RIFT: Developing Action Sci-Fi From ‘The Beyond’ Director Casts ‘Jailbreak’, ‘Nightshooters’ Star Jean-Paul Ly
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Chris Pratt is at the center of Hollywood’s attention with any hopes of another Guardians movie clamped down accordingly after the circus this past summer. After news of circling a new Taylor Sheridan pic, Paramount Pictures now wants him for The Saint.
Should a third live action Gintama film arise in the coming years, at least it’ll have a few more fourth-wall gags to tap into per actor Oguri Shun‘s growing career. The two initial Fukuda Yuichi-directed manga adaptations are hits at home and abroad, otherwise now signaling Shun’s crossover readiness with word from Deadline that he’ll be joining the currently growing roster for Godzilla VS. Kong from Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.
THR‘s coverage this week on upcoming independent thriller, Lou, is being said to tonally span the likes of Thelma and Louise and Taken. Just the mention of those particular titles strike a chord as we learn more about the project hailing from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, formerly in the hands of Paramount.
Multi award winning UK singer-songwriter and former X-factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos (Big Fat Gypsy Gangster) will make her way to the big screen applying her craft in Evolutionary Films‘ new crime thriller, Diva. The film will mark a debut lead role for the decorated recording artist who is also working on the film’s original soundtrack which aims to showcase her mainstream appeal as well as her urban and hip-hop roots.
The production of Lionsgate’s May 17, 2019-dated John Wick 3: Parabellum has already taken to Morrocco according to recent reports and as it turns out, the additions to its cast have all but continued. As GWW’s Omega Underground notes, actor Saïd Taghmaoui has joined the cast, albeit in an undisclosed role for the third-outing of director Chad Stahelski’s epic assassin opus that once more sees title actor Keanu Reeves as the former gangland enforcer fighting his way out of the crosshairs of the global assassins’ network that now wants him dead following the events of the second film.
Netflix series Ozark co-creator Mark Williams is set to soon begin helming action thriller, Honest Thief.
If a sequel to Red Billabong helmer Luke Sparke’s Occupation is what you were looking for, then you’re about to get it. The Aussie alien invasion sci-fi follow-up is under way in Australia with Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment signaling the film’s production at AFM with Sparke back in writing and directing.
As you look toward gazing upon Dolph Lundgren’s brooding mass and his hulking on-screen offspring opposite Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone in Creed 2 soon, be advised of the former’s latest stint in action thrills now shopping at AFM from LA-based CineTel Films with Acceleration.
While Liam O’Donnell keeps his titilating concept for The Last Savage on ice, he is reportedly back on deck to pen the script for Skylines, the third and latest entry into the trilogy that launched in 2010 from directors Colin and Greg Strause. As Screendaily notes, actress Lindsey Morgan (Summertime, CW series The 100) will reprise the outro role of Rose from Beyond Skyline, which took festivals by storm and became a widely-received hit.
Upcoming Jungleland star Charlie Hunnam is set to join the set of Waldo early next year when cameras roll. Tim Kirkby (Fleabag, Veep) is directing the film based on Howard Gould’s 1982 novel with a story that centers on a disgraced ex-LA detective who re-emerges from his mininalist lifestyle in the woods as a private investigator to look into the death of an eccentric TV star’s wife.
Unbroken: Path To Redemption and Acts Of Vengeance actor David Sakurai‘s profile has been gradually increasing in the last several years. The star of Can Evenrol’s Monster Fest best director winner, Housewife, is soon to appear in David Yates’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald before long and now his latest prospects are circling at the American Film Market for upcoming action thriller, Angel’s Rage.
(Left) Jeff Spicer/Getty Images Europe; (Right) Getty Images EuropeChristian Mercuri’s Capstone Group is on hand through next week at the American Film Market where international sales will commences on forthcoming swashbuckler, Corto Maltese, based on the work of novelist and comic book author Hugo Pratt. Christophe Gans (Beauty And The Beast, Silent Hill, Brotherhood Of The Wolf, Crying Freeman) is directing the pic from a script by William Schneider, as announced by producer Samuel Hadida who will produce via his Davis Films banner next to Spain-based TriPictures, currently setting Tom Hughes (Victoria) to star in the title role.
Eager to see center-ring martial arts talent take to the lens?
Netflix is currently in production with Nowhere Man, hailing its first Mandarin-language Original TV series for its international audience. The streaming service teased a peak at the cast in costume for its prison-scenes in a first look photo last week featuring actors Joseph Chang, Bo-Chieh Wang, and Zhou Ming-Fu.
It was last February that Gerard Butler was set for upcoming actioner, Snow Ponies. Having taken a back seat since then, trade news out of the American Film Market is emerging with reports that noted debut directing gig from second unit director Darrin Prescott (John Wick: Chapter, Deadpool 2, Black Panther) is making its case through next week for buyers thanks to Endeavor Content.
We recently caught up with The Paper Tigers director Bao Tran a few years since he began pounding the pavement with indie kung fu short, The Challenger. As a project eagerly awaiting to get its feet off the ground, we were happy to offset that interview as a pre-launch now as Tran and his company are looking toward their second crowdfunder to help further solidify Tran’s feature debut via Kickstarter.
Well this sounds exciting.
The weekend was bustling for attendees at Indonesia Comic Con where director Joko Anwar was in attendance to pitch what he has thusfar with upcoming superhero adaptation, Gundala. No need to fret over too much mystery about the project now due for a potential Summer 2019 rollout as the director also presented a brief teaser to give audiences a whiff of what’s to come.
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