New Films in Production, v.2

[CSM126]

Maggie Gyllenhaal announced on Instagram that she is playing Elvis Presley's mother in the upcoming bio-pic by Baz Luhrmann

God is dead.

[flyonthewall2983]

I'm just happy she's in a major movie. Tom Hanks as Col. Parker might be a good stretch for him and create some curiosity.

[domino harvey]

Disney finally found the amount of money it would take to entice Rick Moranis back to the industry after decades of absence, as he will appear in Shrunk

[swo17]

I realized it was the only way I could get close enough to Josh Gad to murder him

[FigrinDan]

V2. Escape From Hell

Timur Bekmambetov is developing the world’s first vertical format blockbuster.
Did anyone ask for this? Who is its target audience? Why?
So many questions!

[Never Cursed]

That almost sounds like a compelling idea in isolation, but I'm not sure I trust the auteur behind Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to do it justice.

[Roger Ryan]

Timur Bekmambetov is developing the world’s first vertical format blockbuster...
...Who is its target audience?

Clearly intended for drivers who wish to keep one hand on the steering wheel.

[Cremildo]

Cameras will roll on Mike Leigh's new film this summer.

[ianthemovie]

Judy Blume's 1970 YA classic Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret will be adapted into a film.

I really hope this project falls into good hands. Best case scenario: a thoughtful art-house-inspired, period-set (pun intended?) adaptation that captures the lovely tone of the book a la Call Me By Your Name. Worst case scenario: a snarky hack-job in which the story is updated for the present day and the dialogue is peppered with unfunny jokes about Snapchat a la Booksmart.

[The Narrator Returns]

Unless things have dramatically changed, it's being made into a movie by Edge of Seventeen's Kelly Fremon Craig (with James L. Brooks producing).

[ianthemovie]

Thanks. I hadn't realized filmmakers were already attached. I didn't see Edge of Seventeen but I heard good things about it, so hopefully that bodes well.

[flyonthewall2983]

Another 70's classic to be adapted

[soundchaser]

Spoiler

Tarkus would be better.

[DarkImbecile]

According to this NYTimes profile on Ben Affleck, he's looking at an adaptation of the non-fiction book King Leopold's Ghost as his next directorial project, with Martin Scorsese producing

I read the book (about Belgium's genocidal exploitation of the Congo and the public campaign to end it, one of the first international human rights efforts) when it was released twenty-plus years ago, and there's certainly a lot there dramatically; given Scorsese's recent comments on Killers of the Flower Moon, I can see why this would appeal to him.

[Cremildo]

Kirill Serebrennikov has written and will direct an adaptation of Olivier Guez’s novel “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele”.

[barryconvex]

Another 70's classic to be adapted

Maybe if it's a big enough hit it will finally open the doors for the movie version of Rick Wakeman's The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table On Ice.

[Cremildo]

The 2003 Belgian crime thriller The Memory of a Killer is getting an English-language remake directed by Martin Campbell starring Liam Neeson.

[cantinflas]

[Cremildo]

Karyn Kusama will direct a modern take on Dracula for Blumhouse.

[therewillbeblus]

knives may be happy to hear that Ready or Not directors will helm next film in the Scream franchise

I’m curious to see what they do with it considering how good that film was

[knives]

Scream certainly plays to their strengths so I'm open.

[domino harvey]

Will Janet Jackson be back?

[Cremildo]

Universal are planning a contemporary remake of Night of the Hunter written by Matt Orton (Operation Finale).

[Ferocious Detritus]

Universal are planning a contemporary remake of Night of the Hunter written by Matt Orton (Operation Finale).

And I thought this pandemic was punishment enough for our sins...

[Never Cursed]

Dario Argento's next, crime film Black Glasses, to be scored by Daft Punk (in their first long-form project since 2013)