Webb will helm “Gifted” for Fox Searchlight with Captain America himself Chris Evans putting down the shield to star in the movie.
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Webb is looking to have that one shooting in the coming months, before turning his attention to the long-gestating The Only Living Boy In New York.
Jeff Bridges and Rosamund Pike are in talks for roles in “Only Living Boy”.
Gifted, “focuses onAll Pages a man who sues for custody of his gifted niece”, and will start filming this autumn. Tom Flynn wrote the screenplay for the film.
The plan is for “Gifted” to shoot this fall, with “New York” to lens in 2016. He previously made the critically acclaimed (500) Days of Summer for Searchlight.
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Teller signed on last year to play a recent college grad who discovers his father is having an affair. Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa are producing, with John Fogel executive producer. But when he tries to shut down the romance, he falls for the woman involved. With advice from a questionable quirky neighbor, the young man learns about love’. But now that that iteration of the franchise has ended, it looks like he’s swinging back to indie films. Evans is now shooting Captain America: Civil War, the film that unveils the new Spider-Man, first time for a Marvel Studios film. But he hasn’t let that stop him from tackling interesting non-Cap projects.
