Would play the lead in horror prequel… Former ‘EastEnders’ actor Sam Strike is reportedly close to landing the titular lead in ‘Leatherface,’ the upcoming prequel to Tobe Hooper’s 1974 slasher classic ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.’ Penned by newcomer scribe Seth...
Paolo Parente’s steampunk universe headed to the silver screen… THR has learned that ‘We’re the Millers’ and ‘Dodgeball’ director Rawson Marshall Thurber is to take the helm of a big screen adaptation of strategy board game and graphic novel ‘Dust’...
Actress toplines action thriller with ‘Cooties’ helmers… Directors Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott, of the upcoming horror comedy ‘Cooties’ starring Elijah Wood, are set to take the helm of the action thriller ‘Buswick’ with Jane Levy (‘Evil Dead,’ ‘Suburgatory’) attached...
Leads confirmed for sci-fi sequel… Jessie Usher (‘Survivor’s Remorse,’ ‘When the Game Stands Tall’) and Liam Hemsworth (‘The Hunger Games,’ ‘Cut Bank’) have scored the leads in director Roland Emmerich’s ‘Independence Day’ sequel. Plot details are locked away in a...
Dark satire will also star Steve Martin and Garrett Hedlund… Deadline is reporting that newcomer Joe Alwyn has landed the lead in ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,’ the upcoming adaptation of Ben Fountain’s critically acclaimed debut novel. With Ang Lee...
Irish stars will take on the Nazis… Corkonian Cillian Murphy (‘Interstellar,’ ‘Peaky Blinders’) and Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan (‘Fifty Shades of Grey’) have been tapped to co-star in the WWII thriller ‘Anthropoid,’ reports Screen Daily. With Sean Ellis (‘Metro...