Matt Berry in Minecraft, Hunter Schafer teams with Anne Hathaway, and more casting news

Coming off the success of 2021’s The Worst Person In The World, Renate Reinsve has been cast in the forthcoming Weapons, a multi-story horror film that has been likened to Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia, per The Hollywood Reporter. Current It Guy Pedro Pascal has already been cast; Barbarian’s Zach Cregger is set to write, direct, and co-produce.

If there’s anyone who has the presence—and voices—to handle a role in a video game movie, it’s Matt Berry. Per Deadline, the What We Do In The Shadows star is in talks to appear in Warner Bros.’s upcoming live-action Minecraft adaptation. Jason Momoa has already been cast in the film, which is scheduled for an April 2025 release. Honestly, hearing Berry delivering the sounds of a zombie pigman or a creeper sounds like a treat.

Clint Eastwood’s Juror No. 2 is eying another star this week, as Deadline reports that fictitious J.D. Vance-portrayed Gabriel Basso is in talks to join the project. The news comes after last week’s addition of 24 alum Kiefer Sutherland. Rounding out the cast are Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, and Zoey Deutch. The film, which follows a juror in a high-profile murder case facing a moral dilemma, is expected to go into production this summer.

Fresh off the success of Firebrand at Cannes, director Karim Ainouz has set her next star-studded feature. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Elle Fanning, Josh O’Connor, and Kristen Stewart are all set to star in Rosebushpruning, an adaptation of the 1965 Italian film Fists In Pocket. Notably, all three actors have recently garnered acclaim for their portrayals of royal figures: Prince Charles in The Crown for O’Connor, Princess Diana in Spencer for Stewart, and Catherine The Great in The Great for Fanning. While Rosebushpruning doesn’t seem like it’s going to be that kind of period piece, the three actors certainly have the gravitas to pull off a film destined for a festival run.

Indira Verma, best known for her role as Ellaria Sand in Game Of Thrones, has been cast in the upcoming Ncuti Gatwa-led season of Doctor Who, reports Deadline. Her role is that of “The Dutchess,” but further details have been predictably withheld at this point. Verma previously acted in the Whoniverse back in the 2000s with Torchwood.

Back in March, we learned that Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel would be teaming up for a pop music melodrama epic, distributed by A24 and featuring songs from Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX. Now, even more good news: according to Deadline, Hunter Schafer of Euphoria fame has signed onto the film, portraying Hilda, the assistant to Coel’s fashion designer, Sam. Though plot and timeline details remain under wraps, the project is set to film in Germany.

Jack Quaid is really making a name for himself in genre entertainment. After successes in The Boys, Scream, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Quaid is embracing more science fiction and more frights. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Quaid has agreed to star in Companion, a new feature from Barbarian director and scribe Zach Cregger. Cregger is a busy boy himself; his other film on the horizon, Weapons, will star Pedro Pascal and has been likened to Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia.

The cast for the upcoming Bad Boys 4 continues to grow. This week, Deadline reported that Better Call Saul breakout Rhea Seehorn has joined the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence-led flick. Plot and role details remain withheld, but Seehorn joins Paola Núnez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ioan Gruffudd and Alexander Ludwig. The movie is currently filming in Atlanta.

Mortal Kombat 2 is beginning to take shape. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Adeline Rudolph, who made a name in Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, has signed on to play Kitana in the upcoming sequel. Production and release dates still seem to be a ways off.

Rami Malek’s CIA thriller Amateur is continuing to round out its cast with the arrival of Blonde’s Julianne Nicholson and Nightmare Alley’s Holt McCallany, reports Deadline. This comes on the heels of last week’s announcement that Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, and Laurence Fishburne had joined the cast. Nicholson’s role hasn’t been disclosed yet, but McCallany is reported to play a kill-first, ask-questions-later type character.