Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
Joel McHale and Jennifer Carpenter have signed up to reprise their voice roles of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade for “Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms”. This sequel to the direct-to-VOD title “Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge” will arrive late Summer. [Source: THR]
Daddio
Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn are attached to star in Christy Hall’s “Daddio,” Johnson replacing originally attached Daisy Ridley. The story follows a young woman who just arrived in New York City.
In a taxi, an amusing talk with the driver takes a turn towards mysterious and playful, then grows into viscerally honest revelations about relationships, sex and power dynamics, loss and vulnerability. [Source: Deadline]
Evil Dead Rise
Gabrielle Echols (“Reminiscence”), Morgan Davies (“The End”) and Nell Fisher (“Northspur”) will join Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan in the new horror feature “Evil Dead Rise” at New Line and HBO Max. Shooting begins in New Zealand later this month.
The new one follows two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival. Lee Cronin pens and directs while Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are serving as executive producers. [Source: THR]
Women Talking
Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Ben Whishaw, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, August Winter, Liv McNeil and Kate Hallett and are all set to join Frances McDormand in “Women Talking” at Plan B Entertainment and Orion Pictures.
Actress/filmmaker Sarah Polley pens and directs this feature adaptation of Miriam Toews novel about a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men. [Source: THR]
