Int’l Critics Line: ‘The Legend Of Maula Jatt’

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes, the Oscar and Tony award-winning director, has chosen three London theater stars – Michael Balogun (National Theatre Live: Death of England-Delroy), Hadley Fraser (Donmar Theatre’s Coriolanus), and Nigel Lindsay (Chichester Festival Theatre’s Woman In Mind) to bring his much-garlanded production of The Lehman Trilogy back into the West End. That’s following triumphant runs at the UK’s National Theatre, the Park Avenue Armory, and Broadway, and a phenomenal 16-week, sold-out run at London’s Piccadilly Theatre in 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: YouTuber and Strictly Come Dancing finalist Joe Sugg is among the talent signed up to appear at the TellyCast Digital Content Forum in London later this month.

Growing their family! Zoe Kazan is pregnant and expecting her second child with partner Paul Dano.

BAFTA has set Black Panther director Ryan Coogler to deliver this year’s prestigious David Lean Lecture.

Liam Payne is reportedly “mad about” a blonde with whom he spent Halloween weekend. The ex-One Direction singer, 29, was seen dressed in a Tommy Lee costume alongside 23-year-old American “party girl” Kate Cassidy, who was named by The Sun Online on Sunday night (30. 10.

A holiday treat. Chord Overstreet gushed about his Falling for Christmas costar Lindsay Lohan and teased that her comeback performance will be worth the wait.

Hot fantasy actioner The Legend of Maula Jatt has hit a historic milestone, becoming the highest-grossing Pakistani film ever worldwide in only its second week of release, and the first to cross PKR 100cr ($4.5M) globally.

SF Studios Acquires Johan Rundberg’s ‘Moonwind & Hoff’ Book SeriesSF Studios has acquired the film rights to Johan Rundberg’s book series Moonwind & Hoff. The series includes the novels The Night Raven, The Queen of Thieves, The Angel of Death, and The Blood Pact. The Night Raven is the first novel that will be adapted, produced, and distributed by SF Studios. The film is expected to start shooting at the beginning of 2024 with a theatrical release in 2025. Stefan H. Lindén and Alexandra Thönnersten, producers at SF Studios, said: “The Night Raven and the entire series about Moonwind & Hoff are exactly in the realm of magical realism that we both dreamed of producing. In many ways, both the world and the characters feel inspiring and exciting. We want to create a grand series of films that can enthrall cinema audiences.”

A reboot of the 1979 cult Punjabi classic, Maula Jat, Bilal Lashari’s The Legend of Maula Jatt is coming off of a record-breaking weekend for a Pakistan-made or Punjabi-language film. Opening on over 500 screens in 25 markets, the action fantasy grossed PRK 51cr ($2.3M) globally, a new benchmark launch for a Pakistani title worldwide. Check out the trailer below.

EXCLUSIVE: Stars of Money Heist and other cast have boarded Vix+’s Spanish-language series Travesuras de la Niña Mala, which is based on the novel by Nobel prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa and has revealed first look image. Trailer is below.

Jamie xx, Groove Armada, Andy C and more on the bill.The Austrian festival will return to the slopes of Mayrhofen from April 10-15 next year. Tickets are available to buy now.Snowbombing was back this year after a two-year enforced break due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the likes of Bicep, Camelphat, Andy C, Rudimental, Gorgon City, Eats Everything and more for the bill.The first announcement about next year’s event also includes names like Conducta, Denis Sulta, Elkka, Dusky, Folamour, Hybrid Minds, Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal.Elsewhere on the bill, there’s Eats Everything, Chloé Robinson, Flava D, D Double E, Artwork, Chaos In The CBD, Jayda J, DJ Seinfeld, Patrick Topping and more.A post shared by Snowbombing (@snowbombingofficial)Defected Records, Glitterbox, and He.She.They.

Millie Court has left her fans in a frenzy after sharing a series of sizzling bikini photographs on her Instagram feed.The 25 year old found fame on the hit ITV dating show Love Island and has since garnered a hefty following of 1.9million people on the picture-led social media platform, where she's been documenting her life since leaving the villa. Clearly enjoying a sun-soaked getaway to Marrakech while the UK enters the cold winter months, Millie dazzled her fans by sharing two photos of herself dressed in nothing but a brown bikini. In one snap, the star can be seen holding her hands up above her head as she stands in a pool.