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EXCLUSIVE: Actor David Dastmalchian, who has appeared in films such as The Dark Knight, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Netflix’s Bird Box, has been cast to play Piter De Vries in Dune, Legendary’s Denis Villeneuve-directed film adaptation of Frank Herbert's bestselling novel. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave…

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has taken U.S. rights to Collin Schiffli's dramatic thriller All Creatures Here Below which stars Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Karen Gillan, Bird Box’s David Dastmalchian and Once Upon a Time‘s Jennifer Morrison. The film is having its international premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival…

The new trailer for the indie drama All Creatures Here Below gives us the first look at actors Karen Gillan and David Dastmalchian, a young couple that is on the run after an impulsive crime. Gillan and Dastmalchian, who are both members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (she is in Guardians of the Galaxy, he is from…

David Dastmalchian (MacGyver, Twin Peaks) and Rhys Wakefield (True Detective, The Purge) are set as series regulars opposite Abigail Spencer and Mena Massoud in Hulu drama pilot Reprisal, from Warren Littlefield and A+E Studios. Written by Josh Corbin (StartUp) and to be directed by BAFTA-nominated Jonathan Van…

EXCLUSIVE: Bleiberg Entertainment has boarded world rights to Karen Gillan-starrer All Creatures Here Below. A dramatic thriller, it reteams director Collin Schiffli and writer David Dastmalchian who were behind 2014 SXSW Special Jury Prize winner Animals. Bleiberg will screen the first footage to buyers in Cannes…

EXCLUSIVE: Ant-Man And The Wasp actor David Dastmalchian has landed two back-to-back projects. He’s set for A Million Little Pieces, the Sam Taylor-Johnson directed film adaptation of the James Frey book, which is currently in production. The pic stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Carla Juri, Charlie…

EXCLUSIVE: Ant-Man actor David Dastmalchian has been cast as Whistling Maurader, the main villain in Netflix’s thriller Bird Box, with Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, John Malkovich, Trevante Rhodes, and Machine Gun Kelly. Directed by Susanne Bier, from a script by Arrival scribe Eric…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran talent agent Ryan Bartlett is leaving UTA to form a new percentery, Hyperion Talent Agency. He will launch with several clients, led by Shailene Woodley, who's coming off HBO’s Big Little Lies and is currently shooting Adrift for STX; Ashton Sanders (he’ll share representation with Savage Agency)…

EXCLUSIVE: Laura Moss is set to helm supernatural horror film Hide Your Eyes, written by Ant-Man actor David Dastmalchian and scheduled to begin production this summer in Kansas City. The pic follows a young woman from a small Midwest town who unleashes a relentless, unseen entity when she experiments with drugs. Blade…

EXCLUSIVE: Karen Gillan has been set as the female lead in All Creatures Here Below, the indie drama written by and starring David Dastmalchian. Collin Schiffli, who teamed with Dastmalchian on the 2014 SXSW pic Animals, is directing. Dastmalchian and Gillan will play a desperate young couple on the run who seek…

David Dastmalchian and Hiam Abbass have joined Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright in the untitled sequel to Blade Runner. As per usual with the project’s casting announcements, there are no details on their roles. Denis Villeneuve is directing the Alcon Entertainment pic, whose story picks up several decades…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor-writer David Dastmalchian (Ant-Man, The Dark Knight) has been set to play the male lead in All Creatures Here Below, a movie he also scripted. Collin Schiffli, who teamed with Dastmalchian on their 2014 SXSW pic Animals, has been tapped to direct. A summer shoot is planned. The new pic tells the story…