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‘Colossal’ New Casting for Monster Movie
Austin Stowell, pictured, has been cast as Anne Hathaway’s love interest in Colossal, the monster pic written and to be directed by Timeframes‘ Nacho Vigalondo for Brightlight Pictures, says Deadline.
Colossal is “Aaout an ordinary woman (Hathaway) who discovers she has a connection to a series of attacks by a giant lizard and a robot in Tokyo, and she needs to find out why she is the only person who can stop it.”
Production gets underway next week on the pic.
Vigalondo also helmed one of the V/H/S: Viral segments for us, as well as the indie sci-fe epic, Extraterrestrial.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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