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  • Morgan Freeman to star in ‘The Little Bedroom’ remake

    By Express News Service

    Actors Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman and Kate Mara are teaming up for the upcoming English remake of The Little Bedroom, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    It may be noted that The Little Bedroom (La petite chambre) is a Swiss drama film which marked the directorial debut of the writer-director duo Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond.

    The remake is written and directed by Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond. According to reports, the remake is said to be a story about life, hope and heart.  

    Actors Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman and Kate Mara are teaming up for the upcoming English remake of The Little Bedroom, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    It may be noted that The Little Bedroom (La petite chambre) is a Swiss drama film which marked the directorial debut of the writer-director duo Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond.

    The remake is written and directed by Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond. According to reports, the remake is said to be a story about life, hope and heart. 
     

  • Morgan Freeman to play antagonist in ‘Gunner’

    By Express News Service

    Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman will be part of Luke Hemsworth’s upcoming action thriller film Gunner. He is set to play the wicked kingpin in the film against Hemsworth, who plays the protagonist.

    Billed as an action thriller, the story follows Gunner, who stands against a drug cartel after his two sons are kidnapped on a fishing trip by the son of the gang’s kingpin Kendrick Ryker (Freeman). Ryker is a prisoner and he runs his organization successfully until he is faced with Gunner. Meanwhile, Hemsworth plays an ex-Special Ops operative. It is directed by Dimitri Logothetis.

    According to Collider, speaking of Freeman’s casting, Highland Film Group COO Delphine Perrier said, “Working again with such an incomparable talent like Morgan Freeman is fantastic, and we’re thrilled to team up with him for a second time in such a different and exciting role.” Gunner will go on floors this spring in Alabama.

    Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman will be part of Luke Hemsworth’s upcoming action thriller film Gunner. He is set to play the wicked kingpin in the film against Hemsworth, who plays the protagonist.

    Billed as an action thriller, the story follows Gunner, who stands against a drug cartel after his two sons are kidnapped on a fishing trip by the son of the gang’s kingpin Kendrick Ryker (Freeman). Ryker is a prisoner and he runs his organization successfully until he is faced with Gunner. Meanwhile, Hemsworth plays an ex-Special Ops operative. It is directed by Dimitri Logothetis.

    According to Collider, speaking of Freeman’s casting, Highland Film Group COO Delphine Perrier said, “Working again with such an incomparable talent like Morgan Freeman is fantastic, and we’re thrilled to team up with him for a second time in such a different and exciting role.” Gunner will go on floors this spring in Alabama.

  • ‘Lucy’ spin-off series in works with Morgan Freeman in talks

    By Express News Service

    Morgan Freeman is in the final stages of negotiations to join the cast of the television series spinoff of Luc Besson’s 2014 science fiction film, Lucy. Details of the plot are being kept tight-lipped at the moment, but it is expected to follow on from the story that ended at the conclusion of the original. EuropaCorp and Village Roadshow are reportedly partnering to develop and produce the series.

    The film saw Johansson play a woman who gained psychokinetic powers and skills after a drug got absorbed into her bloodstream. It’s expected that Freeman will reprise his role from the film, playing the character Professor Norman, a mentor of Lucy.

    EuropaCorp has recently begun to pursue films and series that can be developed from its well-known intellectual properties and franchises, like The Transporter and Lucy. The company and Village Roadshow are both owned by the New York hedge fund Vine Alternative Investments. Lucy is the second series to be approved and greenlit by Vine for EuropaCorp after DogMan which stars Caleb Landry Jones, and was produced and written by Besson. DogMan is the story of a child who, after life hasn’t given him a fair shake, finds hope through his love of dogs.

    Besson is a talented French film director, writer and producer whose best-known for Léon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita and Valerian, and the City of a Thousand Planets. He was nominated for a César Award for Léon. There is no further information on the Lucy spinoff yet.

    Morgan Freeman is in the final stages of negotiations to join the cast of the television series spinoff of Luc Besson’s 2014 science fiction film, Lucy. Details of the plot are being kept tight-lipped at the moment, but it is expected to follow on from the story that ended at the conclusion of the original. EuropaCorp and Village Roadshow are reportedly partnering to develop and produce the series.

    The film saw Johansson play a woman who gained psychokinetic powers and skills after a drug got absorbed into her bloodstream. It’s expected that Freeman will reprise his role from the film, playing the character Professor Norman, a mentor of Lucy.

    EuropaCorp has recently begun to pursue films and series that can be developed from its well-known intellectual properties and franchises, like The Transporter and Lucy. The company and Village Roadshow are both owned by the New York hedge fund Vine Alternative Investments. Lucy is the second series to be approved and greenlit by Vine for EuropaCorp after DogMan which stars Caleb Landry Jones, and was produced and written by Besson. DogMan is the story of a child who, after life hasn’t given him a fair shake, finds hope through his love of dogs.

    Besson is a talented French film director, writer and producer whose best-known for Léon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita and Valerian, and the City of a Thousand Planets. He was nominated for a César Award for Léon. There is no further information on the Lucy spinoff yet.

  • Zoe Lister-Jones boards cast of ‘A Good Person’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “Life in Pieces” star Zoe Lister-Jones has joined the cast of the upcoming film “A Good Person”, directed by actor-filmmaker Zach Braff.

    An MGM film, “A Good Person” follows Allison, played by Florence Pugh, whose life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident.

    In the following years, she forms an unlikely relationship with her would-be father-in-law (Morgan Freeman) that helps her inevitably live a life worth living.

