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Casting : Claire Holt, Dichen Lachmen, Colin Farrell

Claire Holt (“The Originals”, “47 Meters Down”) is headed back into the spooky realm for a new sci-fi thriller titled “The Portal”.

The Blue Fox Entertainment release, no doubt being shopped at EFM this week, sees the Australian actress “play one of two scientists who build a particle accelerator to capture a dying human’s energy and return it. Everything goes to plan but during the process a black hole is opened, allowing a creature to enter their locked-down lab. The duo then have to survive not only a creature but a traitorous colleague.” [More…]

Whedonverse staple Dichen Lachmen (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”, “Dollhouse”) has been cast in “Jurassic World 3”.

The June 11, 2020 release sees the Nepal-born thesp join Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mamoudou Athie, DeWanda Wise, Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum in the latest instalment, which will again be directed by Colin Trevorrow.

The “In Bruges” team – director Martin McDonagh and stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson – will reteam for “The Banshees of Inisheer”. The film is set on a remote Irish isle, and they will play two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship with alarming consequences for both of them.

It will shoot this summer. Fox Searchlight Pictures will distribute. [More…]

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