K.T Simpson
Michael Mann has added Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley to his big-budget biopic of racing mogul Enzo Ferrari. “Ferrari” sees “Star Wars” alum Driver replacing Hugh Jackman in the title role while Cruz will play Enzo’s wife Laura. Pic gearing up for a May start in Italy. [More…]
Russell Crowe, fresh from shooting Marvel’s “Thor : Love and Thunder”, has joined the cast of “Spider-Man” spin-off “Kraven the Hunter” at Sony Pictures. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays the title role. [More…]
Alec Baldwin is returning to work. The 67-year-old actor returns to a set for the first film since Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of western ”Rust” in Santa Fe, New Mexico in October. The former “30 Rock” actor is filming “97 Minutes” in the UK. The Timo Vuorensola-directed thriller is about a hijacked 767 that will crash in just 97 minutes when its fuel runs out.
A teaser for Alex Garland’s “Men”, releasing May 20 from A24, has been released.
“New Girl” alum Zooey Deschanel will star alongside Zachary Levi and Lil Rel Howery in “Harold and the Purple Crayon”, Carlos Saldanha-directed adaptation of the Children’s book of the same name. The film is based on the 1955 children’s book by Crockett Johnson that follows Harold, a curious 4-year-old who, with his purple crayon, has the the power to create a world of his own. [More…]
Abbey Lee and Christopher Abbott are set for a film adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s novel “Fear is the Rider” for director John Michael McDonagh (”The Guard”). [More…]
Zack Snyder has cast Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Ray Fisher and Doona Bae in his “Rebel Moon” at Netflix. The film is set in a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy that finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius. They dispatch a young woman with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them take a stand the Tyrant. [More…]
Shawn Levy, director of “Cheaper by the Dozen”, will direct a film adaptation of short story ”Backwards”. The story story is written by mother-son team Julianna Baggott and Finneas Scott. A dying father chooses a method to extend his life that involves reverse aging in a de-aging facility. Appointed to be his caretaker is his estrange daughter. As the years peel off, they are able to get to the core of where they went wrong as the father relives the memory of different portions of his life, experiences which made him an unlikeable person. [More..]
“Pianist” alum Adrien Brody is joining Apple Original Films’ ”Ghosted’‘, starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. The Dexter Fletcher directed pic is described as a high-concept romantic action-adventure film. [More…]
Former “Superstore” star America Ferrera will play an undisclosed role opposite Margot Robbie in “Barbie”. [More…]
“Mulholland Drive” alum Naomi Watts will lead “The Friend”, based on Sigrid Nunez’s hit book about a woman’s bond with her Great Dane. The book tells the story of a writer who adopts a Great Dane that belonged to a deceased friend and mentor. The story covers love, friendship, grief and healing. Watts will star with Great Dane Bing. [More…]
