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David Beckham really upset his documentary director while shooting their film… but it actually worked out for the best!

Naman Ramachandran Indian actor Ali Fazal has joined the cast of Mani Ratnam‘s “Thug Life,” starring Kamal Haasan. The cast also includes Trisha Krishnan, Dulquer Salmaan, Jayam Ravi, Silambarasan Rajendar, Joju George, Gautham Kartik and Aishwarya Lekshmi. The film, which hails from the gangster genre, is written by Ratnam and Haasan and produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, Madras Talkies and Red Giant Movies.

Ben Croll A competitive tax rebate, combined with public and private initiatives to revitalize the local infrastructure, has substantially boosted the number of international productions shooting in France. Last revamped in 2020, Gaul’s Tax Rebate for International Production scheme now supplements a 30% across-the-board rebate with an additional 10% — applicable on all eligible expenses — for productions that spend $2.2 million with local VFX and post houses. And once the tax incentive put France back on the map, the country’s flourishing production ecosystem has kept projects on site longer than ever before. “The preconceived idea that France was too expensive clearly has changed,” says line producer John Bernard of Peninsula Film. “Projects with strong French DNA have very much embraced the whole process, basing themselves in France from beginning to end, using local crews and amenities.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Multinational studio Dori Media Group (DMG) is presenting two episodes of its gripping new series “Amia” at the LA Screenings along with a notable lineup of scripted and unscripted series, encompassing various regions, languages and cultures. Filmed mostly in Uruguay as well as Argentina, “Amia” is inspired by the terror attacks of 1992 on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires and in 1994 against its Argentinian Jewish community, specifically the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association. “Amia” tracks the journey of a Mossad operative grappling with the loss of his sister in the 1992 Embassy attack.

Fans of Starz’s hit series Outlander are sad that it will be coming to an end with the upcoming eighth season.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Director and producer Tom Tykwer has become managing director of Berlin-based production company X Filme Creative Pool, best known for “Babylon Berlin,” alongside Uwe Schott. Tykwer succeeds Stefan Arndt, one of Germany’s leading producers.

Supersized @PerezHilton YouTube show! So many HOT topics!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor On-set photographer Kyle Bono Kaplan and art photographer Bryan Schutmaat have collaborated to showcase their work taken during the shooting of Jeff Nichols’ film “The Bikeriders” in a new coffee table book titled “Vandals: The Photography of The Bikeriders.” “The Bikeriders” is a drama directed by Nichols and stars Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy. It is adapted from Danny Lyon’s book, and follows the rise and fall of a fictional 1960s motorcycle club in the Midwest. Michael Shannon, Mike Faist and Norman Reedus round out the ensemble.

Alex Ritman With vibrant green carpets no doubt already having been sourced for its various global premieres, “Wicked” is expected to be one of the biggest movie events this winter. It certainly ticks all the necessary boxes — a major musical adaptation of one of the world’s most successful stage shows and featuring an all-star cast led by the almost-EGOT Cynthia Erivo and, in her first feature-film lead role, pop princess Ariana Grande.

Canadian rapper Drake’s home was at the heart of a shooting disturbance on Tuesday morning (May 7) when his multi-million pound mansion was reportedly ‘swarmed by cops’ after a man was shot during a ‘drive by shooting.’ A large police presence was spotted near the rapper’s home in the upscale Bridle Path neighbourhood of Toronto, following reports of a shooting in the early hours of Tuesday morning.The incident took place at around 2am local time (7am in BST), with officers heading to the scene shortly afterwards, where they remained visible outside the residence of rap artist. According to reports, the man was injured during the shooting and while his injuries are serious they are not thought to be life threatening.Toronto Police Insp.

Drake’s security has been shot in a terrifying attack in Toronto.

Drake‘s security guard was shot in a drive-by shooting outside of the entertainer’s home in Toronto, Canada in the early morning hours of Tuesday (May 7).

Anya Taylor-Joy learned on the set of George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa.” Under heavy coats of makeup, shooting in the Australian winter when daylight was scarce, Taylor-Joy wished she could have stayed in bed at least through the crack of dawn. Instead, she’d rise up in the middle of the night, ready to do battle. “I had the earliest call time of my life: 1:45 a.m.,” the 28-year-old actress says on a recent Los Angeles afternoon.

A man was badly wounded in an overnight drive-by shooting outside hip-hop star Drake‘s home in Toronto, police said Tuesday. The Toronto Sun reported that the victim was a 48-year-old security guard who was struck multiple times, including a wound to the upper chest. He was in surgery at Sunnybrook Hospital.

