Director James Gray’s forthcoming space adventure epic, Ad Astra, may have taken a protracted turn as of late for its release in the wake of Fox’s acquisition by Disney. Fret not though, as the film is still on track for release and now with a date slated for September 20, and a stunning, immersive official trailer to compensate.
White Men Can’t Jump and Raging Bull helmer Ron Shelton is making a comeback as of this week with the new action comedy, Villa Capri. Sierra/Affinity is taking the film to Cannes this week with Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones set to star.
The film is a return to the chair for Shelton following his his last two misfires, boxing road comedy Play It To The Bone in 1999 and Hollywood Homicide. This Summer will see him rolling cameras in New Mexico with his own script, in the vein of the 1988 comedy, Midnight Run, centering on a former FBI agent and former mob boss who are forced to cast their petty differences aside in order to fend off a mob hit.
THR reports eOne has already snagged rights to territories in Europe and Australia/New Zealand and will finance the film with Endurance Media, whose own Steve Richards will produce with Bill Gerber.
Freeman can next be expected to appear in Temur Bekmambetov’s Ben Hur this August with Jack Huston while Jones makes an earlier move for July with Matt Damon in Paul Greengrass’s Jason Bourne.
The past several years have shown signs of life for a few more ‘Bourne’ films with mainstays, actors Matt Damon and Jeremy Renner in the wind for reprising roles in their own Bourne films. Particularly in 2015 however, the recent news of actresses, returning franchise co-star Julia Stiles and newly added Ex-Machina star Alicia Vikander have remained productive in building up more hype in anticipation of further news.
That effort continues now with word that actor Tommy Lee Jones will be joining the three principles for the upcoming film according to Variety. Jones will reportedly be starring in the role of a high-ranking CIA official geared toward the currently unknown plot with Damon back to star in this, his fourth outing as the lead character inspired by the work of late author Robert Ludlum. Paul Greengrass who last directed the 2007 release of The Bourne Ultimatum will be making his way back to the chair to helm as well as scribe with writer and executive producer Christopher Rouse. Damon and Greengrass will also produce with Frank Marshall and Jeffrey Weiner from Captivate Entertainment, in addition to Greg Goodman and Ben Smith.
Jones is poised to appear in Ariel Vromen’s Criminal in January next year while Damon himself has a few titles coming up himself, including intergalactic space adventure, The Martian, and next November’s release of Zhang Yimou’s fantasy epic, The Great Wall.
Stay tuned for more info.
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