Archstone Boards ‘Chili Finger‘ With Greer, Astin, Cranston and Goodman
EXCLUSIVE: Archstone has taken over worldwide gross sales duties from Moonstone Leisure to darkish comedy Chili Finger forward of the Cannes market. Set to shoot this summer season in Central Illinois, the movie is because of star Judy Greer, Sean Astin, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman. Gersh will proceed dealing with home. Chili Finger tells the story of a just lately empty-nested mom Jess (Greer) who discovers a human finger in her bowl of chili. When she blackmails the restaurant for a money payout, the state of affairs spirals uncontrolled and her life descends into chaos. Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad, who wrote the script, will co-direct. Sam Sandweiss and Jo Henriquez are producing. Goodman and Greer will govt produce alongside Archstone’s Jack Sheehan, Scott Martin, and Michael Slifkin.
Brendan Gleeson Making West Finish Debut
Brendan Gleeson is to make his West Finish debut in a brand new manufacturing of The Weir written and directed for the primary time, by Conor McPherson. Kate Horton Productions and Landmark Productions are behind the present through which Gleeson will play Jack on the Harold Pinter Theatre in London from 12 September to 6 December 2025, with a press night time on Friday 19 September. The present will begin out at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre from 8 August to 6 September. Further casting is in course of.
Michelle Ang Leads Dystopian Pic ‘Insula‘
EXCLUSIVE: Media Tech Productions NZ can be trying to drum up Cannes gross sales on dystopian characteristic Insula, starring Michelle Ang (Star Wars: The Dangerous Batch), Simon Prast (MaXXXine) and Catherine Waller (Off-Broadway’s The Creeps). The movie charts the story of Laura (Ang), a reclusive actress haunted by recollections of her misplaced spouse (Waller), and Tristram (Prast), a ruthless businessman who lures a struggling artist right into a life-altering recreation. Alex Plumb is director, author and produced with Waller. Govt producers are Waller and Plumb in addition to Rogers Shakes and James Sweetbaum of Media Tech Productions NZ. The mission is getting into its closing part of filming with supply anticipated in December. Plumb’s brief movie Angelo was a variety at Tribeca in 2023.
Wheelhouse Lands Celeb Model Of Channel 5’s ‘Puzzling’ With Recent Host
Wheelhouse has landed a second season of its Channel 5 Puzzling sequence with celebrities on board for this outing. Jeremy Vine has been introduced in as host instead of Lucy Worsley and staff captains can be Sally Lindsay and Carol Vorderman. Celeb company will embrace Scarlett Moffat, Les Dennis and Gareth Malone. The weekly quiz sees groups deal with a variety puzzles – testing logic, lateral considering and problem-solving. Puzzling was Channel 5’s first quiz fee. Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse, which is run by Glenn Hugill within the UK, is producing this superstar model with The Chase maker Potato. “It’s superb to do a quiz that’s so easy and but feels so recent in each approach,” mentioned Vine.
‘Tremendous Crew Canada’ Will get Trailer & Launch Date
Canadiana guidelines proper now, it appears. Scorching off the again of the Liberals’ patriot-led election win, Crave’s first animated streaming authentic, Tremendous Crew Canada, has set a Could 16 launch date. The comedy ten-parter will launch with a double header, introducing the likes of Breakaway, a hockey-themed superhero performed by Will Arnett. Cobie Smulders, Kevin McDonald, Charles Demers, Brian Drummond, Ceara Morgana and Veena Sood, with Jay Baruchel a visitor star. The sequence follows a gaggle of ineffective Canadian superheroes who change into the world’s final hope in any case different heroes are killed off. Sources across the present, which is from Arnett’s Electrical Avenue and Thunderbird Leisure-owned Atomic Cartoons, are connecting the wave of patriotism in Canada that accompanied the Liberals’ election win earlier this week with the Canadian heroes tropes of Tremendous Crew Canada. Right here’s the trailer.
