went to Sundance. It was a documentary […]
J.J. Abrams and Mattel team up for The Beastlies
Toy giant Mattel is teaming with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions are teaming up to produce The Beastlies, a “multi platform” project based around the creations of Los Angeles-based sculptor Leslie Levings, which Mattel and Bad Robot hope to be the first of several family-friendly world creation original properties. “The Beastlies is a passion project we […]
UPDATE: Marvel’s Black Panther enjoys bumper first day at the box office, on track for biggest pre-summer opening of all time
UPDATE: With Friday’s final numbers now in, it is being reported that Black Panther could finish up with the sixth best opening of all time, with an estimated $187.6 million over three days and $216 million over the four-day holiday weekend – the latter of which would put it ahead of Avengers: Age of Ultron’s […]
Amblin developing feature adaptation of short horror film Larry
Amblin Partners has picked up the feature film rights to Larry, a short horror film from Jacob Chase, who will write and direct the feature version. The short tells the story of Larry, a monster who manifests through high-tech devices such as smart phones and tablets. The feature adaptation will retain this angle, adding to […]
Jonathan Rhys Meyers to star in mystery thriller Wake Up
THR is reporting that Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors, Dracula) is set for the lead in Wake Up, a mystery-thriller which will mark the directorial debut of Fedor Lyass, cinematographer on 2015’s Hardcore Henry. According to the site, the film will see Meyers as “a John Doe who wakes in a hospital bed with no […]
Haley Bennett to join Jesse Eisenberg in WWII drama Resistance
The Girl on the Train and The Magnificent Seven star Haley Bennett is in talks to join writer-director Jonathan Jakubowicz’s World War II drama Resistance, where she’ll appear alongside Jesse Eisenberg (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) and German actor Matthias Schweighoefer (Kursk). The film sees Eisenberg as Marcel Marcaeu, a mime artist who was […]
The Villainess director teams with Gerard Butler for Afterburn
Jung Byung-gil, director of the acclaimed South Korean action thriller The Villainess, has signed on to helm Afterburn, an adaptation of the Red 5 Comics miniseries, which has long been a passion project of star Gerard Butler. Penned by Matt Johnson (In the Blue), Afterburn is a futuristic action adventure which takes place five years […]
