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  • Vanessa Kirby to star in ‘Kitbag’ following Jodie Comer’s exit due to scheduling issues

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Oscar-nominated actor Vanessa Kirby will now play Josephine in Ridley Scott’s historical film “Kitbag”, after Jodie Comer dropped out of the project due to scheduling issues.

    According to The Hollywood Feature, Comer exited the movie as its filming was overlapping with her first West End stage production, “Prima Facie”.

    “Unfortunately, due to COVID and changes of schedule, I don’t think I can make Kitbag work right now due to a scheduling conflict,” the “Killing Eve” star told THR’s Scott Feinberg on his Awards Chatter podcast.

    It would have been Comer’s second film with Scott post another period drama, 2021’s “The Last Duel”.

    “Kitbag” will revolve around the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the 19th century French military leader and emperor to be played by Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix.

    The film will also focus on the love story between Napoleon and his wife, Josephine.

    It marks the reunion between Scott and Phoenix after their multiple Oscar-winning movie “Gladiator” (2000).

    Shooting on “Kitbag” is scheduled to begin in Europe later this month, while Comer is set to start rehearsals for her first West End stage production in March, for a limited engagement from April to June.

    Kirby, who rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Princess Margaret in the first two seasons of the Netflix series “The Crown”, received an Oscar nomination for “Pieces of a Woman” last year.

    She will next reprise her role of the arms dealer Alanna Mitsopolis/ White Widow in the upcoming “Mission: Impossible VII”, fronted by Tom Cruise.

  • ‘Killing Eve’ fame Jodie Comer sets West End debut with one-woman show ‘Prima Facie’

    By PTI

    LONDON:  British star Jodie Comer will make her debut at West End with the one-woman play “Prima Facie”.

    The stage show comes from Suzie Miller and is directed by Justin Martin.

    The performances will begin from April 15, 2022 at the Harold Pinter Theatre and end on June 18, 2022, as per The Guardian.

    Comer, 28, will play Tessa in this one-person play, a young, brilliant barrister who loves to win and has worked her way up from working-class origins to be at the top of her game, prosecuting, cross-examining and lighting up the shadows of doubt in any case.

    An unexpected event forces here to confront the lines where patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.

    Comer, who won an Emmy for role as Villanelle in popular series “Killing Eve”, most recently featured in Ryan Reynolds-led “Free Guy” and Ridley Scott’s “The Last Duel”, co-starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver and Ben Affleck.

    The actor will next be seen in Scott’s “Kitbag”, in which she is essaying the role of Napoleon Bonaparte’s beloved Josephine opposite Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix.

  • Ben Affleck, Jodie Comer’s ‘The Last Duel’ to release in India on October 22

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Ben Affleck, Jodie Comer, Matt Damon and Adam Driver-starrer ‘The Last Duel’ is all set to release in India on October 22.

    Based on actual events, the historical epic unravels long-held assumptions about France’s last sanctioned duel between Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris, two friends turned bitter rivals.

    According to Variety, the story centres on an accusation by Marguerite de Carrouges (Jodie Comer), the wife of Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon), that Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) sexually assaulted her. The fate of all three must be decided in a duel to death.

    Ridley Scott has directed ‘The Last Duel’. Nicole Holofcener, Affleck and Damon have written the film’s screenplay, which is based on the book by Eric Jager.

    Filming of ‘The Last Duel’ took place in numerous locations in France and Ireland last year.

  • Ryan Reynolds-starrer ‘Free Guy’ to release in India on September 17  

    By Express News Service

    Ryan Reynolds-starrer Free Guy, which opened in the US and other countries earlier this month, is set to release in India on September 17, the film’s distributor 20th Century Studios announced. The Shawn Levy directorial also features Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Keery, and Taika Waititi.

    The film follows a bank teller, played by Reynolds, who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and quickly decides to become the hero of his own story. Reynolds recently announced that a sequel has been greenlit for the action-comedy. 

  • Ryan Reynolds confirms Disney wants ‘Free Guy’ sequel 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds has revealed that Disney Studios has given a go-ahead to the sequel of his latest release “Free Guy”.

    The action comedy film, directed by Shawn Levy, released in the US theatres on Friday and registered a USD 10.5 million debut.

    The story centres on Guy (Reynolds), a bank teller who discovers that he’s actually an NPC (non-player character) inside a brutal, open-world video game, subsequently deciding to become the hero of the story, by saving his friends from getting deleted by the game’s creator.

    Reynolds took to Twitter to share the update on the sequel.

    Aaaannnnd after 3 years messaging #FreeGuy as an original IP movie, Disney confirmed today they officially want a sequel.

    Woo hoo!! #irony. If it isn’t called, ‘Albuquerque Boiled Turkey’ we’ve failed,” the actor wrote.

    If it isn’t called, “Albuquerque Boiled Turkey” we’ve failed.
    — Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 14, 2021
    20th Century retweeted Reynolds’ post, while director Levy also shared it in a quote tweet, adding “Yuuuuuuuup.” 

    “Free Guy” is based on the script penned by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn.

    Actors Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi, Dwayne Johnson, John Krasinski, Hugh Jackman, Channing Tatum, Joe Keery, Tina Fey and Lil Rel Howery round out the cast.