Whereas Tarsem Singh is presently having fun with the Deadline stories he’ll direct Dev Patel in The Journeyman, a criminal offense thriller scripted by the husband-and-wife duo of Bryan and Alexis Roberts, aka The Roberts. The movie will inform the “story of a struggling pro tennis player who is lured into an illegal match-fixing ring to support his family and finds himself trapped in a ruthless world of corruption and violence he may never escape.”
In a small replace, Julia Ducournau is in manufacturing on her mysterious Titane follow-up Alpha and a report from France provides just a few extra particulars, noting the title is the title of the feminine primary character, “a teenager from the late 1980s,” who “is rejected by her classmates because a rumor has it that she has been infected with a new disease.” Forward of a possible Cannes 2025 premiere, hopefully we’ll get just a few extra particulars quickly.
With a Prime Gun: Maverick sequel already within the works, Tom Cruise is now seeking to return to a different considered one of his well-known franchises. THR stories he’s creating a Days of Thunder sequel. “He’s talking [to Paramount] about Top Gun and Days of Thunder,” a supply notes. “It’s going to be what comes together first in terms of a script. It depends on the idea and, ultimately, the script.”
Jaume Collet-Serra already has two movies within the can: Carry-On arriving subsequent month on Netflix and The Girl within the Yard arriving in theaters this March. He’s now begun capturing one other, a reboot of Cliffhanger starring Lily James, Pierce Brosnan, Franz Rogowski, Nell Tiger Free, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba, and Bruno Gouery.
Primarily based on a narrative by Ana Lily Amirpour, right here’s the synopsis, adopted by the primary take a look at a BTS nonetheless: “Seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper (Pierce Brosnan) and his daughter Sydney run a mountain chalet in the Dolomites. During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers. Ray’s older daughter Naomi (Lily James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes. To save her family, she must confront her fears and fight for survival in the Italian Dolomites.”
Kim Jee-woon (I Noticed the Satan, Age of Shadows) has set his subsequent movie with The Gap, led by Theo James. Written by Christopher Chen and primarily based on Hye-young Pyun’s novel, the movie will observe Owen (James), a profitable professor dwelling overseas in South Korea, who’s bedridden after a devastating automobile accident that killed his spouse, Sandy. He’s left below the care of Yuna, his Korean mother-in-law — however when she begins to unravel the devastating fact behind Owen and Sandy’s marriage, and Owen himself, his highway to restoration is threatened. Instructed in a mixture of English and Korean language, the story takes place in each international locations and filming will start within the first half of subsequent yr.
Toho has set a brand new Godzilla film from Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki, Selection stories. Though no further particulars have been unveiled but, we’ll be there on day one.
Following up his narrative debut The Inspection, Class Bratton will direct the crime thriller By Any Means starring Mark Wahlberg and Sterling Okay. Brown. The movie, set to start capturing this March, will observe the true story of infamous mafia hitman who was employed by Hoover’s FBI off-the-books and partnered with a younger Black particular agent to search out these accountable for the murders of civil rights leaders in Mississippi in 1966.
Everybody’s favourite vulgar auteur, Paul W.S. Anderson, has set his subsequent movie as he’ll write and direct The Home of the Useless, primarily based on the Sega franchise. “This is a full-on terror ride,” the director tells Deadline, who debuted idea artwork. “It’s different than what we did with Resident Evil, where there were lots of traps and puzzles and things to be figured out. House of the Dead is at heart a light rail shooter game, so it drags you straight into the middle of the action. I’m going to make a movie that mirrors that approach and plays out in real time, dragging the audience straight into the action.”
The Visitor star Dan Stevens will reteam with director Adam Wingard for his subsequent characteristic, Onslaught, THR stories. Additionally starring Adria Arjona (Hit Man), the A24 manufacturing kicks off this month in New Mexico and is described as a “gonzo action horror thriller.”
