Alice Through The Looking Glass star Sacha Baron Cohen will don the cape of Mandrake the Magician in the adaptation of the long-running syndicated comic strip, with Get Hard helmer Etan Cohen set to direct.
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Granite Mountain continues to add to its already impressive cast. In addition to the already cast Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, and Jennifer Connelly, the firefighter drama has now booked Alex Russell.
The former Whitney star is set to make her directorial debut with the comedy based on the book by Louann Brizendine.
Based on the book by Louann Brizendine, the story will center on couples who demonstrate the workings of primal neurology in their romantic relationships.
In one of the first big projects to hit the market in Cannes, Will Ferrell has boarded Captain Dad, a dark comedy from writer-director Sebastian Silva. Ferrell will star opposite Catherine Keener and Michael Cera.
A father of six gives his wife the birthday present of a lifetime: a trip through the Caribbean on a sailboat with the entire family. But as “Captain Dad” refuses to come to terms with the fact that he can’t sail, his attitude begins to clash with the rest of the family.
McKay is attached to produce and direct the adaptation of Mark Weid’s Irredeemable for 20th Century Fox, with Tommy Wirkola penning the script.
Johnson will be working off of his own script, which is only being described as an unexpected twist on a typical high school movie.
Details being kept under wraps, but being described as an unexpected twist on a high school movie.
Alex Ross Perry is reteaming with Jason Schwartzman for Golden Exits. Joining them is an all-star cast that includes Emily Browning, Adam Horovitz, Mary Louise Parker, Lily Rabe, Chloe Sevigny, and Analeigh Tipton.
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
Logline: Three couples go on a resort vacation and must stop a coup.
Starz continues fill out their cast for the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods as they add Cloris Leachman, Peter Stormare, Chris Obi, and Mousa Kraish.
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are teaming up again for Paramount Pictures’ Daddy’s Home. The first film bowed over the holiday season and racked up $240 million worldwide gross.
Sequel to the hit comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg.
Female ensemble comedy Women In Business has landed at Fox after multiple studios entered a bidding war. Emma Stone, Kate McKinnon, and Jillian Bell have signed on to star in the project.
Logline: When their estate is threatened with financial ruin, a decades old mystery surrounding four sisters born into an esteemed winemaking family will be unearthed, one that threatens not only the family business, but also the foundation of the family itself.
Universal has acquired a pitch from Neighbors co-writer Brenden O’Brien, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay in a seven-figure deal. The story centers around an escaped convict who attempts to stop his girlfriend from getting married.
The Tropic Thunder scribe has been tapped to write and direct Warner Bros.’ relaunch of the Cannonball Run franchise. The film will mark Cohen’s feature directorial debut.
A Pakistani-born man and his girlfriend face challenges from their relationship.
Jessica Chastain is in talks for the lead role in Woman Walks Ahead. The project is helmed by Susanna White and was written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.
A group of enthusiastically overweight dads get a wake-up call when a member of their group has a heart attack, forcing them to abruptly change their hard-drinking and hard-eating lifestyle.
Ted scribe Wellesley Wild and his Family Guy cohorts Kevin Biggins and Mike Desilets have sold a feature comedy pitch about a group of dads who get a wake-up call when a member of their group has a heart attack.
A group of enthusiastically overweight dads get a wake-up call when a member of their group has a heart attack, forcing them to abruptly change their hard-drinking and hard-eating lifestyle.
The cross-cultural comedy vehicle for Zhang is set at Universal Pictures with Jason Winer directing. Best known to U.S. audiences for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers, Zhang Ziyi is a bona-fide megastar in China.
The Friends star has a new comedy series in development at Fox, Kristen Bell and Ted Danson are going to a Good Place, Eva Longoria is feeling Devious and more…
Biopic of classical pianist Byron Janis, who was selected in 1960 by the U.S. to perform in the Soviet Union, representing the start of a successful cultural exchange between the Cold War adversaries.
The biopic, based on Janis’ book Chopin and Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal, is in development at Paramount.
Superior, the comic book series by Mark Millar, might be headed for the big screen. Fox picked up the project a couple years ago and have now brought on writing duo Brandon Murphy and Phillip Murphy to adapt the script.
Alex Garland may have found the final piece for his next sci-fi project, Annihilation, as he is eyeing Tessa Thompson to join the cast. She would appear opposite previously announced stars Natalie Portman and Gina Rodriguez.
