Thursday, November 30, 2017

In Development


Salem's Lot: A duo of young actors from the adaptation of Stephen King's It have joined this King film as well. Owen Teague ("Bloodline", It) and Finn Wolfhard ("Stranger Things", It) have joined the cast. Teague will play a teenager who is one of the first people in town to become a vampire. Wolfhard will play Mark Petrie, a kid who joins forces with Chris Pine's character to fight the vampire menace.

Peter and the Starcatchers:
Jack Davenport ("White Famous", Kingsman: The Secret Service) and Andy Serkis (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Rise of the Planet of the Apes) have been cast in Jon M. Chu's Peter Pan prequel. Davenport will play Rowan Blanchard's father and Serkis will play Smee, famed first mate of Captain Hook in Peter Pan. Here, Smee will be the first mate of the villainous Black Stache.

Blood Meridian: Rounding out the all-star cast of the Cormac McCarthy adaptation will be Adam Driver and Sam Worthington in a cameo role. Driver will play David Brown, a member of Glanton's gang who wears a necklace of human ears. Worthington will have a small cameo role as the adult version of Nick Robinson's character.

Splinter Cell: Timothy Dalton (Hot Fuzz, "Penny Dreadful") and Oleg Taktarov (Officer Down, Predators) have joined Splinter Cell as a couple of the villains. Dalton will play the primary antagonist, a billionaire who seizes power of the Republic of Georgia. Taktarov will play a mercenary in Dalton's employ.

Akira: Leading the cast of the big-budget adaptation of Akira will be Dylan O'Brien (The Maze Runner, American Assassin) and Ezra Miller (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Justice League). O'Brien will play the lead, Kaneda, while Miller will play his best friend turned antagonist Tetsuo.

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