Friday, December 29, 2017

In Development

Dino Crisis: The casting of Matt Reeves' Dino Crisis finished with the additions of Stephen Lang (Avatar, Salem's Lot), Jack O'Connell (The Job, Unbroken) and Taylor Handley ("APB", Chasing Mavericks). Lang will play the film's villain, a scientist who allows the dinosaurs through an energy portal. O'Connell will play a government agent who has infiltrated the research facility. Handley, meanwhile, will play a member of the extraction team.

Velvet: Velvet has rounded out its cast with a trio of European actors. Russian actress Veronika Vernadskaya (The Darkest Hour, Stonewall) has been cast as a woman who has a sexual encounter with the main characters. Russian actor and director Vladimir Mashkov (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Behind Enemy Lines) will play a Russian detective. Croatian character actor Rade Serbedzija (Hercules: The Legend Begins, The Promise) will play a blackmailer. David Cronenberg directs from a script by Lon Charles.

Planet LV 426: Alien spinoff Planet LV 426 has made some additions to its cast, with Melissa George ("Heartbeat", "The Slap"), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Sherwood, "The Tudors") and Lulu Wilson (Annabelle: Creation, Ouija: Origin of Evil) all joining the film. George and Rhys Meyers will play a married couple trying to raise their kids on the mining planet. Lulu Wilson will join the already cast Jacob Tremblay as their children.

Atlas Shrugged: The latest additions to the cast of Atlas Shrugged answer the question "Who Is John Galt?" The answer: Michael Fassbender (Alien: Covenant, Steve Jobs). The actor has been cast as the mysterious character who is working to unite the most skilled inventors and business leaders under his leadership. Jeremy Renner (Wind River, Kill the Messenger) has also joined the film, playing James Taggart, Dagny's incompetent brother who is the actual president of the railroad.

The Secret History: The cast of Ang Lee's latest film continues to load up on young talent. Josh Hutcherson (Escobar: Paradise Lost, "Future Man") and Chloe Grace Moretz (The Equalizer, The 5th Wave) have joined the film. Hutcherson will play a student who holds a dangerous secret over one of his classmates, while Moretz will play a member of the Classics class and romantic interest of the main character. She has reportedly demanded a much higher salary than usual in order to appear nude in the film. At the director's insistence, the studio has met her salary demands in order for her to appear in the film.

Zombieworld: One of the first releases of Season 3 will be Zombieworld from writer Andrew Doster and director David Ayer (Suicide Squad, Bright). The film will take place in a theme park where zombies are the main attraction. Rose Leslie (The Osterman Weekend, Honeymoon) and Amber Heard (Justice League, Magic Mike XXL) have signed on to play two of the main characters trapped in the park following an attack by environmentalists who free the zombies.

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