Harry Potter franchise alum Jason Isaacs will be joining Vanessa Redgrave and Freida Pinto in The Boy at the Back of the Class, the family feature based on the bestselling children's book written by Onjali Q. Rauf. Stephen Herek (101 Dalmatians, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) is directing.
The…
EXCLUSIVE: Freida Pinto (Mr. Malcolm’s List) is developing Huma Abedin's New York Times bestselling memoir Both/And, A Life in Many Worlds into a TV series through her production company, Freebird Films. Pinto will star as Hillary Clinton’s top aide and longtime advisor in the project, which is set up at Entertainment…
The recently accepted fashion of populating period British romantic melodramas with actors of color, notably in Netflix's ongoing hit series Bridgerton, continues with Mr. Malcolm's List, a nicely decked-out, dramatically conventional tale of Regency-period matchmaking dizzily spinning out of the participants'…
EXCLUSIVE: Scarlett Johansson’s new movie, My Mother’s Wedding, that’s also Kristin Scott Thomas’ feature directorial debut has added BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Sienna Miller, SAG ensemble winner Freida Pinto and Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Emily Beecham. Cameras are currently rolling, Deadline…
EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS, 10:15 a.m.: Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) has signed on to star in My Mother’s Wedding — the first feature directed by Oscar-nominated actress Kristin Scott Thomas (Slow Horses), which is currently in production.
Details with regard to the film’s plot have thus far been…
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has taken in for development The Henna Artist, a series based on Alka Joshi's bestselling debut novel from Miramax TV, with Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) attached to star and executive produce and Michael Edelstein executive producing. The project will be written and executive produced by Sri…
EXCLUSIVE: Freida Pinto is expanding her relationship with eOne, signing a first-look deal with the indie studio for her Freebird Films Entertainment. Under the pact, Freebird Films, run by Pinto and her producing partner Emily Verellen Strom, will develop series for broadcast, cable and streaming with a focus on…
Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto is set to star in and executive produce Spy Princess, a limited series based on Shrabani Basu’s Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan, the definitive biography of Noor’s life, from writer Olivia Hetreed (Girl With a Pearl Earring) and Red Room Films.
Hetreed will pen the…
On its surface J.D. Vance’s bestselling 2016 book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, detailing life with his Kentucky-bred Appalachian family and his own maturation in Middletown, Ohio, would not seem to be the easiest thing to adapt for the screen, especially with all the social and the…
EXCLUSIVE: Miramax TV has optioned the rights to Alka Joshi's bestselling debut novel The Henna Artist for series development. Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto will headline and produce the project, executive produced by Michael Edelstein under his first-look deal with Miramax.
Published by HarperCollins/MIRA in…
EXCLUSIVE: Cast has rounded out on Mr Malcolm's List, with Crazy Rich Asians and Hustlers star Constance Wu and Outlander actor Sam Heughan joining Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu and Oliver Jackson-Cohen in the period romantic comedy.
The former Black List script is written by Suzanne Allain and based on her novel of the…
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired the North American and UK rights to Only, the Takashi Doscher-directed sci-fi movie starring Freida Pinto and Leslie Odom Jr that had its world premiere earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival. A day-and-date release is planned for the first quarter of 2020 for the…