Multiple sources reported yesterday that Doug Liman's upcoming adaptation of Patrick Ness' best-selling dystopian young adult novel Chaos Walking has landed a March 1, 2019 release date.
Lionsgate tapped rising stars Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Homecoming) and Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) to headline the feature, which takes place in a world where all women have been killed off by a mysterious germ and all living creatures can hear one another's thoughts in a stream of images, words, and sounds, which is referred to as "Noise." Holland will portray a young boy that is forced to flee his hometown with his dog and stumbles across an unexpected sight in his travels: a girl, played by Ridley.
Academy Award-winner Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind) penned the script while Jamie Linden (Money Monster) completed the most recent draft.
Looking ahead to the 2019 release calendar, Chaos Walking will open against Universal's How to Train Your Dragon 3 and will likely face heavy competition from an Untitled X-Men Film and Universal's Bride of Frankenstein, which both open two weeks prior on February 15 and Marvel's Captain Marvel, which opens the week after on March 8. An untitled Jordan Peele film and Legendary's Godzilla: King of the Monsters are also both due out later that month.
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