Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation star Rebecca Ferguson will still star alongside Ewan McGregor in Warner Bros’ adaptation of Stephen King novel Doctor Sleep. Published in 2013, Doctor Sleep is the sequel to King’s The Shining, which was adapted in 1977 by Stanley Kubrick for a film by the same name, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. The new film by Mike Flanagan will feature McGregor as Danny Torrance, the grown-up son of Nicholson, who in the original film had psychic powers and watched his dad descend into a murderous rage, according to The Hollywood Reporter. However, the details of Ferguson’s character have not been revealed by the studio.
Jim Carrey is close to a deal with Paramount Pictures for the live-action/animation hybrid Sonic the Hedgehog. The film is an adaptation of the classic Sega video game that was launched in 1991 and features a hedgehog named Sonic on a quest to defeat Doctor Robotnik, a scientist who has imprisoned animals in robots and stolen magical Chaos Emeralds. If things are finalised, the 56-year-old actor will play the role of Robotnik, a mad scientist and Sonic’s archenemy, reported Variety. The project will be helmed by Jeff Fowler. He is best known for his 2005 Oscar-nominated short Gopher Broke.
Director Edgar Wright is celebrating the one-year anniversary of his hit film Baby Driver and has teased a possible sequel to it. The director, 44, marked the occasion on Twitter and said a sequel could happen “soon”. “Baby Driver was released one year ago today. Had a wild ride with it in the last 365 days. So I thank you for all your beautiful responses, it means everything. And who knows, maybe he could get back on the road soon,” Wright tweeted. The crime action film featured Ansel Elgort as the protagonist Baby who works as a getaway driver. It also starred Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza Gonzalez, Jon Hamm, and Jamie Foxx. PTI
Bolly megastar Amitabh Bachchan has completed the shooting of Badla. The actor, 75, shared the news on his blog. “The work on the film is over... that ‘BADLA’ for me is and has ended... A room, a suit, a leading lady and unchanged location, a chair and DONE... When an age is reached for the relevance of years gone by to live up to their name — ‘gone by’ — it truly does go by,” Bachchan wrote. In the film, the actor will be seen sharing screen space with his Pink co-star Taapsee Pannu. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, Badla is an official remake of the 2016 Spanish film Contratiempo (The Invisible Guest).
Lady Bird stars Saoirse Ronan and Timothee Chalamet are in negotiations to star in Greta Gerwig’s latest directorial project. Both Ronan, 24, and Chalamet, 22, had featured in Gerwig’s solo directorial debut — Lady Bird — that received five Academy Awards nominations. The new film, an adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott classic Little Women, hails from Columbia Pictures, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It follows teenage sisters Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg and their mother in Civil War-era Massachusetts as they navigate first love and their first holiday without their father, a travelling minister. Apart from Ronan and Chalamet, veteran actor Meryl Streep and Oscar-winner Emma Stone are in negotiations to join the project. Alcott’s book was previously adapted into a film in 1994, starring Winona Ryder, Christian Bale, Susan Sarandon and Kirsten Dunst.
