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Priyanka Chopra-Produced Doc Debuting On Prime Video India; Nevision Spain; Paramount+ ‘Curfew’ Cast’; Professional Fighters Heads To MENA; Edinburgh Board; JioCinema Subs Plan – Global Briefs
Priyanka Chopra-Produced Doc Debuting On Prime Video India Women of My Billion (WOMB), a documentary about the forms of violence faced by women in India, will premiere exclusively on Prime Video India on May 3. Produced by Apoorva Bakshi and Monisha Thyagarajan’s Awedacious Originals in association with Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Purple Pebble Pictures, the documentary follows …
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Olivier Marchal Shooting ‘Bastion 36’ With Victor Belmondo, Tewfik Jallab & Yvan Attal Shoot For Netflix
French director Olivier Marchal has begun filming new police thriller Bastion 36 for Netflix, billed as contemporary cop drama adapted from Michel Tourscher’s novel Flic Requiem. Set in Paris, the movie revolves around Antoine Cerda, a senior police officer with the prestigious Investigation and Intervention Brigade, who is transferred to the Anti-Crime Brigade after being …
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‘Expats’ Star Ruby Ruiz to Lead James J. Robinson’s Directorial Debut ‘First Light’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Multi award-winning Filipina actress Ruby Ruiz has landed her first major screen role following her appearance in Amazon’s “Expats.” She will lead “First Light,” the feature directorial debut of James. J. Robinson. Principal photography is now underway on the Australian-Filipino co-production, which comes with funding from Screen Australia. Veteran actress Maricel Soriano (“Mother Nanny”), Rez …
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Chris Jericho’s Wrestling Action Horror Film ‘Dark Match’ Sales to Be Launched at Cannes Market by Blue Finch (EXCLUSIVE)
U.K.-based sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights, excluding Canada, to 1980s-set wrestling action-horror “Dark Match.” The film is headlined by professional wrestler and rock musician Chris Jericho and written and directed by Lowell Dean (“Wolfcop”). The film will launch later this year with its festival premiere to be announced imminently. Blue …
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‘Inside Gaza,’ ‘Edgar Hilsenrath the Masturbator’ Among 2024 Pitch Projects at Sunny Side of the Doc
International documentary marketplace Sunny Side of the Doc has revealed the 42 projects from 21 countries that make up the official selection for its 2024 edition. As always, the projects are topical and eclectic, ranging from Helene Lam Trong’s “Inside Gaza,” that tells the inside story of the ongoing conflict in the region; to Francois-Xavier Destors’ “Edgar …
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Actor & Screenwriter Jamie Bacon Signs With United Agents
EXCLUSIVE: British actor and screenwriter Jamie Bacon has signed with UK agency United Agents. Going forwards, United literary agent Charles Walker will represent Bacon, who is known for writing and starring 2018 film Into the Mirror and for roles in Netflix series White Lines and Stephen Cookson-directed feature film Brighton. Bacon has a role in …
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Tomorrow’s Freedom review – does this man know the way to peace in Israel and Palestine?
Sombre documentary focuses on the former Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, and how he is becoming a Mandela-like figure since his imprisonment in 2002
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