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EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing that Primetime Emmy-winning The Handmaid Tale’s director Reed Morano is in talks to helm the Jennifer Lopez feature The Godmother at STXfilms in which The Hustlers star plays real-life notorious Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco aka “The Godmother”. Oscar-winning The Departed screenwriter Wi…

STXfilms and Jennifer Lopez are reteaming for a third time after Second Act and the upcoming Hustlers. The latest is The Godmother, her project about real-life notorious Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco, aka “The Godmother.” Sources close to the project tell Deadline that Lopez is looking at The Godmother as her…

Glen Powell has joined the fleet of Sand Castle, alongside Henry Cavill, Nicholas Hoult and Luke Evans. The Iraq War drama, directed by Fernando Coimbra (Netflix’s Narcos), is based on a screenplay by Chris Roessner that details his experience as a machine gunner in Iraq's Sunni Triangle in 2003. The plot follows an…

The Godmother has added newcomer Alexa Demie to the cast, and a new director has taken the helm, as director Gerard Johnson has come on to replace Eva Sørhaug. Set primarily during the 70s and 80s, the film will trace the rise and fall of Griselda Blanco, the so called “godmother of cocaine”, from her impoverished…

Robin Williams’ final feature film, Dito Montiel’s domestic drama Boulevard, has been picked up for international distribution by Inception Film Partners and will be sold during the American Film Market next month in Santa Monica. Kathy Baker, Bob Odenkirk and Roberto Aguire co-star in the pic, which stars Williams as…

EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Zeta-Jones, nominated for a Golden Globe for her turn as the ruthless wife of a drug lord in 2000’s Traffic, has landed an even juicier role in the true story crime biopic The Godmother. In a new film directed by Norwegian helmer Eva Sørhaug (90 Minutes, Cold Lunch) Zeta-Jones will play real life…