After taking Wolverine to some seriously dark places with Logan, director James Mangold is going in the completely opposite director for his latest project. He’ll direct Crenshaw, a family-friendly movie about a giant cat. Awwwwww. Based on the novel by award-winning “Animorphs” author Katherine Applegate, Crenshaw is about an imaginary cat who arrives to help a young boy whose family has fallen on hard times. Mangold is said to be working on a Logan spinoff centered on X-23, so who knows where this will fall onto his schedule. [THR]
Taken director Pierre Morel will next direct survival thriller Sirius, based on a spec script by Tony Mosher who previously penned Mechanic: Resurrection. The plot sounds perfect for a Jason Statham or Liam Neeson to star in, too, following “two members of a Danish special forces dog sled team — one a sage veteran and the other a bold new recruit — who become ensnared in an international incident while on a mission to one of the coldest and deadliest places on Earth. They face off not only against highly trained adversaries but also cruel forces of nature.” [Deadline]
