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Thandie Newton to star in neo-Western thriller God’s Country

Emmy-winning actress Thandie Newton, soon to be seen in the third season of HBO’s “Westworld,” will star in director Julian Higgins’ debut feature God’s Country, Cold Iron Pictures and The Film Arcade announced today. Cold Iron’s CEO Miranda Bailey and Amanda Marshall will produce God’s Country, along with Halee Bernard and Higgins. Anthony Ciardelli and ….

Character posters for Tyler Perry’s latest

Lionsgate has released new character posters for Tyler Perry’s upcoming adaptation of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. For Colored Girls stars Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg and Macy Gray. The film, which centers on the pressures ….

First image released from Tyler Perry’s latest film

For Colored Girls brings to the screen Ntozake Shange’s Obie Award-winning play, a poetic exploration of what is to be of color and a female in this world. The Tyler Perry film stars Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Janet Jackson, Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad, Loretta Devine, Tessa Thompson and Thandie Newton in For Colored Girls. ….

Emmerich gets next Isaac Asimov film adaptation

Sony’s Columbia Pictures won an auction late yesterday for adaptation rights to Isaac Asimov’s Foundation, the ground breaking science fiction book trilogy. Roland Emmerich has been attached to produce and direct the eventual film project. The series of eight short stories was originally published in Astounding Magazine starting in 1942, and is described as a ….