Attachments (Film)

Husband and wife Michael Polish and Kate Bosworth are teaming up for Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders based on the book by Greg King. Polish is directing and adapting the script, and Bosworth will star as Tate.

Casey Affleck is set to star in the vigilante thriller Villain with Mikael Marcimain directing the script he wrote. Affleck will also produce the pic alongside Ben Stillman and Teddy Schwarzman from Black Bear Pictures.

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Rebecca Ferguson has signed on to play real-life figure Ruth Harkness in the period drama The Lady and the Panda. The film is directed and co-written by Justin Chadwick with production set to begin in the Himalayas in China next month.

John Wick director David Leitch is in talks to replace Tim Miller for Deadpool 2. Miller, who directed the first film and was working on the story for the sequel, exited the project recently after creative differences with star Ryan Reynolds.

Academy Award-nominated actress Catherine Keener is set to join Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin for Soldado, the sequel to the critically acclaimed Sicario. Stefano Sollima is attached to direct the script from Taylor Sheridan, who also wrote Sicario.

Sci-fi adventure novel Unearthed has landed at Cross Creek Pictures with an eye for Doug Liman to develop and director. Authors Aime Kaufman and Meagan Spooner are fans of Liman leading them so sell the rights ahead of the book’s 2017 publication.

The upcoming Disney holiday comedy Dashing Through the Snow is eyeing comedian/actor extraordinaire Kevin Hart for the role of Santa Claus. If Hart signs on he would reteam with Ride Along producer Will Packer, who is producing the project with John Jacobs.

After Olympus and London, Gerard Butler isn’t ready to call it quits with Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt’s Fallen franchise. Butler is set to return as Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the third installment of the series titled Angel Has Fallen.

Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist is set to get a modern makeover from Disney with the help of Ice Cube and Tommy Kail, the director of the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton.

Mike White’s comedy Brad’s Status starring Ben Stiller has added Jenna Fischer, Michael Sheen, and Luke Wilson to the cast. Amazon has also boarded to co-finance with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.

Sons of Anarchy alum Charlie Hunnam and Spectre star Lea Seydoux are set to topline the romance Zoe from Equals director Drake Doremus.

Rising British actor Jack O’Connell has been cast in Pathé’s Alexander McQueen biopic as the iconic fashion designer. Andrew Haigh is set to direct the feature based on a script by playwright Chris Urch.

Dan Krauss’s war documentary-turned-feature The Kill Team has landed Nat Wolff and Alexander Skarsgard to star. Krauss is set to write and direct the adaptation.

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit director Peter Jackson is picking up the pen this time to co-write Mortal Engines with his Middle Earth team Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.

The late Velvet Underground singer and muse of Andy Warhol, Nico, is getting her own biopic with Trine Dyrholm set to tackle the role. The film titled Nico, 1988 will be written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli.

Barb from Stranger Things is moving from the upside down to a new horror project. Actress Shannon Purser has signed on to star in the movie Wish Upon at Broad Green Pictures.

Paramount Pictures has picked up the spec script Northeast Kingdom from screenwriter-on-the-rise Alex R. Johnson. Platinum Dunes is on board to produce the action thriller which Johnson will also direct.

Sony’s live-action/CG hybrid of Peter Rabbit is in final negotiations for Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie. The project would reunite Robbie with Domhnall Gleeson, who she co-stars with in the upcoming Goodbye Christopher Robin.

The 1980s Eclipse comic book Scout by legendary comic book artist Timothy Truman is set to get the big screen treatment courtesy of Studio 8. The company recently acquired the film option to the action/adventure series with Chris MacBride on board to write and direct the adaptation.

Chris Pine has been cast as the patriarch of the Murry family in Ava DuVernay’s upcoming adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time at Disney.

The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence is taking a trip into the past to play Zelda Fitzgerald in the biopic, currently titled Zelda. The project is in development as a potential directing vehicle for Ron Howard.

Disney and Lucasfilm have announced fan-favorite actor Donald Glover has officially landed the role of Lando Calrissian in their upcoming Han Solo spinoff film. Christopher Miller and Phil Lord are directing the film, the second spinoff Star Wars movie, following this year’s Rogue One.

Music biography Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll is headed to the big screen as Paramount Pictures has acquired the book by Peter Guralnick with Leonardo DiCaprio set to star.

Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express has added Josh Gad to the all-star cast. The film is an adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie novel of the same name.

Meadowland‘s Reed Morano has booked Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning to star in I Think We’re Alone Now. Automatik is behind the project with Morano directing with a script from Mike Makowsky.

Director Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time has been no stranger to landing big and talented names since the film’s casting got underway. The latest addition is Gugu Mbatha-Raw, known for her roles in films such as Belle and Concussion.

Tomei is in talks to join Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken in The War With Grandpa, a comedy set at Dimension Films. Tim Hill is directing with writing duo Matt Ember and Tom Astle working on the current adaptation of Robert Kimmel Smith’s book.

Animated comedy Early Man has added Tom Hiddleston. He joins previously cast Eddie Redmayne. The film marks Oscar-winner Nick Park’s first animated feature in over ten years.

Cinderella star Lily James is about to become a hard-hitting reporter in director Mike Newell’s adaptation of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

Fox-Marvel actioner Deadpool 2 is narrowing down their options for an actor to portray Domino on the big screen with Lizzy Caplan, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sienna Miller, Sofia Boutella, Stephanie Sigman, and Sylvia Hoeks all on the shortlist.