Oppenheimer
Dane DeHaan has joined the growing cast of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” biopic at Universal Pictures. Cillian Murphy is starring as the theoretical physicist who helped develop the atomic bomb during World War II.
Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie and Josh Hartnett co-star in the film which is readying to shoot in New Mexico. [Source: THR]
Law and Order: Organised Crime
Denis Leary has signed on in a recurring role in the second season of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” with his first episode to air March 3rd. Leary will play Frank Donnelly, a member of the NYPD who engages with Chris Meloni’s Detective Stabler. [Source: TV Line]
Hail Mary
Jack Huston (“Boardwalk Empire”) and Angela Sarafyan (“Westworld”) will star in the modern-day biblical fantasy “Hail Mary” currently filming in Mexico City. Natalia del Riego and Benny Emmanuel also star.
Rosemary Rodriguez helms the retelling of Mary and Joseph story as a Belize immigrant finds herself mysteriously pregnant and attempts to get across a closed U.S. border. Huston and Sarafyan will play the devil’s right hand Baal and the archangel Gabrielle respectively. [Source: Variety]
Rich Flu
Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike will lead Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s thriller “Rich Flu” in which a deadly disease starts killing off the world’s richest first then progressively taking out those with less and less wealth. Soon the whole planet is panicking and trying to sell off everything they own. Shooting begins this Fall. [Source: THR]
