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  • Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina and Anthony Ramos to voice feature in ‘The Bad Guys’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Actors Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina and Anthony Ramos are set to voice star in animated movie “The Bad Guys”.

    The film, which hails from DreamWorks Animation, is based on the Scholastic book series by Aaron Blabey, reported Variety.

    Pierre Perifel, best known for his work as an animator on “Kung Fu Panda” and “Shrek Forever After”, will make his directorial debut with the movie.

    Etan Cohen, whose screenwriting credits include “Tropic Thunder” and “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” is penning the script for the cartoon action movie.

    “The Bad Guys” follows a crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws as they attempt their most challenging con yet — becoming model citizens.

    The film’s voice cast also include Craig Robinson, Zazie Beetz, Lilly Singh, Alex Borstein and Richard Ayoade.

    It is scheduled to be released by Universal Pictures on April 15, 2022 in the US.

    “The Bad Guys” will be produced by Damon Ross and Rebecca Huntley, with Blabey, Cohen and Patrick Hughes serving as executive producers

  • Dua Lipa to make acting debut in ‘Argylle’ alongside Henry Cavill, Bryan Cranston, Samuel L Jackson

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: English filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has set an ensemble cast, including Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Samuel L Jackson, for his upcoming spy movie “Argylle”. Additionally, British pop sensation Dua Lipa will make her acting debut with the movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    The big-budget action film, which Vaughn will direct and produce through his banner Marv, will start production in Europe in August.

    Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell, veteran actor Catherine O’Hara and “Fast and Furious 9” star John Cena are also part of the cast.

    The film, based on an upcoming spy novel of the same name from author Ellie Conway, follows Argylle, “the world’s greatest spy” as he is caught up in a globe-trotting adventure.

    The movie will be the first of at least three films in the franchise and is set in America, London and multiple locations across the world.

    Conway’s thriller novel is set to be published next year by Transworld Publishers Ltd, a division of Penguin Random House.

    Jason Fuchs is writing the script and he will also serve as executive producer alongside Adam Bohling, David Reid, Zygi Kamasa, Carlos Peres, Claudia Vaughn and Adam Fishbach.

    Vaughn is currently awaiting the release of “The King’s Man”, the prequel to his blockbuster “Kingsman” movies.

    The film, starring Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Bruhl, Djimon Hounsou, and Charles Dance, is scheduled to be released theatrically by Disney in December 2021.