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  • Keke Palmer, Sacha Baron to star in ‘Super Toys’

    By Express News Service

    Actors Keke Palmer and Sacha Baron Cohen are set to headline an upcoming feature film titled Super Toys, as per a report by Deadline.

    The upcoming film will be set against the backdrop of the 70s and the actors will be featured as a married couple who are toy sales representatives. Super Toys will revolve around these two central characters and their deadly mission to save themselves, their marriage and their 12-year-old live wire daughter while being on road in Middle America.

    Super Toys will be helmed by David O Russell, who will also pen the screenplay. It will be backed by Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment and Matthew Budman of Dreamcrew Entertainment.

    Meanwhile, Keke was last seen in Jordan Peele’s Nope where she portrayed the role of Emerald Haywood. She is also developing a series for HBO Max titled Unfriendly Black Hotties. On the other hand, Sacha’s most recent work includes as a voice actor for Pixar’s Luca. It is also speculated that the actor will appear in Marvel’s Ironheart.

    Actors Keke Palmer and Sacha Baron Cohen are set to headline an upcoming feature film titled Super Toys, as per a report by Deadline.

    The upcoming film will be set against the backdrop of the 70s and the actors will be featured as a married couple who are toy sales representatives. Super Toys will revolve around these two central characters and their deadly mission to save themselves, their marriage and their 12-year-old live wire daughter while being on road in Middle America.

    Super Toys will be helmed by David O Russell, who will also pen the screenplay. It will be backed by Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment and Matthew Budman of Dreamcrew Entertainment.

    Meanwhile, Keke was last seen in Jordan Peele’s Nope where she portrayed the role of Emerald Haywood. She is also developing a series for HBO Max titled Unfriendly Black Hotties. On the other hand, Sacha’s most recent work includes as a voice actor for Pixar’s Luca. It is also speculated that the actor will appear in Marvel’s Ironheart.

  • Sacha Baron Cohen in talks for Alfonso Cuaron’s Apple series 

    By Express News Service

    Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is in negotiations to join the cast of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron’s Apple thriller series “Disclaimer.” If everything goes well, Cohen, who is known for films such as “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “Hugo,” “Borat” and “The Dictator,” will feature alongside Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline in the series.

    Sacha Baron CohenCuaron, best known for his award-winning films “Y Tu Mama Tambien,” “Children of Men,” “Gravity” and “Roma,” will write, direct and executive produce all episodes through his production company Esperanto Filmoj.

    Based on the novel of the same name by Renee Knight, “Disclaimer” will star Blanchett as Catherine Ravenscroft, a successful and respected television documentary journalist whose career has been built on exposing the hidden crimes of long-respected institutions.

    When an intriguing novel written by a widower (played by Kline) appears on her bedside table, she is horrified to realise that she is a key character in a story that she had hoped was long buried in the past. A story that reveals her darkest secrets.

    The series will be the first project to debut from a multi-year deal with Cuaron, who is developing television series exclusively for Apple TV Plus. It is also the first time that Cuaron will be writing and directing all episodes of an original series.

  • Sacha Baron Cohen in talks for Alfonso Cuaron’s Apple series ‘Disclaimer’ 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Sacha Baron Cohen in negotiations to join the cast of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron’s Apple thriller series “Disclaimer”.

    If finalised, Cohen, known for films such as “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, “Hugo”, “Borat” and “The Dictator”, will feature alongside Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline in the show, reported Deadline.

    Cuaron, best known for his award-winning films “Y Tu Mama Tambien”, “Children of Men”, “Gravity” and “Roma”, will write, direct and executive produce all episodes through his production company Esperanto Filmoj as part of his overall deal with Apple TV Plus.

    Based on the novel of the same name by Renee Knight, “Disclaimer” will star Blanchett as Catherine Ravenscroft, a successful and respected television documentary journalist whose work has been built on revealing the concealed transgressions of long-respected institutions.

    When an intriguing novel written by a widower (played by Kline) appears on her bedside table, she is horrified to realise that she is a key character in a story that she had hoped was long buried in the past.

    A story that reveals her darkest secret.

    A secret she thought was hers alone.

    The series will be the first project to debut from a multi-year deal with Cuaron, who is developing television series exclusively for Apple TV Plus.

    It is also the first time that Cuaron will be writing and directing all episodes of an original series.

    Blanchett will also executive produce the series with award-winning cinematographers Emmanuel Lubezki and Bruno Delbonnel serving as directors of photography.

  • Golden Globes 2021: Sacha Baron Cohen takes dig at Giuliani, Trump during acceptance speech

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: After bagging two Golden Globes accolades, British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen called out the “all-white” Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), and he also thanked Rudy Giuliani, who made a reluctant appearance in the ‘Borat Subsequent Flim’.

    HFPA is the voting body behind the annual awards show and it has come under severe criticism this year for the lack of representation within its board and in terms of nominations as well.

    Cohen’s mention of Rudy Giuliani was in reference to his cringe-worthy interview with Cohen’s co-star Maria Bakalova that also capped off a wild ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’.

    ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ bagged Golden Globe 2021 award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Cohen also won the Golden Globe in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

    “Thank you to the all-white Hollywood Foreign Press. I have gotta say this movie couldn’t have been possible without my co-star, a fresh, new talent who came from nowhere and turned out to be a comedy genius,” Variety quoted Cohen as saying.

    “I am talking, of course, about Rudy Giuliani. I mean, who can get more laughs out of one unzipping? Incredible. Our movie was just the beginning for him, Rudy went on to star in a string of comedy films. Hits like ‘Four Seasons Landscaping,’ ‘Hair Dye Another Day’ and the courtroom drama A Very Public Fart,” he added.

    Cohen’s win came 15 years after winning the same accolade for the 2006 mockumentary ‘Borat’, and as a result, the British actor is now the first person in the history of Golden Globes to win two awards for the same film character, Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev.

    In his speech for the best actor win, Cohen poked fun at former US President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the presidential election results.

    “Hold on, Donald Trump is contesting the result. He’s claiming that a lot of dead people voted, which is a very rude thing to say about the HFPA,” said Cohen.

    The 78th Golden Globe Awards took place nearly two months later than normal, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema and television.

    This was the first bi-coastal ceremony, with Tina Fey co-hosting from the Rainbow Room in New York City, and Amy Poehler co-hosting from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

    The nominees for Golden Globes were announced on February 3 and Jane Fonda and Norman Lear were announced as the recipients of the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Carol Burnett Award, respectively.