A man blasted gunshots on a residential street as onlookers filmed the incident on Snapchat.

William Earl administrator The sun has set on “NCIS: Hawai’i,” leaving the show on a wild cliffhanger. The series, which ran on CBS for three seasons, said its final aloha on Monday night with a season finale-turned-series finale. At the end of last week’s episode, the Compound X bioweapon was in the hands of the nefarious Dr.

This is the makings of a nightmare!

Jack Dunn Andrew McCarthy, Faye Dunaway and Harvey Keitel have been tapped to lead the cast of Jonathan Baker’s supernatural love story “Fate,” which begins shooting later this month for Baker Entertainment in Vancouver. Baker’s previous credits include Gina Gershon and Nicolas Cage starrer “Inconceivable” as director and “Survive the Night,” “Force of Nature” and “American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally” as producer.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Haifaa Al Mansour is returning to her native Saudi Arabia for the shoot of crime feature Unidentified, exploring the reality of women amid the current period of immense social change in the country.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent The Match Factory is set to handle international sales on a new film by “Fire Will Come” director Oliver Laxe, headlined by Sergi López, star of Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth.” Having begun production, shooting in Spain and then Morocco, the untitled Oliver Laxe project is a Movistar Plus+ original film produced with Pedro and Agustín Almodovar’s El Deseo, Laxe’s Galicia-based label Filmes da Ermida, Oriol Maymó’s Uri Films in Barcelona, and Paris’s 4 A 4 Productions. The latest from Laxe follows Cannes wins for all his first three features.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Nora Arnezeder (“The Famous Five”) and Maria Bello (“A History of Violence”) are set to co-star in “Hell in Paradise,” a female-powered thriller inspired by a true story and produced by EuropaCorp’s Virginie Silla (“Dogman”). Penned by Karine Silla (“A Butterfly Kiss”), “Hell in Paradise” revolves around Nina, a young French girl who leaves her native Marseille and accepts her first job as a receptionist at a luxurious hotel resort on a magnificent island of the Maldives, hoping for a better life.

Naman Ramachandran Season 3 of Prime Video‘s smash hit Indian show “The Family Man” has commenced filming. Manoj Bajpayee will once again portray the character of Srikant Tiwari, a middle-class Mumbai-based salaryman who is secretly an intelligence officer for the Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell (TASC), a wing of India’s National Investigation Agency. In Season 3, Tiwari will confront a looming threat to national security, while balancing the demands of family life and desperately working to mend his relationship with his wife.

Naman Ramachandran Season 3 of Prime Video‘s smash hit Indian show “The Family Man” has commenced filming. Manoj Bajpayee will once again portray the character of Srikant Tiwari, a middle-class Mumbai-based salaryman who is secretly an intelligence officer for the Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell (TASC), a wing of India’s National Investigation Agency. In Season 3, Tiwari will confront a looming threat to national security, while balancing the demands of family life and desperately working to mend his relationship with his wife.

Kourtney Kardashian has revealed she didn't feel 'quite ready' for a Kardashians photoshoot while she was still in her post-partum phase. The 45-year-old, who gave birth to her youngest child, Rocky Thirteen Barker, in November 2023, shared some behind-the-scenes snaps from the promo shoot of the TV show on Instagram.

Kourtney Kardashian is getting real about returning to work after giving birth.

Rance Collins For director, co-writer and star Jerry Seinfeld, “Unfrosted” was an opportunity to bring something a little less serious to the entertainment zeitgeist. A humorless life without the ability to make fun of ourselves, he postured, doesn’t make for “good living.” “Don’t give up laughing and humor and comedy in your life. It’s the best way to get through life,” Seinfeld said.

A hapless shoplifter was caught on CCTV stealing wine and sweets from a convenience store - after his knife fell out of his trousers. Soma Deasley, 36, can be seen in the footage stealing the goods and stuffing them in his backpack.

A gardening expert has revealed a hack for growing your own food from supermarket vegetables.

A man arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was shot dead during a suspected burglary at a farm in the High Peak has been released on bail.

One of the most memorable "Seinfeld" scenes almost didn't happen. In a recent interview, Jerry Seinfeld shared interesting tidbits about a fifth season episode, "The Marine Biologist." The episode concludes with a long, hilarious speech delivered by George Costanza, played by Jason Alexander. The speech he gives is his telling of the story of how he saved a dying beached whale after he was sent into the ocean by Diane, a woman he was seeing who was under the impression he was a marine biologist and qualified to help.