Uprising: Director Bryan Singer (X-Men) is ready to take on a new challenge: transforming Robert A. Heinlein's 1996 novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress into a movie titled Uprising. The science-fiction master's award-winning novel is about a revolt by a colony on the moon against rule from Earth. Marc Guggenheim (TV's Arrow) will write the screenplay. [Heat Vision]
Independence Day 2: Jessie Usher (When the Game Stands Tall) will star in Independence Day 2 as the son of the character played by Will Smith in the original. While Smith is sitting this one out, his running partner Jeff Goldblum has been confirmed to return, and Liam Hemsworth has also joined the cast, according to director Roland Emmerich. [Facebook / Collider]
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: Steve Martin will star in director Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, an adaptation of a novel by Ben Fountain. He'll join newcomer Joe Alwyn, who has been cast as the titular character, a soldier who comes home with his unit for a promotional tour after a well-publicized battle in Iraq knowing that further combat awaits. Garrett Hedlund is also under consideration for a key role in the movie. [Deadline]
Monsters: Dark Continent Trailer: The sequel to Monsters, the lo-fi alien invasion picture that director Gareth Edwards made before Godzilla, is heading to theaters on April 17, and, as its title -- Monsters: Dark Continent -- implies, it's set in a far different milieu than the original. This time the story revolves around a military unit in the Middle East that must rescue comrades from dangerous aliens. [Radius/TWC]
