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  • Aaron Pierre joins cast of thriller Foe

    By Express News Service

    Actor Aaron Pierre is set to star in filmmaker Garth Davis’ upcoming film, Foe. He will star alongside Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in the project, which is based on Iain Reid’s novel of the same name.

    Aaron has replaced LaKeith Stanfield in the project, which has been acquired by Amazon Studios.Davis will helm the film from a script he co-wrote with Reid. The project is billed as a “taut, sensual, psychological mind-bender” set in the near future where corporate power and environmental decay are ravaging the planet.

    Junior (Mescal) and Hen (Ronan) are a young couple married seven years and living a solitary life on their isolated farm. One night, a stranger named Terrance (Pierre) knocks on their door, bringing news that throws their lives into turmoil: Junior has been randomly selected to travel to a large, experimental space station orbiting Earth.

    The most unusual part? Arrangements have already been made so that when he leaves, Hen won’t have a chance to miss him, because she won’t be left alone. Hen will have familiar company that pushes her to make a life-changing decision, as per the official plotline.

    The film will start production in Australia in 2022. Foe will be backed by Kerry Kohansky-Roberts of Anonymous Content Studios, Davis through his I Am That shingle, and See-Saw Films’ Emile Sherman and Iain Canning.

  • Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr to lead ‘The Lion King’ prequel from Barry Jenkins 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES:  Filmmaker Barry Jenkins has roped in actor Aaron Pierre and Kelvin Harrison Jr for two major roles in his upcoming prequel movie to “The Lion King”.

    The Oscar-winning director will direct the new project from a script by Jeff Nathanson, who had also worked on the Jon Favreau-directed 2019 live-action movie, which was a remake of the 1994 animated classic, reported Deadline.

    The logline is being kept under wraps, but it is expected that the film will further explore the mythology of the characters, including Mufasa’s origin story.

    Pierre, who recently worked with Jenkins on the historical TV series “The Underground Railroad”, will voice Mufasa, a role that was earlier played by veteran actor James Earl Jones in both the 1994 and 2019 films.

    Harrison Jr, best known for starring in filmmaker Trey Edward Shults’ drama “Waves”, will portray Scar, whose birth-name is Taka.

    The untitled prequel will continue with the photorealistic animation technology that Favreau used for the live-action remake.

    Voice starring Donald Glover as Simba and Beyonce as Nala, the 2019 film was a massive hit for the studio.

    Pierre was most recently seen in M Night Shyamalan’s “Old” and Jenkins’ Amazon series “The Underground Railroad”.

    Harrison Jr will next star in filmmaker Joe Wright’s “Cyrano”.

    He is also playing the late singer-songwriter BB King in upcoming Elvis Presley biopic, being helmed by Baz Luhrmann.