Elisabeth Moss Enters 'Meadowlands'; 'Crouching Tiger' Sequel Adds Harry Shum Jr.; Katie Holmes Scores 'All We Had'

Cinematographer Reed Morano has done some amazing work in the past making films like Kill Your Darlings and Frozen River look incredible, and now she'll try and put those skills to use in her directorial debut, Meadowlands. Elisabeth Moss, Luke Wilson, and Natasha Lyonne are set to join the previously-cast Olivia Wilde in the psychological drama about "a couple, Sarah (Wilde) and New York City cop David (Wilson), who are dealing with the crisis of their son’s disappearance. While David loses his way, Sarah also places herself in dangerous situations following the calamity."

Hey, don't forget about the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel that has quietly been progressing over the last few months. The fifth book in the series serves as the basis for this one, with Donnie Yen starring as Silent Wolf and Michelle Yeoh returning as Yu Shu-Lien. Yuen Woo-Ping is directing, and the latest addition to the cast is Glee star Harry Shum Jr., taking on the role of Tie Fang. Production is currently underway. [THR]

Katie Holmes has picked up the rights to Annie Weatherwax's upcoming novel, All We Had, as a starring vehicle for herself. The uplifting family drama centers on "a mother and daughter who have nothing in their lives except each other. The mother sacrifices all for her daughter’s well-being and the chance for her to get into a great East Coast College to have a better life than she did."

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George Clooney is a 'Pioneer'; Olivia WIlde Goes to 'Meadowland'; January Jones Joins 'The Shuddering'

* Fresh off the $20M debut for The Monuments Men, which everybody over the age of 50 really loved, George Clooney is moving ahead with a new project. He and writing partner Grant Heslov are set to produce an English-language remake of 2013 Norwegian thriller, Pioneer. The original film was directed by Erik Skjoldbjaerg and was "set in the early 1980s during Norway’s oil boom and centered on a man who, along with his brother, is laying pipeline in the North Sea, diving deeper than anyone else had before. When a tragic accident strikes, he tries to get to the bottom of it (no pun intended), and realizes he’s in way over his head and that his life is in danger." At this point it doesn't appear Clooney has any plans to direct or star, and Heslov isn't writing the script. [THR]

* Olivia Wilde is branching out by producing and starring in Meadowland, a Chris Rossi-penned thriller about " a mom whose son disappears, a jolt that puts her on an unexpected and dangerous path toward acceptance as she seeks out a relationship with a neglected boy and watches it take an unexpected turn." Promisingly, the film will mark the directorial debut by Frozen River and Kill Your Darlings cinematographer, Reed Morano. [Deadline]

* There have been dark religious undertones in many of George Ratliff's directorial efforts (Joshua, Hell House, Salvation Boulevard), but it sounds like he's sticking to the basics with his new film, The Shuddering. January Jones has come aboard to lead the supernatural thriller about "a woman who returns to the town where she first began to experience strange visions. Determined to get to the bottom of it, she unravels a mystery that goes back farther than she could imagine." [THR]

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