Bullet Train
Sony has pushed back the Brad Pitt-led action feature “Bullet Train” by one week, moving the film back from July 29th to August 5th.
David Leitch helms the film about rival assassins onboard a high-speed train. Sandra Bullock, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Bad Bunny, Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Logan Lerman, Andrew Koji, Zazie Beetz, Hiroyuki Sanada and Karen Fukuhara also star. [Source: Sony]
Saltburn
Rosamund Pike will team with “Euphoria” breakout Jacob Elordi and “Eternals” actor Barry Keoghan in “Promising Young Woman” director/writer Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn”. Filming is due to begin later this year. The dramatic feature chronicles a grand, aristocratic English family. [Source: Screen Daily]
Pain Hustlers
Emily Blunt is set to star in filmmaker David Yates’ “Pain Hustlers” which was penned by Wells Tower and is being produced by Lawrence Grey. Filming is slated to begin in August.
Blunt plays a high school dropout who lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in a Florida strip mall and catapults the company into the high life. She soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences. [Source: THR]
Conclave
Ralph Fiennes has signed on to lead the Edward Berger-directed conspiracy thriller feature “Conclave” starring John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini.
Peter Straughan penned the script based on Robert Harris’ novel which begins with the death of the Pope. The reluctant Cardinal Lomeli (Fiennes) is tasked with overseeing the group responsible for selecting a new leader. As the political machinations intensify, he realizes the departed Pope had kept a secret from them all. [Source: Deadline]
