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Joe and Anthony Russo have firmed with Netflix plans for an India and Thailand shoot for ”Dhaka”, a kidnap extraction drama that will star Chris Hemsworth to be directed by Sam Hargrave. “Dhaka” is an action film in which Hemsworth has to liberate a kidnapped Indian boy who is being hidden in Dhaka. Physically brave but an emotional coward, the man has to come to terms with his identity and sense of self. (Deadline)
“The Shining” sequel ”Doctor Sleep” has tapped young actress Kyliegh Curran in the role of Abra Stone, a girl who has the gift of ‘The Shining’. Rebecca Ferguson plays Rose The Hat, the head of a cult that feeds on the “steam” created by young people who have a touch of the “shining” and her main target is Abra Stone. (Deadline)
The doll at the center of the “Child’s Play” remake won’t be a ‘Good Guy’ doll but a defective ‘Buddy Doll’, “whose programming code was hacked so that he has no limitations to learning and also violence.” (ComicBook.com)
Wesley Snipes is hinting that he might be returning to the character of Blade- twenty afters after he debuted in the role- in an upcoming Marvel movie. “There are a lot of conversations going around right now and we’re very blessed to have the enthusiasm and interest in something coming from that world again. We’ve created two projects that fit perfectly into this world and, when people see them, I think they’re only going to have a problem with deciding which one they love the most. All the main execs [at Marvel] and my team, we’ve been discussing for the past two years. Everyone’s enthusiastic about it, everybody gets it. But they got a business to run and they gotta square the things that they gotta figure out before they can get to it, I guess. In the meantime, we got a business to run and our own slate of things to do so… But the next time you see something in [the Blade universe], mark my words: what we did before is child’s play compared to what we can do now.” (Vice)
The “Downton Abbey” movie is officially in production, with new additions Imelda Staunton (”Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”), Geraldine James (”Anne with an E”), Simon Jones (”The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”), David Haig (”Killing Eve”), Tuppence Middleton (”The Imitation Game”), Kate Philips (”The Crown”), and Stephen Campbell Moore (”History Boys”). Michael Engler will direct.
