Jessica Chastain is set to star in and produce the action film, Eve. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will be jointly produced by Chastain and her partner Kelly Carmichael’s banner Freckle Films, and Voltage Pictures. Matthew Newton has written the script and will also helm it. Plot details are being kept under wraps. “Matthew is wonderfully adept at crafting complex and relatable characters. We’ve been fans of his work and are so thrilled to be partnering with him and Voltage on Eve,” Chastain and Carmichael said in a joint statement. Chastain will be next seen in It: Chapter Two, playing the grown-up role of Beverly Marsh, and in X-Men: The Dark Phoenix.
Sonali Bendre posted a photo on Instagram with Sussanne Khan and actress Gayatri Oberoi on Sunday, Friendship Day, saying she is “extremely grateful to my friends, my pillars of strength, who at a moment’s notice, arrived to be with me and help me through this”. In the picture she credited to Hrithik Roshan, she wrote: “This is me. And in this moment, I am really happy. People give me strange looks when I say that now, but it’s true and I’ll tell you why. I am now paying attention to every moment, looking for every opportunity to find joy and #SwitchOnTheSunshine. Yes, there are moments of pain and low energy, but I am doing what I like, spending time with people I love, and feeling very loved and happy. I am extremely grateful to my friends, my pillars of strength, who at a moment’s notice, arrived to be with me and help me through this. In between their busy schedules they find time to visit, call, message, FaceTime... basically never leaving a moment for me to feel alone. Thank you for showing me what true friendship is. #HappyFriendshipDay, ladies. Blessed to have you all in my life (including the ones not in the picture... You know who you are) @gayatrioberoi @suzkr P.S. Nowadays I spend far less time getting ready because I don’t have to fuss over my hair! #BaldIsBeautiful #FindThePositive #OneDayAtATime Picture credit: @hrithikroshan”.
Kumar Sanu has revealed he had adopted a daughter in 2011 but never wanted to disclose it as he “was scared what the society would think”. The singer’s now-teenager daughter, Shannon, has followed in her father’s footsteps. Her debut pop single, A Long Time, was written and produced by singer Justin Bieber’s frequent collaborator, Jason “Poo Bea” Boyd. In a statement, Sanu said: “I never wanted to disclose this as I was scared of what the society would think. I wasn’t sure how they were going to see this. But since now this is out, I’m really proud of Shannon. It doesn’t matter if she is my real daughter or not.”
New Girl actor Lamorne Morris is set to star alongside Vin Diesel in Sony Picutres’ Bloodshot. He will play scientist Wilfred Wigans, who becomes Bloodshot’s unlikely ally, according to Variety. First published in 1992, Bloodshot revolves around a mortally wounded soldier with powers of regeneration and meta-morphing made possible through nano-machines in his bloodstream.
Margot Robbie is in negotiations to join the cast of upcoming film about the Fox News sexual abuse scandal. The film will feature Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron in the lead, and follows the women who faced sexual harassment at the network during its late chief Roger Ailes’s reign. If finalised, Robbie, 28, will play an associate producer at the news
network. The scandal is also a subject of a series from Showtime studio, which will star Russell Crowe as the disgraced
former Fox News executive.
