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Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Claflin and Veronica Ferres will star in “Every Breath You Take”, lensing in November in Vancouver. “Sunshine Cleaning” director Christine Jeffs is helming the thriller about a psychiatrist (Affleck) whose career is thrown into jeopardy when his patient takes her own life. When he invites his patient’s surviving brother, played by Claflin, into his home to meet his wife (Monaghan) and daughter, his family life is suddenly torn apart. [More…]
Netflix has acquired an action-comedy pitch for a film that will star Glen Powell (“Top Gun : Maverick”) and Jay Ellis (“Insecure”). Screenwriter Michael Diliberti’s film will revolve around two young Secret Service agents who are stuck with the worst detail in the First Family… the President’s black sheep son. When the boy is kidnapped abroad, they have to step into the line of fire to get him back. [More…]
Hulu is prepping “Books of Blood”, an original film based on Clive Barker’s horror anthology, from ”The Orville” duo of Brannon Braga, who is co-writing, executive producing and will direct in his feature directorial debut, and Seth MacFarlane, who is exec producing. Anna Friel, Britt Robertson, Rafi Gavron and Yul Vazquez will star in the fall 2020 offering. [More…]
Christoph Waltz and Lily Collins will star with Bill Skarsgard in ”Gilded Rage” for Charlie McDowell. The dramatic thriller, about the real-life murder of a Manhattan hedge fund manager, boasts a producing committee that includes actor Jake Gyllenhaal. [More…]
Further to yesterday’s report that David Benioff and D.B Weiss left their new, long-planned “Star Wars” trilogy due to time constraints, a report from Variety suggesting that the duo instead clashed with Lucasfilm brass over the direction of their contribution to the long-running franchise. According to the trade, the twosome wanted to steer away from the Skywalker series and instead tackle a film – or three – “exploring how the Jedi came to exist.”
Netflix has dropped a new trailer for the Henry Cavill-starring fantasy series “The Witcher”, which will be available December 20.
