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Anne Hathaway in Talks to Star in Doug Liman Pandemic Film

Anne Hathaway is in talks to star in “Lockdown,” a heist/romantic comedy film from director Doug Liman which is ready throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a person with information of the mission.

“Eastern Promises” screenwriter Steven Knight has been tapped to jot down the script. The movie will likely be produced by P.J. Van Sandwijk and Alison Winter.

“Lockdown” will likely be totally financed by Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios. The funds for the heist/romantic comedy movie is reportedly underneath $10 million. CAA Media Finance organized financing for the mission and is co-repping the worldwide rights with AGC.

Plot particulars concerning the mission are being saved underneath wraps and the movie is eyeing to begin manufacturing by the top of September.

Van Sandwijk can also be producing Liman’s untitled Space film with Tom Cruise which Universal is at present in talks to amass. The mission would make historical past and be would first narrative function of its variety to be shot in house. It was beforehand reported that Cruise and Elon Musk’s SpaceX had been within the early levels of teaming up with NASA for an action-adventure, narrative function movie, to be filmed aboard the International Space Station.

Liman is repped by CAA and lawyer Alan Grodin. Hathaway can also be repped by CAA and Management 360. Knight is repped by CAA and United Agents.

Deadline first reported the information.

10 Buzziest Movies for Sale in Toronto, From Idris Elba’s ‘Concrete Cowboy’ to Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Good Joe Bell’ (Photos)

What the Cannes digital market proved earlier this yr is that even with out the in-person conferences, the crimson carpet galas and all of the press hype, there’s nonetheless room for a profitable gross sales market surrounding these digital occasions. While that is true of this yr’s Toronto International Film Festival, the hybrid bodily and digital fest is working on a slimmed-down lineup of flicks. And with Oscar eligibility necessities pushed again to 2021, there is not the identical want for all of those motion pictures to make a splash. That stated, we’re trying ahead to fairly a bit at this yr’s TIFF, and so are consumers.
“Bruised”

Halle Berry takes a beating as a washed-up MMA fighter trying to make her redemption combat in “Bruised,” which can also be Berry’s directorial debut. The movie is ready in New Jersey and explores her combat to get again into form and win again her baby. It additionally stars Adan Canto and Sheila Atim.

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“Concrete Cowboy”

Idris Elba and “Stranger Things'” Caleb McLaughlin play father and son on this household drama from Ricky Staub that attracts on the historical past of Black cowboys in its adaptation of a novel by Greg Neri. McLaughlin is a troubled teen who is shipped to reside along with his quiet, absentee father and is taught to work at his father’s stables. Jharrel Jerome, Byron Bowers, Lorraine Toussaint and Clifford “Method Man” Smith additionally co-star.

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Mark Wahlberg is getting early hype for his efficiency based mostly on a real story of a father who takes a cross-country journey to honor his son and educate individuals concerning the risks of bullying. The film flashes again to point out Wahlberg’s conflicted and grudging relationship along with his son’s homosexuality and the way he grows, even because it turns into too late. “Monsters and Men” director Reinaldo Marcus Green directs the movie from the writers of “Brokeback Mountain.”

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