Jacker Reacher 2, Bourne 5, War of the Planet of the Apes, and other films have made recent film casting, screenwriting, and director news. These films come from movie studios primarily based in the United States. The castings, screenwriters, and directors are subject to change.
Bourne 5
The “Bourne 2016” family just got a little bigger, with the addition of HBO regular Ato Essandoh.
Character details are predictably under wraps.
Charlie’s Angels
Sony is rebooting the “Charlie’s Angels” franchise, and Elizabeth Banks is in talks to direct the film
The studio is still searching for a writer.
War of the Planet of the Apes
Woody Harrelson will star as the villain in 20th Century Fox’s next “Planet of the Apes” installment
Matt Reeves will return as the director for the new project titled “War of the Planet of the Apes”…Mark Bomback, Pierre Boulle and Reeves are writing the screenplay
However, Harrelson will play a character called the Colonel.
The House
Cedric Yarbrough has joined the cast of the Will Ferrell-Amy Poehler New Line comedy aka The House. The pic [is] from director Andrew Jay Cohen, who co-wrote the script with Brendan O’Brien…Yarbrough will play Reggie Henderson, a hardworking suburban husband and father who has suppressed and hidden his feelings of pressure from work and family life. His plan for de-stressing? Neighborhood gambling. Ryan Simpkins and Frank Gerrish co-star.
LBJ
Jeffrey Donovan has been cast as John F. Kennedy in Rob Reiner’s LBJ.
President John F. Kennedy, known by “Jack” to his friends, was killed by a gunman when he was only 46 years old on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, giving way to his VP (Johnson) to become the 36th President of the United States, a position that Johnson had always wanted.
Before I Fall
Zoey Deutch has been tapped as the star of Awesomeness Films’ next feature film project Before I Fall…Ry Russo-Young will direct Maria Maggenti’s Black List script, with revisions by Gina Prince-Bythewood. The plot centers on Samantha Kingston (Deutch), a high school senior who finds that she may be living the last day of her life over and over until she gets it right. If you had only one day left on earth who would you kiss, who would you tell the real truth to, who would you save? Amid that, she must untangle the mystery surrounding her death—and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing.
Jack Reacher 2
Danika Yarosh [will] join Tom Cruise’s “Jack Reacher” sequel.
Cobie Smulders is also in talks to join the pic.
Ed Zwick is set to direct. Zwick and and Marshall Herskovitz penned the most recent draft of the script after Richard Wenk penned the original draft.
The Revenger
Universal Pictures…has acquired the action comedy pitch The Revenger, with the Night At The Museum scripting team Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant writing for Zombieland‘s Ruben Fleischer to direct and Liam Neeson to star.
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