EVE Casts Two More For Jessica Chastain’s New Action Drama
Director Tate Taylor’s new black ops action drama, EVE, films in three weeks and stars Jessica Chastain
Casting
WWII Revenge Thriller, RUIN, Casts Robbie And Schoenaerts
Margot Robbie, currently starring in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, is now set to join Assassin’s Creed Helmer Justin Kurzel for WWII thriller, Ruin. As Deadline reports, will headline next to actor Matthias Schoenaerts from a script by Ryan and Matthew Firpo with Marc Butan of MadRiver Pictures is producing alongside Kurzel. Ruin is set to commence filming early next year in Prague, set in the ruins of post-WWII where a Holocaust survivor (Robbie) reluctantly forms an unlikely alliance with an ex-SS captain (Schoenaerts) to hunt down the surviving members of the captain’s former Nazi death squad. The film is described as something in the vein of gritty period revenge thrillers like Inglorious Basterds and Fury. Reports on the film previously took shape stirring mention of actress Gal Gadot who is still readying her next marquee role on Patty Jenkins’ sequel, Wonder Woman 1984. MadRiver’s Ara Keshishian […]
KNIVES OUT: Daniel Craig Sharpens Up For Rian Johnson’s Indie Crime Flick
Writer/director and self-described Agatha Christie “nut” Rian Johnson and producing partner Ram Bergman are currently readying a company of their own to help finance their next film, Knives Out, ahead of Toronto International Film Festival this week. Deadline reported exclusively on Tuesday that actor Daniel Craig is set to have accepted the lead role in the new project which Johnson had previously staked in for Craig, a move that sets up a potential A-list roster in upcoming casting news. The film is best described as a modern day murder mystery in the classic whodunit style, infused with Johnson’s original voice that informed films from Brick to Looper. Production moves forward in November with CAA Media Finance repping North American distro rights, FilmNation on international rights and both co-prepping its rights for China. Knives Out adds to Johnson’s current plate of to-dos for Disney’s Star Wars saga, while nonetheless an opportune […]
THE WITCHER: Netflix Casts Henry Cavill To Lead The New Series Adaptation
The fate of Warner Bros.’ DCEU feature slate remains unclear. That’s not stopping Henry Cavill from loading his arms and swinging hard and heavy like he did in this summer’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout, a segue now as he makes his chartered approach toward toplining Netflix‘s eight-episode production of The Witcher, adapting Andrzej Sapkowski’s beloved short stories and novels. Based on the best-selling fantasy series, The Witcher is an epic tale of fate and family. Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. But when destiny hurtles him toward a powerful sorceress, and a young princess with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to navigate the increasingly volatile Continent together. Cavill, who will lead the cast of The Witcher saga as Geralt of Rivia, comes full circle with his attachment to the series upon […]
AGBO/Neon Actioner EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Sees Two ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Up To Star
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is set to shoot next Spring from Neon and AGBO’s The Russo Brothers
DHAKA: Sam Hargrave To Debut Direct Chris Hemsworth Kidnap/Rescue Thriller
Today in stunt professionals taking the mantle, Thursday’s report from Deadline confirms India kidnap/extraction drama, Dhaka, to be filmed in India and Thailand for Netflix. Relatively known as Thor, MCU franchise star, actor Chris Hemsworth will lead the action thriller that tells of an emotional coward who comes to terms with his sense of self to liberate a kidnapped Indian boy. Hemsworth will be rejoined by Hollywood stunt multi-hyphenate Sam Hargrave who will make his directorial debut. Hargrave fits right in the mold next to some of today’s best and brightest talents in stunts and film, getting his start years ago with a training team of his own called Reel Kick, to climbing the ladder, performing and doubling for actors on set, to now shepherding major action sequences on some of today’s biggest films – namely including The Hunger Games franchise, both Captain America and Avengers titles of late, Atomic […]