Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy's Karen Gillan has joined Tom Hanks, John Boyega, and Emma Watson in The Circle, James Ponsoldt's adaptation of Dave Eggers' novel. The tech thriller details the perils of life in the digital age, centering on a young woman who takes a job at an all-encompassing Internet monopoly known as The Circle. Gillan will play Annie, a warm, cute, goofy, old-money confident and fiercely intelligent member of the company. [Deadline]
The generically-titled Overdrive has had anything but a generic production up to this point. The action film has been in the works for years and the list of names attached at different times is pretty long: Alex Pettyfer, Matthew Goode, Jamie Bell, Ben Barnes, Garrett Hedlund, Karl Urban, while the most recent update saw Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke on board. Well the slate has been wiped clean and now it's Scott Eastwood (The Longest Ride) who is hopping into the driver's seat. Produced by Pierre Morel (Taken) and directed by Antonio Negret (Transit), the film centers on two handsome brothers, both car thieves, who fun afoul of a crime boss in the south of France. Next up for Eastwood is a role in DC's Suicide Squad. [THR]
