Sam Rockwell is in talks to star in a biopic of country singer Merle Haggard for Amazon Studios, who recently acquired the project. Robin Bissell will direct from a script he’s co-writing with Theresa Haggard, Merle’s widow. The duo will also produce the film, which will be based on Haggard’s memoir Sing Me Back Home, also the title of[…]
Angelina Jolie is reportedly in talks to star in writer-director Taylor Sheridan‘s next feature film, Those Who Wish Me Dead. Sheridan has previously written the screenplays for films such as Sicario and Hell Or High Water, before also moving into directing with 2017’s Wind River. Based on the bestselling novel by Michael Koryta, Those Who Wish Me Dead[…]
Sam Rockwell, currently waiting on his Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, is about to take up a far different role from his previous one. He’s trading in an abusive, racist cop for the voice of Ivan the Gorilla in The One And Only Ivan. The film is[…]
While there are almost too many Disney live-action reboots of their classic films in the works to name, a less high profile film in development has just secured an A-list actress. Angelina Jolie has signed on to voice the lead in The One And Only Ivan, a live-action hybrid adaptation of the Newbery Medal-winning book written by Katherine Applegate[…]