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50 Cent Goes Blind in ‘Odd Thomas’
The final piece of the Odd Thomas casting puzzle is complete, as Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has signed on to join Stephen Sommers’ adaptation of Dean Koontz’s bestselling novel, writes Variety.
Anton Yelchin stars in the supernatural thriller as a clairvoyant short-order cook who encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark forces. Jackson will play Shamus Cocobolo, a blind deejay who helps the titular hero uncover a Satanic plot.
Addison Timlin, Willem Dafoe, Patton Oswalt, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Nico Tortorella co-star.
Fusion Films partners John Baldecchi and Howard Kaplan are producing along with Sommers, who adapted the screenplay.
“Odd Thomas” is scheduled to start production imminently in Santa Fe, N.M.
Chris Columbus (Gremlins – writer, Home Alone – director) is headed back into the director’s chair for Thursday Murder Club, Amblin’s upcoming feature film adaptation of the same-titled novel written by Richard Osman. Variety first reported the news this morning.
It’s not a horror movie, mind you, but rather a star-studded murder-mystery. Think Rian Johnson’s Knives Out… only this particular murder-mystery is set in a retirement community!
Variety details, “The book, released in 2020, tells the story of four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement community and solve cold cases for fun. When a shady property developer is found dead, the four find themselves in the middle of their first live crime.”
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley are “being eyed” to lead the cast!
Richard Osman’s 2020 novel was such a hit that it launched a franchise. Follow-up The Man Who Died Twice followed in 2021, with The Bullet That Missed coming along in 2022. And then there was The Last Devil to Die in 2023, with a fifth book in the series expected in 2025.
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