Film Casting: POWER RANGERS, IMPERIUM, F. Gary Gray directing FAST AND FURIOUS 8

Megan Leavey

Edie Falco is set to co-star opposite Kate Mara (The Martian, Fantastic Four) in the indie biopic Megan Leavey for director Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish)…Falco will play the role of Jackie Leavey, Megan’s mother.

Aloha Santa

George Lopez has signed star in Aloha Santa…Lopez will play Chris Cringle, the lazy, immature adopted son of Santa who inherits the Santa Claus role when his father dies. Lacking confidence in his role, he ends up crash-landing in Hawaii when he takes the sleigh out for a test drive days before Christmas. Now he must find a way home in time to make the annual gift deliveries.

it’s directed by Jonathan Yudis (Pocahontas 2), who co-wrote with Adam “Tex” Davis and Mike Davis.

Claire

Hope Davis has joined the romantic comedy Claire, the upcoming remake of Eric Rohmer’s Le Beau Mariage. She joins Hunger Games‘ Jena Malone and Girls’ Alex Karpovsky in the story of an eccentric young woman (Malone) who, fed up with her married lover, decides she ought to get married herself and sets her sights on her best friend’s cousin (Karpovsky), a man she barely knows.

Star Wars: Episode VIII

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Beyond the Lights) is joining the cast. While negotiations can always break down and nothing is official until Disney announces it, we feel confident in our reporting.

We don’t have any details on her role

Fast and Furious 8

“Straight Outta Compton” director F. Gary Gray has taken to Facebook to confirm that he will direct the next “Fast and Furious” movie for Universal.

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