Casting news: Matt Berry in Minecraft, Hunter Schafer with Anne Hathaway

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Hunter Schafer, Matt Berry, Kristen Stewart, Josh O'Connor — Hunter Schafer, Matt Berry, Kristen Stewart, Josh O’Connor

Normally, Cannes isn’t just a first look at buzzy projects from Hollywood and beyond. It’s also a place where business deals happen; films are sold to distributors, and creatives are able to mingle and network at late night afterparties. While that is certainly still happening this year, those with their boots on the ground in France have reported that the ongoing writers’ strike has cast something of a pall over the business side of the festival.

Even if it was a light week for casting, there are still plenty of projects barreling ahead. Movies like Weapons, Juror No. 2, and Bad Boys 4 have rounded out their casts, while Doctor Who found at least one new actor to pal around with The Doctor.

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Renate Reinsve will star opposite Pedro Pascal in Weapons

Renate Reinsve at Paris Fashion Week, Pedro Pascal at The Last Of Us premiere — Photo: Emma McIntyre / Staff, Jon Kopaloff / Stringer (Getty Images)

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.

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Matt Berry circling role in Minecraft movie

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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.

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Juror No. 2 finds another (potential) juror

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.

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Elle Fanning, Josh O’Connor, and Kristen Stewart are linking up

Elle Fanning at Cannes, Josh O'Connor, Kristen Stewart at the Met Gala — Photo: Victor Boyko, Lia Toby, Theo Wargo (Getty Images)

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.

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Ellaria Sand will be Doctor Who’s The Dutchess

Indira Verma in April 2023 — Photo: David M. Benett / Contributor (Getty Images)

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.

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Hunter Schafer, Anne Hathaway, and Michaela Coel are taking their talents to Germany

Hunter Schafer at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2023, Anne Hathaway at Cannes, Michaela Coel at the Met Gala — Photo: Amy Sussman / Staff, Claudio Lavenia / Stringer, Mike Coppola / Staff (Getty Images)

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.

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Jack Quaid has a sci-fi thriller on the horizon

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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.

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Rhea Seehorn lands Bad Boys 4 role

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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.

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Mortal Kombat 2 finds a Kitana in Adeline Rudolph

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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.

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Rami Malek’s Amateur finds two new faces

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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.

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

Josh O'Connor, Kristen Stewart, and Elle Fanning are teaming up for a new prestige drama

Renate Reinsve will star opposite Pedro Pascal in Weapons

Renate Reinsve will star opposite Pedro Pascal in Weapons

Matt Berry circling role in Minecraft movie

Matt Berry circling role in Minecraft movie

Juror No. 2 finds another (potential) juror

Juror No. 2 finds another (potential) juror

Elle Fanning, Josh O’Connor, and Kristen Stewart are linking up

Elle Fanning, Josh O’Connor, and Kristen Stewart are linking up

Ellaria Sand will be Doctor Who’s The Dutchess

Ellaria Sand will be Doctor Who’s The Dutchess

Hunter Schafer, Anne Hathaway, and Michaela Coel are taking their talents to Germany

Hunter Schafer, Anne Hathaway, and Michaela Coel are taking their talents to Germany

Jack Quaid has a sci-fi thriller on the horizon

Jack Quaid has a sci-fi thriller on the horizon

Rhea Seehorn lands Bad Boys 4 role

Rhea Seehorn lands Bad Boys 4 role

Mortal Kombat 2 finds a Kitana in Adeline Rudolph

Mortal Kombat 2 finds a Kitana in Adeline Rudolph

Rami Malek’s Amateur finds two new faces

Rami Malek’s Amateur finds two new faces