By Fantastic Four
Reddit has found that a puppeteer linked to the upcoming Marvel Studios film “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” has altered their LinedIn profile to list the film’s title now as “Fantastic Four: First Contact”.
Marvel has renamed multiple films and series in recent years during production or in post. The new title is already drawing suggestions it was inspired by 1996’s “Star Trek: First Contact” as both director Matt Shakman and Marvel’s Kevin Feige are big Trekkers. [Source: Reddit]
Misty Green
Chris Rock is set to direct the film “Misty Green” in which he will also star. The contemporary-set project is based an original script by Rock and follows a talented actress whose vices have derailed every attempt to revitalize her career.
Her best opportunity in ages arrives in the form of Jordan (Rock), a film director with the perfect role for her – were it not for their contentious past”. Additional casting is underway. Tommy Oliver, James Lopez, Peter Rice and Rock will produce. [Source: Variety]
Last Night at the Lobster
Wagner Moura, Sofia Carson, Brian Tyree Henry and Elisabeth Moss are set to star in the comedy-drama “Last Night At The Lobster” which Moura will direct. The film will shoot early next year
Based on the well-received novel by Stewart O’Nan, the story follows a group of chain seafood restaurant employees snowed in by a blizzard who decide to enjoy one last night before their store closes. Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Jane Anderson and Eboni Booth pen the script. [Source: Deadline]
Holy Days
Acting legends Judy Davis, Miriam Margolyes and Jacki Weaver will join young rising star Elijah Tamati in Blue Fox Entertainment comedy “Holy Days”. The project is based on the novel by author Dame Joy Cowley and is being helmed by “Riverdale” actress Nat Boltt. Shooting begins mid-November.
The film follows three quirky older nuns and a young Māori boy who hit the road across New Zealand’s South Island as one of the nuns faces forced retirement. An unexpected snowstorm and a spiritual tribute to the boy’s recently deceased mother come into play. [Source: Variety]
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen
Camila Morrone (“Daisy Jones & The Six”) and Adam DiMarco (“The White Lotus”) are in talks to star in Haley Z. Boston’s Netflix atmospheric horror series “Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen”.
Boston serves as executive producer and showrunner, “Stranger Things” creators The Duffer Brothers and Hilary Leavitt executive produce. Set at a wedding, it follows a bride and groom in the week leading up to their ill-fated nuptials. [Source: Yahoo]
Scarpetta
Tiya Sircar, Anna Diop, Graham Phillips and Georgia King will have recurring roles Prime Video and Blumhouse’s “Scarpetta” TV series. Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis star in the series based on Patricia Cornwell’s best-selling books about Virginia medical examiner Kay Scarpetta.
Sircar plays policewoman Blaise Fruge, Diop plays FBI cyber investigator Sierra ‘Tron’ Patron, Phillips as young Matt Petersen, and King as young Maggie Cutbush. The series has been picked up for two seasons. [Source: Deadline]
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