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Moore to Star in ‘After the Wedding’ Remake

ACTRESS Julianne Moore has joined the remake of Susanne Bier’s Acad-emy-nominated Danish drama “After the Wedding.”

Coming from writer and director Bart Freundlich, the reimagining will cast the two lead roles as women, creating a story of motherhood and family, while setting the story in and around New York.

Cornerstone Films has come on board to handle international sales and distribution and will commence sales at the European Film Market in Berlin later this month.

“After the Wedding” will be pro-duced by Joel Michaels and Silvio Muraglia through Paradox Studios and production will begin this spring. Paradox Studios is also fi nancing.

“We are overjoyed to have Bart as a partner in this project that has been a longtime labor of love,” said Michaels and Muraglia. “He’s reimagined a brilliant retelling of Susanne Bier’s acclaimed and potent drama. We are further blessed to be working with Julianne Moore whose remark-able talent brings depth and sincerity to every role she portrays.”

Cornerstone’s Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder added: “Bart has written an emotional powerhouse of a screenplay. It’s compelling and heart-breaking but incredibly human. It’s a standout piece and we are thrilled to be introducing it to buyers at Berlin.”

“After the Wedding,” which starred Mads Mikkelsen and Sidse Babett Knudsen and was a critical and pop-ular hit, was nominated for the best foreign-language Oscar in 2007, but lost out to “The Lives of Others.”

(SD-Agencies)

Mira Sorvino joins ‘Riptide’MIRA SORVINO and Val Kilmer are set to star in “Riptide,” the crime drama from writer-director Shaun Hart and LA Independent Film and Entertainment.

The ensemble cast includes “The Shield” star Michael Chik-lis, Clifton Collins, Jr. and Henry Thomas. The pic follows two sons of a biker drug traffi cker who hold opposing views of their father’s lifestyle.

When the father’s operation is raided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo-sives, the youngest son looks to keep the business alive while the older son understands the threat that the surrounding competition and the cartel pose, all of whom look to prey on their instability and ultimately the entire family’s survival.

“Riptide” was co-written by Jonathan Meyers and Hart and will start fi lming in summer.

Sorvino most recently appeared on Netfl ix comedy “Lady Dyna-mite” and made a guest appear-ance on ABC’s “Modern Family.” Kilmer is best known for starring turns in “Top Gun,” “The Doors” and “Batman Forever,” and had recent starring roles in “The Super” and “Snowman.”

“Riptide” reteams Kilmer and LA Independent Film and Enter-tainmen. (SD-Agencies)

SELENA GOMEZ is hopping on “The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle.”

The Universal feature stars Robert Downey Jr. as the phy-sician with the uncanny ability to talk to animals, one of which Gomez will voice.

The platinum recording artist joins a voice cast that includes “Spider-Man: Home-coming” star Tom Holland, Emma Thompson and Ralph Fiennes. Along with Downey, Michael Sheen and Antonio Banderas will also be starring in live-action roles.

Stephen Gaghan will direct from a script that he wrote. The story is based on the

1920s children’s books by Hugh Lofting.

Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschen-baum will produce via their Roth/Kirschenbaum Films shingle. Jon Mone and Lexi Barta will oversee production for Universal.

“Voyage of Doctor Dolittle” will begin production later this month in London and is slated for a 2019 release.

Gomez, who serves as executive producer on the hit Netfl ix series “13 Reasons Why,” can also be heard in the third installment of the “Hotel Transylvania” franchise, which is due out in July.

(SD-Agencies)

Gomez joins ‘Doctor Dolittle’

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“DEADPOOL 2” director David Leitch is revving up his engines to possibly join the “Fast and Furious” family.

The director, considered one of the premier action fi lmmak-ers currently working in the fi eld with credits such as “John Wick” and “Atomic Blonde” under his belt, has emerged as the front-runner and is in early talks to direct the untitled “Fast and Furious” spinoff that is to star Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham.

Universal has set a July 26, 2019 release for the movie, which will focus on Luke Hobbs, the Diplomatic Security Service agent played by Johnson, and Deckard Shaw (Statham), an assassin who was one of the

primary bad guys in the fran-chise before being redeemed and joining the motley crew of antiheroes that make up the roll call. Chris Morgan wrote the script, making it his seventh installment in the franchise.

The “Fast and Furious” series is a crown jewel for Universal — it has grossed over $5.1 billion worldwide — and the studio is seeking ways to prolong a fran-chise that has been in the fast lane since 2001.

Leitch’s movies have become

known for their unrelenting action sequences that are inven-tive as much as they are bone-crunching and bullet-riddled.

The fi lmmaker was previously a stunt coordinator who broke into helming as a second unit director, working on movies ranging from “Ninja Assassin” to “Captain America: Civil War.” He and partner Chad Stahelski made their directorial debut with 2014’s “John Wick.”

“Deadpool 2” is set to open May 18. (SD-Agencies)

‘Deadpool 2’ director in talks for ‘Fast and Furious’ spinoff

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