Corey Stoll On For Woody Allen's Next Film

Parker Posey also aboard the untitled project

Woody Allen may not be enjoying that many great reviews for his current film, Irrational Man, but he is, as ever, ploughing on with his next annual project which is traditionally holding back its title. We do, however, know who will be part of the cast, as Corey Stoll and Parker Posey are the latest additions. 

It’s Allen’s usual blend of people he’s worked with before and new faces: Stoll is a veteran of Midnight In Paris and Posey is in Irrational Man. They join a cast that already includes Kristen Stewart, Bruce Willis, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Ken Stott, Anna Camp, Jeannie Berlin, Stephen Kunken, Sari Lennick and Paul Schneider. As for what the film will be about? Do you really expect us to know this far out? That’s not exactly the Woodster’s style. Hopefully it won’t be another tale of a rough-around-the-edges intellectual who charms a young woman.

Allen is gearing up to start shooting in Los Angeles and his oft-visited stomping grounds of New York this month, with no set release date yet. Will the soundtrack at least be jazzy? We’re confident it will. 

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First Trailer For Roland Emmerich's Stonewall

Where Pride began

Usually found sending alien invasions, wretched weather or earthquakes against civilization on screen, Roland Emmerich does occasionally make room for passion projects, and Stonewall certainly counts. The first trailer for the drama has arrived online.

Stonewall uses the fictional figure of Danny (Jeremy Irvine) to tell the very real story of the Stonewall Inn and the role it played in helping to kick off the battle for gay rights in 1960s New York. Danny is kicked out of his small town home by his parents, leaving behind younger sister Phoebe (Joey King). Homeless and penniless, he makes friends with a group of street kids who introduce him to the Stonewall Inn, a hangout for the local LGBT community. There, Danny catches the eye of the suave Trevor (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and also attracts interest from the joint’s manager, Ed Murphy (Ron Perlman).

Ed’s a shady type who colludes with corrupt cops, exploits the homeless like Danny and is even suspected of having some of them vanish from the streets, never to be seen again. When the police unexpectedly raid the inn, events spiral out of control and a movement for equality is born from the chaos.

This one will be watched closely for its treatment of the events, but with playwright and screenwriter Jon Robin Baitz behind the script, hopefully Emmerich has learned the lessons of Anonymous, which played fast and loose with history. Stonewall will arrive in US cinemas on September 25 after a premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier in the month. It doesn’t appear to have a UK release date yet. 

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Peter Berg Looks To Direct Patriots' Day

He may reunite with Mark Wahlberg for the Boston bombing drama

While it looked like Lionsgate might be pulling ahead in the rush to make a film about the April 2013 bomb attack on the Boston Marathon with news of Jake Gyllenhaal mulling the lead, CBS Films is countering by closing in on a deal for Peter Berg to direct Patriots’ Day.

According to Variety, he’s in final negotiations to make the film, which would be another real-life tale after Lone Survivor and the upcoming Deepwater Horizon. And, assuming the actor/producer actually makes a deal himself, it would also mark Berg’s third film in a row with Mark Wahlberg, who has been trying to help get the movie made for a while, but might have to duck out of a lead role if scheduling becomes an issue.

Patriots’ Day is based on the account of Boston Police commissioner Ed Davis, with the producers securing his life rights and setting Bridge Of Spies writer Matt Charman to work on the script. 

Stronger has David Gordon Green directing and there is also a third project bubbling away at Fox, seemingly lagging behind the other two. As mentioned, Berg is at work on Deepwater Horizon, about the explosion aboard the titular rig in April 2010. He’s also gearing up to make Mile 22 early next year, so Patriots’ Day would likely have to wait until after that. 

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Deadpool Trailer Crashes In

'Daddy needs to express some rage...''

It might have made its first appearance online thanks to some shady uploaders following its Comic-Con debut, but here comes the first proper, official trailer for Deadpool, which features all the sweary, violent, NSFW nonsense you could want from the Merc With A Mouth.   

