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Film Casting: GOOD TIMES, TMNT 2, Jeff Daniels in THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT [Updated]

Wolf Who Cried Boy

Dwight Henry has been tapped to co-star in the indie drama Wolf Who Cried Boy…Henry (Beasts Of The Southern Wild, 12 Years A Slave) will play Koney, a streetwise junkyard owner. Luke Jaden and Cort Johns co-wrote the script and are co-directing.

Miles

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Molly Shannon, Paul Reiser and newcomer Tim Boardman have boarded Cranium Entertainment’s indie dramatic comedy Miles…Nathan Adloff is directing from a script he co-wrote with Justin D.M. Palmer…Annie Golden, Romy Rosemont, Yeardley Smith and Ethan Phillips co-star in the pic

Good Times

Kenya Barris…has been set by Sony to write Good Times, the feature adaptation of the groundbreaking sitcom about an African-American family on the other side of the spectrum, struggling in the Chicago projects in the turbulent ’60s.

Suicide Squad

Alex Meraz has joined the cast of Warner Bros. and DC’s “Suicide Squad.”

Meraz’s role is unknown.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2? has cast Brian Tee (“The Wolverine”) as iconic villain Shredder

David Green is set to direct from a script by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec.

Independence Day 2

Maika Monroe has joined the cast of Roland Emmerich’s “Independence Day 2.”

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Aubrey Plaza is set to join Zac Efron and Adam Devine in 20th Century Fox and Chernin’s comedy “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.”

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Anna Kendrick is also on board to co-star.

Jake Szymanski will direct…Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O’Brien penned the script

Update:

Sanctuary

Paramount and producer Joel Silver have hired Black List scribes Nick Creature and Michael Sweeney to rewrite the supernatural action script “Sanctuary”

Originally written by Alan Trezza (“Burying the Ex”), the story follows a young woman who is possessed by a powerful demonic force. She seeks refuge within The Sanctuary, a secret organization run by the Vatican that teaches the possessed to channel their inner demon and use its power as a weapon against evil.

The Divergent Series: Allegiant

Jeff Daniels is in final negotiations to join the cast of Lionsgate’s Divergent YA franchise, with a deal about to close for him to appear in Allegiant Part 1 and Part 2.

Robert Schwentke is directing Part 1

Daniels will play David, the leader of the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. The agency is behind the creation of the societies that Tris was living in and the reason behind their creation is slowly revealed (mainly in Part 2) to be nefarious.

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Source: Deadline, Variety, Thewrap

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Rollo Tomasi

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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