Editorial Staff
Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan will star in rom-com “Not Bloody Likely”, a Joel Hopkins written-directed feature exploring the true story of the 1914 West End production of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.
In the movie, Shaw (Brosnan) has written his masterpiece Pygmalion (which would later be adapted into the Oscar-winning musical ”My Fair Lady”) and is determined for the great Mrs. Pat Campbell (Bonham Carter) to play the role of Eliza Doolittle.
The film, which reunites Hopkins and his “The Love Punch” star Brosnan, lenses in the UK Spring 2021.
Lily James, Shazad Latif and Emma Thompson will star in Working title rom-com “What’s Love Got To With It?” for director Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth”).
According to Deadline, plot details are being kept under wraps “but we understand the cross-cultural rom-com is about love and marriage and is set between London and South Asia. Khan and Latif both have family ties to Pakistan; the former was of course once married to the country’s now Prime Minister and former cricket icon Imran Khan.”
“Transformers” actor Josh Duhamel will star in heist thriller “Bandit” for director Allan Ungar.
Kraig Wenman’s script, says THR, “centers on the true-life exploits of Gilbert Galvan Jr., an American who escaped from prison and crossed into Canada, becoming a criminal dubbed the Flying Bandit. Galvan was known for his disguises and planning of more than 63 bank and jewelry heists, but it was brazen productivity that gained him notoriety. A collector of the frequent flyer program, Galvan would fly himself first class to different cities across the country, sometimes robbing 3 banks in the same day before flying home for dinner. Galvan still holds a record for the most consecutive robberies in Canadian history.”
The script is based on author Robert Knuckle’s best-selling novel, ”The Flying Bandit”, and interviews by journalist Ed Arnold with Galvan Jr.
