Billy Faiers has opened up on a horrendous holiday story which ended with her young son being slapped by a stranger.
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K.J. Yossman “Deep Fear,” the upcoming shark thriller starring “Gossip Girl’s” Ed Westwick and “House of Gucci’s” Madalina Ghenea, has gone into production in Malta.The feature has also added Stany Coppet (“Vikings: Valhalla”) and Macarena Gomez (“Shrew’s Nest”), who will play drug traffickers Jose and Maria, as well as Ibrahima Gueye (“The Life Ahead”) who will play a boat hand called Barney.“Deep Fear” sees Ghenea star as accomplished yachtswoman Naomi who embarks on a solo trip through the Caribbean to meet her boyfriend Jackson (played by Westwick) in Grenada.When a storm forces Naomi of course, she encounters survivors of a shipwreck who, it soon transpires, are actually drug traffickers.
They force Naomi to dive into the hull of their sunken ship to retrieve their shipment of cocaine, where she encounters a frenzy of vicious tiger sharks, whom she must outwit to survive. The feature will shoot over the next six weeks at Malta Film Studios (MFS), which has both indoor and exterior tanks, as well as on location around the island and the Mediterranean Sea.Underwater cinematographer Mark Silk (“James Bond: No Time To Die”) has boarded as DP.
He will bring with him a team of professional divers and cameras.LipSync Post will handle VFX and post-production, who will create the sharks.Marcus Adams (“Long Time Dead”) directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Robert Capelli Jr (“The Rules (for Men)”) and Sophia Eptamentis (“Invincible Summer”).“My approach with ‘Deep Fear’ is to feature the shark very sparingly,” says Adams. “The imagination always creates far greater fear than any visual.
Billy Faiers has opened up on a horrendous holiday story which ended with her young son being slapped by a stranger.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentProminent Dubai-based satellite pay-TV and streaming service Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) is launching OSN Plus, a new premium streaming service that replaces its streaming app and marks OSN’s full-fledged entry into the MENA region’s increasingly crowded SVOD landscape.The move comes after OSN in January re-upped its long-term exclusive partnership with HBO, and expanded its rapport with NBCU to include more premium content from Peacock and Sky Studios. The company also has new deals for premium shows in place with Endeavor Content and All3Media, supplementing existing partnerships with Paramount, Warner Media, Sony, Discovery, MGM and Lionsgate.However, OSN recently lost the SVOD leverage it had under its exclusive deal with Disney, which will be launching Disney Plus in the region this summer and has rescinded the SVOD aspect of that arrangement.
Zack Sharf “Daredevil” star Charlie Cox is no fan of Ben Affleck’s 2003 “Daredevil” movie. During his recent visit to Middle East Film & Comic Con 2022 in Abu Dhabi (via People), Cox revealed he had never watched the 2003 superhero movie until after he was cast as Matt Murdock/Daredevil in the Netflix-Marvel series.“I watched it once, and then I wanted to go and do my own thing,” Cox said. “I hadn’t seen it before I got the role.
Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorThe 75th EE British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTA Awards, will broadcast and stream on Sunday, starting at 7 p.m. GMT (11 a.m. PT).Following last year’s virtual ceremony, this year’s BAFTA Awards will take place in person at London’s Royal Albert Hall with Rebel Wilson (“Isn’t It Romantic,” “Pitch Perfect”) set to host.
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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Recording Academy has announced the appointment of Ryan Butler as vice president of diversity, equity & inclusion, effective immediately. He fills a role previously occupied by Valeisha Butterfield Jones, who was promoted to co-president last year, and to whom Butler will report.Butler leads diversity, equity and inclusion internally and externally for the Recording Academy and its affiliates.
Charlie Cox has some thoughts about the original “Daredevil” movie.
Lindsay Lohan signed a multiple movie deal with Netflix. Aside from her upcoming Christmas movie, “Falling for Christmas,” the actress has signed on for two more films with the streamer. She shared the deal with Netflix on her Instagram, writing, “Exciting things to come!”Watch Lindsay Lohan swap drama for fitness in new Superbowl adLindsay Lohan joins TikTok, shocks us with how she pronounces her nameA post shared by Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan)In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Christina Rogers, Netflix’s director of independent films, shared the deal.
Lauren Pope recently enjoyed a sun-soaked getaway to Dubai alongside her boyfriend Tony Keterman and their one year old daughter, Raine. The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 39, took a break from social media while she holidayed with her family, and after recently returning to Instagram, she uploaded a collection of gorgeous snaps from the trip.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRishi Malhotra has been tapped to lead Luminary as the subscription audio platform’s new CEO. In his new role, Malhotra, the founder and former CEO of the Indian online music streaming service JioSaavn, will reposition the company around a few key areas of content, bolstering Luminary’s sports, music and comedy programming.Malhotra replaces Simon Sutton, the former HBO president who joined the company two and a half years ago.
Tommy Fury has admitted Molly Mae Hague "wasn’t too happy" with him after he booked a last minute trip to Dubai without her. The influencer was left fuming at her boxer star boyfriend's trip.
While Molly-Mae Hague was busy preparing for London Fashion Week for Pretty Little Thing, her boyfriend Tommy fury booked a last minute solo trip to Dubai. At the time, the blonde beauty, 22, had taken to her YouTube channel to share that she was "literally so sad" that he had left, but she had to focus on "the catwalk show with PLT, which is probably one of the biggest things I've ever done in my career." Now, Tommy, also 22, has taken to his own YouTube channel to share his side of events as he explained: "Okay guys, welcome back to the channel for another video. We are in a bit of a different location.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFurther expanding its global reach, MGM International Television Productions has signed a multi-year deal with MBC Group, a leading media company in West Asia and Northern Africa, to develop and co-produce premium original series.MBC Group will air these series exclusively on MBC’s Shahid VIP streaming service, with MGM handling co-production and distribution for the rest of the world. The two companies already have a well-established relationship and recently partnered on MGM’s anticipated shows “Last Light” and “Billy the Kid,” which will air on MBC.“MBC Group is uniquely positioned to tell stories that will combine regional focus with global interest,” said Sheikh Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, chairman of MBC Group.
“Museum of the Future” (MOTF) on the historically significant palindrome date, February 22, 2022 — and it’s being billed as the most high-tech and beauteous attraction in the country, if not the entire planet.Located next to the Emirates Towers on Sheikh Zayed Road, the museum signifies a peek into the world 50 years from now, exhibiting and predicting how next-generation solutions — from artificial intelligence to augmented reality and identifying potential threats — can enhance and revolutionize humanity for the better. “It is an architectural and engineering marvel, confidently straddling the past and the future and applying advanced technology to traditional art forms,” United Arab Emirates officials said during the opening.