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Ben Young will write and direct a remake of the 1987 thriller “The Bedroom Window”. The young filmmaker made his directorial debut on the 2016 Venice Film premiere film ”Hounds of Love”. [More…]
It’s not news that the producers of “Fast & Furious” have long wanted Keanu Reeves to join the series. Seems persistence pays off, with sat down recently with series scribe Chris Morgan to discuss finding a role that works for everyone. “I wanted him to be in the Fast universe for a very long time. We’re just trying to find… the hardest thing is always time and competing schedules and then designing the right thing together. My fervent desire is to bring him into this franchise for sure.” [More…]
“Sexy Beast” director Jonathan Glazer is set to direct a Holocaust drama, shooting in Poland in 2020. The film is rumored to be based on acclaimed British author Martin Amis’s novel ”The Zone Of Interest”, set in Auschwitz. The well-received 2014 novel tells the story of a Nazi officer who has become enamored with the camp commandant’s wife. The story is conveyed by three narrators: Angelus Thomsen, the officer; Paul Doll, the commandant; and Szmul Zacharias, a Jewish Sonderkommando. [More…]
A new version of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” will hit theaters on Friday with four new scenes, each adding up to about an extra 10 minutes.[More...]
Julian Gray (“Wayward Pines”) has boarded Sony’s remake of “The Craft”. Zoe Lister-Jones is writing, directing and exec producing the new version, which is being co-financed by Columbia and Blumhouse. [More…]
“Star Wars” alum Adam Driver is set to join Matt Damon in Ridley Scott’s “The Last Duel”. Based on a novel by Eric Jager, pic follows story of two best friends, the Norman knight Jean de Carrouges and the squire Jacques Le Gris. One goes to war and returns to accuse Le Gris of raping his wife Margerite de Carrouges. No one will believe the woman, and the soldier appeals to the king of France to undo a decision handed down by Count Pierre d’Anencon, which favored Le Gris.[More…]
Vanessa Kirby (“Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”) and Shia LaBeouf (”The Peanut Butter Falcon”) have signed for ”Pieces Of A Woman”, an indie drama from director Kornél Mundruczó. Pic tells of a grieving woman who, when a home birth goes tragically awry, is thrust into an emotional inner journey by trying to come to terms with her loss while also dealing with the ramifications in her interpersonal relationships with her husband and estranged mother. [More…]
