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Ryan Gosling’s ‘How to Catch a Monster’ Lands Its Big Fish
Newcomer Iain De Caestecker, pictured, has come on board for the male lead in Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut of How to Catch a Monster, Variety reports.
He will co-star with Christina Hendricks, with Warner Bros. on board to distribute. Ben Mendelsohn, Matt Smith, Rob Zabrecky, Eva Mendes and Saoirse Ronan also star.
“Story is set against the surreal dreamscape of a vanishing city and centered on a single mother of two who is swept into a macabre fantasy underworld while her teenage son discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town.”
Production is set to start this spring.
Says the site, De Caestecker had been the choice for some time to play Hendricks’ son, but he first had to work out his schedule on ABC’ and Marvel’s “S.H.I.E.L.D.” before he could sign on. De Caestecker has a big year ahead of him, having already starred the Sundance pic Fear, as well as a nice supporting role in Filth starring James McAvoy.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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