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Film Bridge International has added Sidhartha Mallya (“Mafia Wars”) to the cast of “Thrill Ride,” with production scheduled to commence in the U. K. during the first quarter of 2025. The thriller, helmed by Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura from a script by Chad Law (“Lights Out”) and Christopher Jolley (“Granny Krampus”), follows a group of passengers […]

PAGEANT POWERHOUSE India’s Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment has tapped Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu for her Bollywood debut in “Baaghi 4.” The announcement comes exactly three years after Sandhu’s Miss Universe win. The film, helmed by director A. Harsha, will feature Sandhu alongside established stars Tiger Shroff and Sanjay Dutt, with Sonam Bajwa rounding out the […]

José de la Torre, who played Iván in the Spanish-language Netflix drama “Toy Boy,” has died. He was 37. Spanish publication Montilla Digital was the first to report that the actor died on Dec. 5 after a long battle with an unknown illness. A funeral service was held in Spain the day after his death.

In Rusudan Glurjidze’s weathered, wintry sophomore feature “The Antique,” the title could refer to any number of withering relics: the handsome, richly patinaed items of furniture that Georgian immigrant Medea (Salome Demuria) illegally imports from her homeland to Russia to sell; the once-grand but disintegrating Saint Petersburg apartment that she buys at a reduced price, […]

Elton John minced no words explaining his stance against the legality of marijuana in America and Canada. While speaking with Time magazine, which selected the prolific piano man as its 2024 Icon of the Year, John opened up about his past drug use and expressed his strong opinions against the legalization of marijuana in the […]

Fresh off the success of the HBO series “The Penguin,” DC Studios has officially greenlit a feature film centered around Clayface, the shapeshifting Batman villain, from a script written by “Doctor Sleep” filmmaker Mike Flanagan, according to a source with direct knowledge of the production. Plot details are scarce, but filming is expected to begin […]