Sam Nivola, Nico Parker to Lead Takashi Yamazaki's Grandgear
Paul Giamatti is in talks to join the cast of the Sony Pictures film, which J.J. Abrams is producing through Bad Robot.
Sam Nivola and Nico Parker are set to star in Grandgear, the new film from director Takashi Yamazaki, according to Deadline. Paul Giamatti is in talks to join the cast.
Yamazaki is directing from an original screenplay he wrote. J.J. Abrams is producing through Bad Robot alongside Glen Zipper. The film is set up at Sony Pictures.
The plot of Grandgear is being kept under wraps, and production is expected to begin in 2027.
Yamazaki's previous film, Godzilla Minus One, was a global hit that won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, making him the first director since Stanley Kubrick to win that award. His follow-up, Godzilla Minus Zero, recently premiered at the New York Film Festival.
Nivola was nominated for a SAG ensemble award for The White Lotus and appears in Hulu's Phony. Parker won a Sundance Breakthrough Performance Award for Suncoast, was BAFTA-nominated for The Last of Us and plays the female lead in the live-action How to Train Your Dragon. Giamatti stars in the A24 dramedy The Debut, which premiered at this year's Telluride Film Festival.
Quick answers
Who is directing Grandgear?
Takashi Yamazaki is directing from an original screenplay he wrote.
When does production on Grandgear start?
Production is expected to begin in 2027.
Who is producing Grandgear?
J.J. Abrams is producing through Bad Robot alongside Glen Zipper, with the film set up at Sony Pictures.