Tut
Avan Jogia (TV's "Victorious") is set to play Egyptian ruler Tutankhamun in Spike TV and Muse Entertainment's original miniseries "Tut". The project will be filmed entirely on location in Morocco and Canada this Fall ahead of a 2015 debut.
Jogia joins Ben Kingsley, who was cast last month as Tutankhamun's grand vizier who wields tremendous power and influence as the top adviser to the young Egyptian ruler. The project marks Spike's first scripted event series in eight years. [Source: The Live Feed]
Jadotville
"Fifty Shades of Grey" and "The Fall" star Jamie Dornan has scored the lead role of Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan in Richie Smyth's geo-political thriller "The Siege Of Jadotville" for Parallel Films. Kevin Brodbin ("Constantine") penned the script and filming begins in Ireland and South Africa in the spring.
The story is based on a 1961 siege in the Congo following Moise Tshombe taking control of the Katanga region. 150 Un Irish troops,...
Avan Jogia (TV's "Victorious") is set to play Egyptian ruler Tutankhamun in Spike TV and Muse Entertainment's original miniseries "Tut". The project will be filmed entirely on location in Morocco and Canada this Fall ahead of a 2015 debut.
Jogia joins Ben Kingsley, who was cast last month as Tutankhamun's grand vizier who wields tremendous power and influence as the top adviser to the young Egyptian ruler. The project marks Spike's first scripted event series in eight years. [Source: The Live Feed]
Jadotville
"Fifty Shades of Grey" and "The Fall" star Jamie Dornan has scored the lead role of Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan in Richie Smyth's geo-political thriller "The Siege Of Jadotville" for Parallel Films. Kevin Brodbin ("Constantine") penned the script and filming begins in Ireland and South Africa in the spring.
The story is based on a 1961 siege in the Congo following Moise Tshombe taking control of the Katanga region. 150 Un Irish troops,...
- 8/6/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Charles Dutton has joined Play Now Enterprises and Tycor International Film Company’s true-life story of the high school American football team.
Dutton will play the coach to the 1988 Carter High Cowboys, a formidable high school football team in Texas that overcame adversity to win the Texas State Championship.
However it is what happened after their championship season that rocked the world of sport.
Nine of the 18 Division 1 scholarship players went on to commit a string of robberies and every one was apprehended before the start of their freshman college season.
Former Carter High player Arthur Muhammad wrote the screenplay and has begun shooting Carter High in Texas.
As previously announced, the cast includes Vivica Fox as the coach’s wife, Pooch Hall and David Banner. Reginald C Hayes also stars.
Ty Walker, founder and CEO of Tycor International Film Company, produces with Kelly Gray, while former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis serves as executive producer.
Dutton will play the coach to the 1988 Carter High Cowboys, a formidable high school football team in Texas that overcame adversity to win the Texas State Championship.
However it is what happened after their championship season that rocked the world of sport.
Nine of the 18 Division 1 scholarship players went on to commit a string of robberies and every one was apprehended before the start of their freshman college season.
Former Carter High player Arthur Muhammad wrote the screenplay and has begun shooting Carter High in Texas.
As previously announced, the cast includes Vivica Fox as the coach’s wife, Pooch Hall and David Banner. Reginald C Hayes also stars.
Ty Walker, founder and CEO of Tycor International Film Company, produces with Kelly Gray, while former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis serves as executive producer.
- 8/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Production on the remarkable true story starring Vivica Fox is set to kick off in Dallas, Texas, on July 21.
Ty Walker of Tycor International Film Company produces with Kelly Gray, while former Carter High football player Arthur Muhammad directs from his screenplay about events that according to Walker inspired Friday Night Lights.
Carter High centres on the 1988 Carter High Cowboys, a formidable high school football team in Texas that overcame adversity to win the Texas State Championship.
However it is what happened after their championship season that rocked the world of sport.
Nine of the 18 Division 1 scholarship players went on to commit a string of robberies and every one was apprehended before the start of their freshman college season.
The cast includes Pooch Hall and David Banner and former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis serves as executive producer.
Ty Walker of Tycor International Film Company produces with Kelly Gray, while former Carter High football player Arthur Muhammad directs from his screenplay about events that according to Walker inspired Friday Night Lights.
Carter High centres on the 1988 Carter High Cowboys, a formidable high school football team in Texas that overcame adversity to win the Texas State Championship.
However it is what happened after their championship season that rocked the world of sport.
Nine of the 18 Division 1 scholarship players went on to commit a string of robberies and every one was apprehended before the start of their freshman college season.
The cast includes Pooch Hall and David Banner and former Dallas Cowboy Greg Ellis serves as executive producer.
- 7/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Peachtree International Film Festival will celebrate its eighth year in downtown Atlanta, Ga August 23-25. Among the top films being showcased are Jono Oliver's Home, which stars Gbenga Akinnagbe as a man suffering from mental illness who's trying to rebuild his life. Tambay saw the film back in April, and enjoyed it. Also being screened is romantic comedy First Impression starring Lamman Rucker and Lisa Anderson as a couple brought together by internet romance. Written by Regis Le'Bron and directed by Arthur Muhammad, the film co-stars David and Tamala Mann, Tommy Ford, Elise Neal, Brad James, and Carl Payne. This year's festival will also feature a concert,...
- 7/3/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Here's a trailer for yet another upcoming black romantic comedy titled First Impressions, from director Arthur Muhammad, which stars Lamman Rucker and Lisa Arrindell Anderson. Synopsis reads: Vernon Richardson and Imani Townsend meet unexpectedly at a cozy Jazz club, unpretentious, and unaware, they're a match made for heaven on a popular internet dating website. They fall in love with the people they really are, but the influence of life's circumstances and false expectations keep them apart. However, their pseudo internet personalities keep them closer than they know. Vernon, an aspiring writer, takes a job at Townsend Publishing, run by Imani, setting up the ultimate...
- 6/6/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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