    According to Deadline, Lister-Jones will play Simone, a hardened veteran of Alcoholics Anonymous, but an earthy, good soul.

    Braff, popular for his starring roles in the medical comedy series “Scrubs” and romantic drama film “Garden State”, has written “A Good Person”.

    Molly Shannon and Celeste O’Connor also round out the cast of the film.

    Production on the movie, backed by Killer Films, Elevation Films, Braff and Pugh, is underway. MGM acquired “A Good Person” for distribution in North American and international markets.

  • Morgan Freeman interviews police recruits in Alabama town

    By Associated Press

    GULF SHORES: The latest batch of police recruits in an Alabama beach town faced an interview board that included law enforcement experts and a civilian who was recognizable by his voice if not by his face: Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman.

    Freeman, a Mississippi native who owns property in Gulf Shores and spends time in the town of 12,000, was part of a seven-member panel that interviewed nine potential officers for the Gulf Shores Police Department last week, Deputy Chief Dan Netemeyer said Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

    The department sometimes asks residents to participate in such screening committees, Netemeyer said. Freeman knows some people who have helped and volunteered to serve.

    “It was kind of a last minute thing, but he was an active participant,” Netemeyer said.

    Known for roles in movies including “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Unforgiven,” and “Million Dollar Baby,” Freeman sat at a table asking questions with other interviewers including Netemeyer, the police chief, a criminal justice professor and others.

    “He had a hat on, and he was kind of sitting back. When he introduced himself it was almost like an old ‘Candid Camera’ scene,” Netemeyer said.

    Even if someone did not recognize Freeman’s face, he said, there was no mistake once he spoke. “It was that voice, the same one you hear in the movies,” he said.

    The hiring process is not complete, Netemeyer said, but at least some of the recruits likely will be offered jobs.

    Freeman and Linda Keena, a University of Mississippi professor who also lives in Gulf Shores and helped with the interviews, recently donated $1 million to establish the Center of Evidence-Based Policing and Reform at the university.

  • Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Al Pacino to star in ‘Sniff’

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Helen Mirren and Oscar nominee Danny DeVito will star in “Sniff”, a stylish reinvention of the film noir genre that will be directed by Taylor Hackford.

    Hackford is the Oscar-winning director behind “Ray”. “Sniff” follows detective Joe Mulwray played by Freeman and partner William Keys essayed by DeVito as they investigate a high-end luxury retirement community after the mysterious deaths of two of its residents.

    What starts out as a normal case quickly turns strange, as the detective duo uncover a hidden underworld of sex, drugs and murder controlled by senior living community kingpin Harvey Stride played by Pacino and his femme fatale enforcer The Spider essayed by Mirren.

    Endeavor Content will launch worldwide sales at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), with CAA Media Finance co-representing the US, reports variety.com.

    Adam Goodman and Matt Skiena will produce through their Dichotomy Creative Group alongside Hackford through his production company Anvil Films.

    “I have always been a big fan of film noir but haven’t really made one,” Hackford told Deadline.

    “The whole concept of setting a film noir in an upscale retirement community… these are proliferating all over the United States as the baby boomer generation gets to retirement. There’s a lot of money, and people want to live in a beautiful setting. Those are on the brochures, but what Tom Grey did was show what was lurking below the surface.”

    Hackford added: “I thought it was a brilliant idea and he understood the nature of good noir — the dark story, the incredibly twisted characters — and I thought he had a great handle.

    “Adam and Matt said, “It’s yours if you want to run with it.’ I met the writer, Tom Grey, we clicked and worked on it together, him writing and me putting ideas in.”

  • Morgan Freeman-Helen Mirren starrer Amazon series ‘Solos’ to premiere on May 21

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: Amazon Prime Video on Tuesday announced that the highly anticipated anthology series “Solos”, starring Academy Award-winning actors Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren, will premiere on the streamer on May 21.

    The series, created by David Weil, also features actor Uzo Aduba, Nicole Beharie, Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens and Constance Wu.

    The seven-part anthology series explores the strange, beautiful, heart-breaking, hilarious, wondrous truths of what it means to be human.

    The series spans our present and future and illuminates that even during our most isolated moments we are all connected through the human experience, the streamer said in a release.

    “Solos” is executive produced by Weil and Laura Lancaster with Pixie Wespiser serving as a producer.

    Weil makes his directorial debut, helming three episodes.

    Sam Taylor-Johnson directs and executive produces two episodes.

    Additional directors include Zach Braff and Tiffany Johnson.

  • Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Constance Wu to star in Solos on Amazon

    By Express News Service
    Morgan Freeman, Constance Wu, Uzo Aduba, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Mackie, Helen Mirren, Nicole Behari and Dan Stevens are set to star in Amazon Studios’  upcoming anthology series, Solos.

    The seven-part series will explore the deeper meaning of human connection through the lens of the individual. The drama hails from David Weil, who previously created Hunters.

    Solos will tell unique character-driven stories, each from a different perspective and moment in time, that illuminate that even during our most seemingly isolated moments, in the most disparate of circumstances, we are all connected through the human experience.

    “I created this piece with a desire to capture stories about connection, hope and the search for that common hum of humanity that binds us all. I’m immensely grateful to (Amazon Studios head) Jennifer Salke and my incredible partners at Amazon for their unwavering support and collaboration on this special project,” Weil said.

    Amazon Studios’ Solos is executive produced by Weil, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Laura Lancaster with Pixie Wespiser serving as a producer. Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades Grey) will be directing two episodes and Weil will be making his directorial debut.