Eiza González Attached To Star In Waldo
With Mel Gibson & Charlie Hunnam
Eiza González (above), Academy Award® winner Mel Gibson, and Charlie Hunnam are attached to star in Tim Kirkby’s Waldo. The action-packed thriller follows brilliant ex-detective gone rogue: Charlie Waldo, and is based on the novel Last Looks, a razor-sharp, compelling thriller written by Howard Gould and published by Dutton. The sequel, Below the Line, is set to be released in summer 2019. Andrew Lazar, Christina Weiss Lurie and Steve Shainberg will produce. At AFM 2018 IMR International is handling foreign sales, and CAA Media Finance is handling the US rights. Waldo introduces a new and compelling hero in disgraced former LAPD detective Charlie Waldo, currently living the life of a minimalist in the woods. His quiet life comes to a startling halt when he is roped back into working as a private eye to investigate the murder of an eccentric television star’s wife. Filming is set to commence in Q1 of next year. González is best known for her role alongside Ansel Elgort in Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver, and can next be seen in Robert Zemeckis’ Welcome to Marwen, alongside Steve Carell, Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel, and Bloodshot alongside Vin Diesel.
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Liam Neeson and rising star Micheál Richardson are attached to star in writer and director James D’Arcy’s feature screenplay and directorial debut, Made In Italy. Neeson will play Robert, the bohemian London artist who returns to Italy with his estranged son...
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Kristen Bedno, Director of Sales & Marketing at Octane Entertainment and the creator of the FAB brand at the company, launched the company’s new female-driven sales and acquisitions division at the start of AFM 2018. “It is no secret that not only are women...
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Based in London and Toronto, Amcomri Film Partners LP (“AFP”) AFP recently provided funding for the re-imagining of the David Cronenberg film Rabid, directed by the Soska Sisters and starring Laura Vandervoort as well as for Wonderfilm Media’s Disturbing the Peace...
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After 15 days of intense filming which included 10 Indian superstars and spanned across three locations and twofour54’s award-winning backlot, the star-studded cast and crew of Bollywood blockbuster Bharat has completed their shoot in Abu Dhabi.
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Waleed Zuaiter (above), stars in Channel 4’s new six-part crime series, Baghdad Central, written and created by BAFTA-nominated writer Stephen Butchard based on the novel by Elliott Colla. The series also stars Bertie Carvel, Clara Khoury, Leem Lubany, Neil Maskell, and Corey Stoll. Production is underway in Morocco. Rounding out the international cast also includes Charlotte Spencer, July Namir, Tawfeek Barhom, Youssef Kerkour, Hisham Suleiman, Nora El Koussour and Maisa Abd Elhadi. Baghdad Central (6x60) was commissioned for Channel 4 by Beth Willis, Head of Drama with Commissioning Editor Manpreet Dosanjh and Commissioning Executive Jonny Richards. The series is produced by Euston Films (part of FremantleMedia UK). Executive Producers Kate Harwood, Stephen Butchard and Alice Troughton. Producer is Jonathan Curling (The Secret). October 2003 and Baghdad has been occupied by American forces for six months; but the disbandment of the Iraqi army, the police and civil leadership in the aftermath of the invasion means there is no one in charge and no effective rule of law.
In the midst of this chaos, crime and paranoia, Iraqi ex-policeman Muhsin al-Khafaji (Waleed Zuaiter) has lost everything and is battling daily to keep himself and his sick daughter, Mrouj (July Namir) safe. But when he learns that his estranged elder daughter Sawsan (Leem Lubany) is missing.
FremantleMedia International is the global distributor for the series.
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