Thursday, December 7, 2017

In Development

Without Remorse: Jeffrey Donovan ("Shut Eye", Sicario) and Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman, A Separation) have joined Tom Hardy and company in Peter Berg's Without Remorse. Donovan will play CIA official Robert Ritter, while Hosseini will play an Afghani interrogator.

The Banded Ants: Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street, Suicide Squad), Dave Bautista (Spectre, Guardians of the Galaxy) and Iwan Rheon ("Inhumans", "Game of Thrones") have been cast as the antagonists in Guillermo del Toro's animated film The Banded Ants. Robbie will play the queen of a rival colony, with Bautista and Rheon as her soldiers.

The Hunt: Kenneth Lonergan's remake of the 2012 Danish film The Hunt has added Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, Libra), Emily Watson (The Theory of Everything, War Horse) and Tinsley Price ("The Walking Dead", "Stranger Things"). Roberts will play Mark Ruffalo's older brother, Watson will play the wife of Ruffalo's best friend played by Woody Harrelson. Tinsley Price will play Harrelson and Watson's daughter.

Bunny Lake is Missing: Mark Strong (XIII, the upcoming The Fountainhead) and Dominic Cooper (Warcraft, Need for Speed) have joined Natalie Portman in the cast of this thriller from director Mark Pellington. Strong will play a detective investigating the possible disappearance of Portman's daughter, while Cooper will play Portman's brother.

Blue Beetle: Last Resort Films gets into the superhero game with this DC Comics adaptation of the character Blue Beetle. Two different characters to go by the name will lead the story: Jaime Reyes and Ted Kord. The studio is reportedly looking at Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Machete) to direct the project.

Blackwater: Last Resort Films continues to demonstrate their ability to attract big name talents to their projects. This time around they have signed none other than Leonardo DiCaprio to star and John Hillcoat (Triple 9, The Road) to direct this story about a small town sheriff having to deal with an increasing number of found dead bodies.

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