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Daisy Ridley will star in Disney+’s “Young Woman and the Sea”. Joachim Rønning (“Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Men Tell No Tales”) will direct the film, a Jeff Nathanson-scripted drama based on the book by Glenn Stout that chronicles the daring journey of the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel. Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle made the 21-mile swim in 1926. [More…]
George Clooney and Ben Affleck, previously collaborators on the Oscar winning “Argo”, will reunite for Amazon Studios’ adaptation of ”The Tender Bar” with Clooney helming and Affleck headlining. The coming-of-age tale, based on the J.R. Moehringer memoir, tells of the author growing up in Long Island seeking out father figures among the patrons at his uncle’s bar. [More…]
“Guardians of the Galaxy” star Chris Pratt will star in and produce “Black Belt”, an indie comedy from Monarch Media. Randall Green’s script is described as a comedic coming-of-age story about a shy, unassuming teen boy on a quest for expertise in karate, and the unorthodox uncle who guides him along the way. Pratt will play the uncle. [More…]
