The Random: Highlander, Sharlto Copley, The One And Only Ivan, Danny Boyle, Captain Marvel, and more

– There can be only one! Colony writer Ryan Condal has delivered a script to Lionsgate and pre-production is set to start later this year for the Highlander reboot. It will be directed by Chad Stahelski and is set to be produced by Neal H. Moritz. Lionsgate is extremely pleased with the script and has set pre-production for October after Stahelski has finished the third John Wick film starring Keanu Reeves. It is set for a 2019 release. – Deadline

– Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) follow-up and will star opposite Elizabeth Olsen on Sorry For Your Loss, a new series for Facebook. The 10-episode series is described as a dark comedy that explores the life of young widow Leigh Gibbs (Olsen) as she deals with the grief of losing her husband while reconnecting with relationships of her past. Tran will play Jules, Olsen’s character’s younger sister, a former party girl who’s trying to maintain her sobriety – The Tracking Board

– Sharlto Copley (District 9, Free Fire) will make his directorial debut with Sapien Safari. He also wrote the social comedy that focuses on alien naturalist Riblik, the Steve Irwin of the galaxy, who faces an uphill battle to convince the green new owner of Earth that its dominant wildlife species is worth protecting. “In an increasingly risk-averse environment, the team at QC have been an enormous blessing.” Copley said in a statement. “They have an eye for bold, edgy and original material with commercial potential. Once on board, they wholeheartedly back the filmmaker. One can’t ask for more.” – Deadline

– Bryan Cranston has joined Angelina Jolie and Sam Rockwell in The One And Only Ivan, Disney’s adaptation of the award-winning book written by Katherine Applegate, the Tracking Board has confirmed. Cranston will play the desperate owner of a failing circus. The Florida Project breakout Brooklyn Prince and Ariana Greenblatt are also attached. Me Before You helmer Thea Sharrock is directing the live action/CGI hybrid, from a script by Mike White.

– Avengers: Infinity War’s release date has now been moved up to 27th April 2018.

That’s a FANTASTIC idea! Done.

Avengers: #InfinityWar in theaters everywhere April 27th. pic.twitter.com/n5JhJWpnqc

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) March 1, 2018

– Danny Boyle is teaming up with writer Richard Curtis on an untitled comedy for Universal. Details are being kept under wraps, but it is known to be musically themed and set in the 60’s or 70’s. Universal is hoping to shoot as early as summer if casting comes together – The Tracking Board

– Fandor put together this great video essay – Kubrickian Irony: The Dark Humor of Stanley Kubrick.

– Captain Marvel screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet, currently prepping for the March 16 release of Warner Bros.’ Tomb Raider reboot, tells EW the final Captain Marvel script exists in part thanks to the time she spent honing her refreshing take on the origin story of pop cultural icon Lara Croft. “Captain Marvel has a very funny voice, and it’s more of an action-comedy, more like what we were talking about doing in the first draft I wrote for Tomb Raider…. [but] that tone survived in Captain Marvel,” she explains, noting that her work on Tomb Raider began in the fall of 2015, well before she boarded the MCU project. “I love funny female characters, so as Tomb Raider got more serious, I got even more committed to the idea of Captain Marvel being hilarious.” “That’s not just me inventing that,” she continues. “Carol Danvers is one of the funniest comic book characters. She’s so sassy, she’s such a smartass, she won’t take sh— from anyone, and the comic books do an amazing job at capturing that voice, and it was important that the entire Captain Marvel creative team [kept to that].

– Viola Davis and Lupita Nyong’o have signed on to play mother and daughter in the TriStar drama The Woman King, which concerns an all-female military unit in Africa. The film is inspired by true events and based on an original story by Maria Bello, who will produce under her Jack Blue Productions banner. Inspired by true events that took place in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries, The Woman King tells the story of Nanisca (Davis), General of the all-female military unit known as the Amazons, and her daughter Nawi (Nyong’o), who together fought the French and neighboring tribes who violated their honor, enslaved their people, and threatened to destroy everything they’ve lived for – The Tracking Board

– Disney has added and changed their release schedule for the next few years, including a few new Marvel movies:

• Mulan which was previously dated on 11/2/18 moves to 3/27/20.
• Untitled Live-Action set for 10/4/19.
• Untitled Live-Action dated for 11/8/19.
• Untitled Live-Action dated for  2/14/20.
• Untitled Pixar Animation which was previously scheduled for 3/13/20 moves to 3/6/20.
• Untitled Live-Action which was previously set for on 4/3/20 moves to 5/29/20.
• Untitled Marvel which was previously set for 8/7/20 moves to 7/31/20.
• Untitled Live-Action now dated 10/9/20.
• Untitled Live-Action dated for12/23/20.
• Untitled Live-Action scheduled for 2/12/21.
• Untitled Marvel set for on 5/7/21.
• Untitled Live-Action scheduled on 5/28/21.
• Untitled Live-Action set for 7/9/21.
• Untitled Marvel dated for 7/30/21.
• Untitled Live-Action now set for 10/8/21.
• Untitled Marvel now scheduled on 11/5/21.
• Untitled Live-Action now set for 12/22/21.
• Untitled Marvel dated for 2/18/22.
• Untitled Pixar scheduled for on 3/18/22.
• Untitled Marvel dated for 5/6/22.
• Untitled Live-Action now set on 5/27/22.
• Untitled Pixar scheduled for 6/17/22.
• Untitled Live-Action schedule on 7/8/22.
• Untitled Marvel now dated on 7/29/22.
• Untitled Live-Action scheduled for 10/7/22.
• Untitled Live-Action set for on 11/4/22.
• Untitled Animation set for 11/23/22.
• Untitled Live-Action set for on 12/16/22.
• Untitled Live-Action set for 2/17/23.