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Oscar Winner Anthony Hopkins will star in “Cus And Mike”, the story of Mike Tyson’s legendary trainer Cus D’Amato and how he moulded the fighter into becoming the youngest heavyweight title winner ever and one of the most ferocious boxers of his generation. John Cassavetes (“The Notebook”) will write and direct the film. XYZ Films and Patriot are handling world sales at the EFM in Berlin and are aiming to shoot in spring/summer 2020. [More…]
“Hostel” helmer Eli Roth will helm a movie based on PC-console game ”Borderlands” for Lionsgate. Production will begin later this year. Avi Arad and Ari Arad are producing the pic.[More…]
New sequels to “Police Academy” and “Ocean’s Eleven” may be in the works for WarnerMedia’s upcoming HBO Max. [More…]
HBO has unveiled a full trailer for “Westworld : Season 3”, which premieres March 15 on the streamer.
Hulu, meanwhile, has premiered a trailer for “Little Fire’s Everywhere”, the new 8-episode drama starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. This one hits March 18.
William Brent Bell (“Brahms”) is set to helm a prequel to Warner Bros.’/Dark Castle’s 2009 genre pic ”Orphan” for eOne. “Esther”, being repped at EFM, tells the backstory of the character Lena Klammer aka Esther. In the film, Lena orchestrates a brilliant escape from a Russian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Lena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost. [More…]
“Spider-Man” alum J.K Simmons is set to star in Mark Palansky’s dark comedy/heist thriller ”My Only Sunshine”. The pic, from Circle of Confusion and Patriot Pictures, has John Cusack eyed for the other lead. Written by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty, Cusack plays one half of a passionately dysfunctional couple, who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of bloodthirsty marriage counseling. Trying to make peace with the shocking mystery of their relationship throughout a violent hostage situation, is a cop hostage negotiator (Simmons), who previously investigated a past related murder.[More…]
“Newsroom” alum Dev Patel is set to star in ”Flash Crash”, a dramatic thriller based on an upcoming book by Liam Vaughan that See-Saw Films and New Regency have teamed on to adapt.Jonathan Perera is attached to write the screenplay, the story of Navinder Singh Sarao, described as a brilliant outsider and a man who found a way to beat the stock market, making millions working from a bedroom in his parents’ small suburban home on the outskirts of London. When his focus on outsmarting the corporations coincided with a $1 trillion market drop, he found himself in the crosshairs of a group of U.S. government agents. As the net closed in, Sarao would find himself facing a lifetime in jail in America unless he could find a way to play the system one last time and make himself indispensable to a government intent on making an example of him. [More…]
The original cast of “Reno 911!” have all agreed to return for the Quibi revival. [More…]
“Sense8” actor Brian J.Smith will reunite with Lana Wachowski for the new “Matrix” film. The film, currently shooting in San Francisco, stars returning faves Keanu Reeves (Neo), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), Jada Pinkett Smith (Niobe) as well as newcomers Priyanka Chopra, Jessica Henwick, Ibarra, Neil Patrick Harris, Toby Onwumere, Andrew Caldwell and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. “Matrix 4” hits theaters May 5, 2021. [More…]
