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EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell Nexus Point News that Paul Dano is in talks to join the cast of the upcoming remake of Possession. Dano will join Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley who are set to lead the film. Turner and Qualley\u2019s casting was first reported by Nexus Point News.<\/p>\n
As announced in 2024 by The Hollywood Reporter, a Possession remake was in development at Paramount. Smile filmmaker, Parker Finn, has penned the script and will be directing as well. Finn is also producing the project with producing partner, Jonathan Fass, Robert Pattinson, and Roy Lee (Weapons, A Minecraft Movie). Although Pattinson was never officially attached to star, there were some early conversations around him starring as well but this seemingly never aligned with his packed schedule.\u00a0Nexus Point News has reached out Paramount Pictures for comment.<\/p>\n
Possession was a 1981 psychological horror film directed by Andzrej \u017bu\u0142awski and written by \u017bu\u0142awski and Frederic Tuten. The film starred Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill. Possession follows Mark (Neill), a spy who has returned home to West Berlin to find his wife Anna (Adjani) exhibiting disturbing behavior and asking for a divorce. The film premiered at the 34th Cannes Film Festival where Adjani won the award for Best Actress. Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley will be portraying Mark and Anna, respectively. Details on Dano\u2019s role are being kept under wraps.<\/p>\n
Dano is best known for starring in Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris\u2019 Little Miss Sunshine and Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s There Will Be Blood. Dano\u2019s work on Love and Mercy earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor \u2013 Motion Picture, and his work on Showtime\u2019s Escape at Dannemora and Prime Video\u2019s Mr. & Mrs. Smith earned him two Emmy nominations. Dano is also known for his roles in The Batman, The Fabelmans, 12 Years a Slave, Cowboys & Aliens, and Prisoners.<\/p>\n
Dano is represented by WME, Anonymous Content, Relevant and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.<\/p>\n
Possession is set to begin production this July for Paramount Pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell Nexus Point News that Paul Dano is in talks to join the cast of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-667035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}