You probably don’t need us to explain the basics again, but we’re going to anyway, because someone put their hand up at the back and looks puzzled. Ryan Reynolds is on full quip form as Wade Wilson, a former Special Forces operative who discovers he has cancer in some pretty vital places. After being offered a chance to live (and become something better, if not better behaved), he undergoes a rogue experimental procedure that leaves him horrifically scarred but with Wolverine-style accelerated healing powers. 

Armed with his new abilities and the twisted sense of humour he already possessed, he starts to take out the bad guys while hunting down the man who nearly destroyed his life. 

With the likes of Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Gina Carano, Morena Baccarin and Brianna Hildebrand in the cast, and a script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, Deadpool was directed by Tim Miller. It’ll land in the UK on February 4. Don't say you weren't warned.

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Carlo Gallo Back For Bad Neighbours 2

She'll appear alongside Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne

With director Nicholas Stoller gathering most of the main cast back for comedy sequel Bad Neighbours 2, we were hoping that Carla Gallo’s name would crop up, as she got short shrift the first time around. Good news! She will show up for what is reportedly called Bad Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising.

The film reunites Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne as Mac and Kelly Radner, who in the first movie had to deal with the loud, obnoxious frat brotherhood (led by Zac Efron’s Teddy) that moved in next door. A prank war quickly escalated, though there was something of an understanding between Mac and the finally graduated Teddy by the end. And indeed he’ll come in useful when an even worse crowd, a sorority led by Chloe Moretz, takes over the house next door in the sequel. 

Gallo, who played wild Radner friend Paula, will hopefully get more screen time with hubby Jimmy (Ike Barinholtz), as they both saw the majority of their scenes hit the cutting room floor in the 2014 original. Stoller is a writer on this one alongside Rogen and Evan Goldberg, plus Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien, who wrote the first pic. It starts shooting this year and should be out on May 6 next year. 

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Chris Pine Aboard Comancheria

Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges also on for the drama

Despite the apparent casting of Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges in the lead roles, and the presence of Starred Up director David Mackenzie calling the shots, new dramatic thriller Comancheria had managed to skim largely under the radar. Screen International brings word that it’s now shooting as part of a roundup of film acquisitions. 

Details about Comancheria are scarce at this point, but we do at least now know that Pine and Foster are playing a divorced father and his ex-con brother who must pull off a desperate scheme to save their family’s farm.

The likes of Katy Mixon, Dale Dickey and Kevin Rankin are in the cast, and the script comes from Sicario’s Taylor Sheridan. It’s been snapped up by indie distributors Ascot Elite, a Swiss team that has also nabbed deals for the likes of Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight and Gold, which stars Matthew McConaughey. 

Quite when Comancheria will hit these shores is anyone’s guess, as while it has US (and now Swiss) distribution, there’s no sign of a UK company aboard yet. Still, we’d expect to see it some time next year, assuming a deal closes.

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Hugh Dancy Finds The Way

He's joining Aaron Paul in the Hulu series

We might not be seeing him as Will Graham for much longer, with Hannibal cancelled by its Stateside channel, but Hugh Dancy won’t be off our screens permanently. He’s now joined Hulu series The Way. 

With Dancy’s casting comes some fresh detail on the story, which also features Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan. The Way – which according to Entertainment Weekly is a working title – focuses on a couple (Paul and Monaghan) in a cult movement led by the charismatic Cal Roberts (Dancy). When he becomes entangled in a complicated relationship with the other two, it causes problems for all three. Especially as Cal is battling his own fears and demons even as he tries to advance the organisation’s cause.

Jessica Goldberg is writing the series, ramping up to shoot a 10-episode first season in New York this September for a likely arrival in 2016.

While there’s still some flicker of hope that Dancy and co. can return to Hannibal in some fashion (even if it’s just for the occasional special or TV movie), the Thomas Harris adaptation appears over for now, especially with its cast and crew moving on to other jobs. Dancy will also be seen in miniseries Deadline Gallipoli, which is filming now.

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