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Briefs : 3 Sequels begin filming, Lithgow back for Dexter, Perlman joins Transformers & more!

A round-up of who’s doing what with whom

Sequels to “Knives Out”, “Aquaman” and “John Wick” have officially kicked off!

Dougray Scott and Wallis Day have officially departed The CW’s “Batwoman”. [More…]

 

Ron Perlman will voice Optimus Primal in the recently-announced “Transformers : Rise of the Beasts” at Paramount Pictures. [More…]

 

Timothy Olyphant, Jessie Mei Li, Yeo Yann Yann, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Sunny Pang, and UFC mixed martial artist Michelle Waterson will star alongside previously announced Tom Hardy and Forest Whitaker in Gareth Edwards’ “Havoc”. The Netflix production tells of a bruised detective who must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son, while unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city.

 

Disney has reportedly renamed Boba Fett’s Slave 1 to ‘Boba Fett’s Starship’. [More…]

 

John Lithgow will reprise his role as The Trinity Killer – last seen in the fourth season premiere – for the “Dexter” revival at Showtime. [More…]

 

“Bridgerton” actress Ruby Barker has signed on to star in Studiocanal and The Picture Company’s high-concept horror/thriller “Baghead:” Here’s the plot : The pic revolves around a mysterious figure called Baghead, a diminutive wrinkled up person who is able to manifest the dead and bring them back to our world for short intervals. People seek out the mysterious medium to reconnect with lost loved ones. Once in contact with Baghead however, the title character’s true powers and intentions are revealed and there is a high price to pay for its contact with the deceased. The feature transfer will build on that storyline and take a Saw-like approach, adding in supernatural elements. [More…]

 

“Helstrom” actress Sydney Lemmon will play the mother to the title character in the remake of “Firestarter”, co-starring Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong. [More...]

 

Despite rumors that she turned down a fourth “Before” movie, series star Julie Delpy said the film has never been in the works. ‘What happened was that we — all three of us — agreed that we couldn’t come up with something good for a fourth one. It’s that simple. We didn’t fight. We’re not on bad terms. Everyone’s happy… It’s so much drama for nothing. We just didn’t come up with a good idea,” she said. [More…]

 

A new trailer has been released for Apple TV’s adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s novel series “Foundation” ahead of the September 24 premiere.

Briefs : Winchesters kerfuffle, Wahlberg/Hart two-hander, Johansson passes on Indy 5 & more!

Dwayne Johnson reunites with Fast & Furious scribe for Christmas movie