McQuarrie shifts focus from Tom Cruise projects

Christopher McQuarrie, who directed several films featuring Tom Cruise, including Jack Reacher and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, is moving on from the action franchise to take on new projects.

New projects include Battlefield adaptation and Arnold Schwarzenegger film

McQuarrie is set to direct an adaptation of the video game Battlefield, with Michael B. Jordan in the lead role. He will also direct a film featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return as Conan.

Denzel Washington to star in thriller for Amazon MGM Studios

Denzel Washington will star in a thriller directed by McQuarrie for Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists. The film, written by Scott Barkan and Gregg Zehentner, is scheduled for release on October 1, 2027.

Film follows ex-police inspector with terminal cancer

The thriller follows an ex-police inspector serving a life sentence who is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and granted medical release to return to his daughter and grandson. The film will be shot in New Jersey starting in November.

Denzel Washington shifts focus from abandoned Hannibal project

Denzel Washington, who had been working on the historical film Hannibal directed by Antoine Fuqua for Netflix, will now focus on this new project. The Hannibal project was recently abandoned due to budget disputes.

Washington also set to appear in Netflix’s The Take

In the meantime, Denzel Washington will appear in The Take (formerly Here Comes the Flood) alongside Robert Pattinson and Daisy Edgar-Jones on Netflix.