Jumanji: Jack Black will join Dwayne Johnson in a new version of Jumanji. Johnson stated: " In our reimagining of the story of Jumanji, Jack brings that rare balance of cool with funny and edge with childlike joy. The 'Jumanji Breakfast Club' is coming together … myself, Jack (mf'n) Black and Kevin Hart." Johnson also noted that two key roles remain to be cast: "One badass girl. One semi-sorta badass dude." The movie is scheduled for release on July 28, 2017. [Instagram]
Submergence: The first official photo from Submergence features James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander in an intimate pose. Directed by Wim Wenders, the romantic thriller follows an engineer and a biomathematician who meet at an isolated hotel before undertaking dangerous missions in different parts of the world. The film is currently in production. [Screen Daily]
Come Away: Brenda Chapman, who codirected the Academy Award-winning animated film Brave, will make her live-action directing debut. Titled Come Away, the project is described as a fantasy drama that's a prequel to both Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland; it imagines that the titular characters of those movies are brother and sister whose eldest brother dies in an accident. Thereafter they try to help their parents deal with the tragedy and end up in their respective "lands." [Deadline]
Cafe Society Trailer: Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg star in the first trailer from Cafe Society. Written and directed by Woody Allen, it follows a young man who moves to Hollywood in the 1930s, seeking work in the film industry, only to discover another star-filled society. Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Corey Stoll and Parker Posey also star; the movie will open in theaters on July 29. [Movieclips]
