Film Casting: CRUCIFIXION, JACK REACHER 2, Lara Pulver in UNDERWORLD 5

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) has just been attached to play the lead. [Kate Maberly] will adapt, direct

The Forest of Hands and Teeth is adapted from the New York Times best-selling novel about a futuristic world where most of the human race has been taken by a bloodthirsty virus that leaves them roaming the planet as unconsecrated cannibals. Mary (to be played by Williams) seeks a bigger world beyond the fenced off village of survivors, and the survival of the human race seems dependent upon her success in leading a ragtag group through the dark depths of The Forest of Hands and Teeth.

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The Tunnels

Tobias Lindholm…will team with director Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips, The Bourne Ultimatum) on The Tunnels….[a film] about a group of West Germans attempting to sneak into East Berlin with the aid of American news networks.

Lindholm will write the screenplay for The Tunnels

The Crucifixion

Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service) just stepped into the lead role in the supernatural thriller The Crucifixion

The script will be written by [Chad Hayes] and Carey Hayes.

The Crucifixion…[is] the story about a priest who is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism. An investigative journalist (Cookson) delves into the story to determine whether he killed a mentally ill person or if he lost the battle with a demonic presence.

The Commuter

Liam Neeson [will]…star in The Commuter, a suspense-thriller written by Byron Willinger and Phil de Blasi.

In The Commuter…Neeson will play a businessman on his daily commute home who unwittingly gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy. It threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

Jack Reacher 2

Patrick Heusinger is now in talks to join Tom Cruise in Paramount and Skydance’s sequel to “Jack Reacher” as the villain.

[Zwick Herskovitz] and and Marshall Herskovitz wrote the most recent draft of the script after Richard Wenk penned the original draft.

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Details surrounding Hodge’s role are under wraps at this time, other than the character being described as “the hunter.”

Beautiful Boy

Felix van Groeningen [is directing] an adaptation of the memoir “Beautiful Boy.”

the story follows meth addiction and recovery through the eyes of a father who watches his son as he struggles with the disease.

Luke Davies…recently handed in his draft of the script.

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