Editorial Staff
Australian writer/director Abe Forsythe (“Ned”) has seemingly hit the big time, with Universal snagging the rights to his next feature – a sci-fi comedy starring “Us” star Lupita Nyong’o.
The project, pitched as “Miss Universe”, has been described as ‘Men In Black meets Miss Congeniality’.
Nyong’o will produce with Made Up Stories’ Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson and Steve Hutensky. Emil Stern, Sigmund Stern and Jeanne Snow will be executive producers. [Deadline…]
Jacob Tremblay (”Wonder”) will lead the voice-cast in animation-sci-fi update of Charlie Chaplin’s “The Kid” (1921). ”The Kid: An Animated Adventure” is set in a futuristic New York City which has been flooded and split vertically into two distinct regions. Tremblay’s eponymous character is a young boy living with his mother in Uptown, a boring, artless place of overprotective safety. When he runs away seeking adventure, he winds up in the mysterious and dangerous Downtown and encounters Chaplin, a robot with a human soul. Together, the two embark on adventures to discover the secret mystery behind Chaplin, while pursued by police, the Kid’s mother, and a colorful cast of modern circus performers. Christian Volckman directs. [More…]
