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“Shotgun Wedding”
Jennifer Lopez is teaming with Armie Hammer for a comedic foray into marriage. While at a resort on a beautiful island for their lavish destination wedding, a couple develops cold feet as the big day approaches. To make matters worse, the two find themselves and their wedding party held hostage. Only when they set out to save their families and friends do they remember why they wanted to get married in the first place. Directed by Jason Moore and written by Mark Hammer and Liz Meriwether, the film is executive produced by Ryan Reynolds. Though no additional actors have been added to the mix yet, 5th House Casting is officially on the project to build out the ensemble. Production is slated to begin in February 2021 in the Dominican Republic.
“The Midnight Club”
Based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Pike, this book-to-TV adaptation follows a group of residents who establish a scary story society at the Rotterdam Home, a place for terminally ill teens to spend their final months. Trying to make peace with their prognoses, the teens make a pact that the first of them to die must return and make contact with the living members of the club. Created by Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong, who recently collaborated on “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” the Netflix horror series has brought on Engine Casting to assemble the cast. Production is set for March 2021 in Vancouver.
“Acts of Crime”
ABC is looking to shake up the tried-and-true crime procedural format with a new pilot. Normally, the audience is taken on the detective’s journey through the investigation when a crime is committed, but “Acts of Crime” will take a less linear approach. Sam Esmail, the mind behind “Mr. Robot” and “Homecoming,” is set to write and direct the series, whose plot details are being kept under wraps. Susie Farris Casting has been tapped to bring in actors, but no one has been attached yet. Pilot production is anticipated to begin in March 2021 in Toronto.
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This story originally appeared in the Nov. 26 issue of Backstage Magazine. Subscribe here.