Jeff Bridges is Grendel, John Malkovich joins The Fantastic Four, and more casting news of the week

Michelle Yeoh, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Alexander Skarsgård, Jeremy Strong, Taylor Lautner, and more were also in the headlines this week

By Emma Keates, Mary Kate Carr, Matt Schimkowitz, Saloni Gajjar | May 10, 2024 | 7:22pm

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Jeff Bridges is Grendel, John Malkovich joins The Fantastic Four, and more casting news of the week

L-R: Glen Powell, John Malkovich, Sydney Sweeney, Alexander Skarsgård, Michelle Yeoh Photo: Anthony Harvey; Shutterstock; John Salangsang; David Fisher; Anthony Harvey

Nicolas Cage will play Jesus Christ in a horror movie about his biblical childhood, and that’s not even the most exciting casting update this week. Michelle Yeoh continues her hot streak with Blade Runner 2099, Jeremy Strong might join fellow Jeremy (Allen White) in his Bruce Springsteen biopic, and Faye Dunaway, Harvey Keitel, and Andrew McCarthy are heading a film that director Jonathan Baker believes “will stand as one of the most memorable love stories of our time.” Now that’s how you get people back to the theaters!

Jason Statham finds his next action-thriller

It’s Friday, and Jason Statham has found his next action thriller to star in. The film is Mutiny, and it’s from director Jean-François Richet. The film is billed thusly: “After his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, Cole Reed is set up to take the fall for the crime— leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an international conspiracy.” [Drew Gillis]

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