Emily Mortimer Eyes 'Spectral'; John Goodman in Talks for 'Valencia'; Kate Lyn Sheil Finds 'Equals'

* The lovely Emily Mortimer is in talks to board Spectral, joining James Badge Dale in the film which many have boasted is like a supernatural Black Hawk Down. Directed by Nic Mathieu with a script rewritten by George Nolfi and John Gatins, the story centers on a Special Ops team battling supernatural creatures that have taken over a European city. [THR]

* John Goodman is in talks to star in Bad Robots' small-budget thriller, Valencia. The film will be directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the guy who is supposed to be helming the forever-developing Y: The Last Man, and it centers on a girl who wakes up in an underground cellar after going unconscious after a car accident. With her as a man (Goodman) who claims the outside world has been destroyed in a nuclear attack. Filming is set to begin this fall so we should be hearing about a female lead soon. [Variety]

* Kate Lyn Sheil (House of Cards) will join Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult in Equals, the futuristic romance directed by Drake Doremus (Like Crazy) and co-starring Guy Pearce. The story is set in a future society where all human emotion has been eradicated, until a disease starts activating them in certain people. Those with their emotions switched on are banished never to be seen again. Stewart and Holt are Nia and Silas, two outcasts who find a connection with one another, although she is capable of hiding her emotions. Sheil will play their co-worker, Kate.

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James Badge Dale Joins 'Spectral'; 'Gods of Egypt' Adds Elodie Yung

* James Badge Dale, scene-stealer in Shame, The Lone Ranger, and World War Z, has come aboard to star in Spectral, which has been described in the past as a sci-fi Black Hawk Down. Nic Mathieu is directing from a script by George Nolfi and John Gatins, and it follows a special ops force trained in hunting the supernatural, who are put into battle against ghosts that have taken over Manhattan. This one has been in the works since 2011 when Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg were to helm it before leaving to direct Pirates of the Caribbean 5. [THR]

* Elodi Yung sliced up a bunch of ninja as Jinx in GI Joe: Retaliation, and now she'll go from that that to playing Hathor, the goddess of motherhood and joy in Gods of Egypt. Yung has joined the divine action flick directed by Alex Proyas, which stars Gerard Butler, Geoffrey Rush, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, and Courtney Eaton. The story has humans and gods banding together to stop the evil god Set from plunging Egypt into darkness. Gods of Egypt opens February 12th 2016. [Deadline]

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