Freida Pinto is reuniting with Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Andy Serkis for Jungle Book: Origins, which he'll be directing. She becomes the third live-action role cast in the film alongside Matthew Rhys and Rohan Chand, with Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander, Jack Reynor, Eddie Marsan, and Peter Mullan playing the motion-captured animals of Rudyard Kipling's classic. Penned by Callie Kloves, Jungle Book: Origins opens October 6th 2017. [Deadline]It's a clashing of superhero worlds as Arrow's Katie Cassidy and Agents of SHIELD's Elizabeth Henstridge will star in the period thriller, The Wolves at the Door. Directed by John Leonetti (Annabelle), the film is set in 1969 as four friends must survive a terrifying home invasion in the Hollywood Hills. Miles Fisher and Adam Campbell co-star with filming to begin this month. Cassidy is best known for playing the Black Canary on the CW series, while Henstridge is wrapping up her second season as scientist Jemma Simmons on the Marvel show.
