Ron Howard has signed on to direct a biopic of world-renowned pianist Lang Lang, which AGC Studios will fully finance. Michelle Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney (Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows) have written the screenplay, based on Journey Of A Thousand Miles, a memoir Lang wrote with David Ritz. Lang is widely considered one of the greatest classical[…]
John Boyega has signed on to star in thriller The Test, adapted from Sylvain Neuvel‘s novella of the same name and directed by Gavin Hood (Eye In The Sky). Boyega will star as a behavioural psychologist who administers the titular test – designed to evaluate potential citizens in a fascist near-future state – to Payman Maadi (6 Underground),[…]
American comedian, actor, producer and filmmaker Chris Rock is currently working on a new script that will pair him with Dave Chappelle and Adam Sandler. The Fargo star has revealed this in a recent interview the Hollywood Reporter. This collaboration could be very promising as they’re longtime pals and have already proved their great cooperation in different projects[…]
Lizzy Caplan and The Boys‘ Antony Starr are on board to starr – what? – in Cobweb, a thriller in development at Lionsgate. Samuel Bodin will direct from Chris Thomas Devlin‘s script that topped the 2018 Blood List – the list of best unproduced genre screenplays – that was also voted to the Black List the same year. Cobweb[…]
Jake Gyllenhaal and Antoine Fuqua, who previously collaborated on boxing drama Southpaw, are set to re-team again, this time for a remake of Danish chamber thriller The Guilty. The original film follows a police officer under investigation who is demoted to desk-work at an emergency call centre. He then receives a phone call from a terrified woman. To reveal[…]