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Manori Ravindran International EditorOne of the bright lights of this year’s awards season, BAFTA best actress nominee Bukky Bakray of the film “Rocks” will star in forthcoming BBC One and Netflix drama “You Don’t Know Me.”Produced by Snowed-In Production and co-produced with Netflix, the show has now begun filming in Birmingham.

EXCLUSIVE: Da’Vine Joy Randolph has joined the cast of Paramount Pictures romantic action adventure comedy The Lost City Of D starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. Patti Harrison is also on board. Bullock is producing through her Fortis Films banner, with Liza Chasin and her company, 3dot Productions. Seth Gordon is also attached to produce via Exhibit A.

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has acquired mob crime-drama The Birthday Cake for UK-Ireland and Australia/New Zealand.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterFollowing Friday’s development news of a Will Forte drama that centers on a grief-stricken man planning his own suicide, one mental health organization is criticizing the concept as “wildly irresponsible and callous.”The show, “Expiration Date,” is described as a “dark suburban soap” in which a man finds a life insurance policy that covers suicide, so long as the individual does not carry out the act within 12 months, and sets about planning out his final year.

Cardi B weighed in on the Grammy Awards controversy.

Lili Reinhart has set her next feature film project with Netflix. Reinhart will star in dual-timeline drama Plus/Minus withWanuri Kahiu, who was behind the popular Kenyan romance Rafiki, set to direct.

Sparks were flying while Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock filmed an intense fire scene on the set of their new movie, Bullet Train. The pair were spotted in Los Angeles on March 5, walking amid debris and flames, with the 57-year-old actor sporting some heavy-duty special effects makeup. The look included fake bruises, blood, and dirt, as he donned a white tee that was also covered in fake red blood, and grime. You can see the photos here.

Brad Pitt is having a very busy March as he's currently shooting for David Leitch's directorial Bullet Train with not one, but two of his female co-stars.

their very first film together this week in Los Angeles.In pictures obtained by, 57-year-old Pitt and 56-year-old Bullock are walking by a dumpster on fire while shooting a crash scene. Pitt rocks a ponytail and a dirty shirt with fake blood on it, while Bullock sports a layered 'do and a white button-up shirt and trench coat.

EXCLUSIVE: Nzingha Stewart, who most recently directed the Netflix film Tall Girl, has been tapped to co-write and direct Badass Biker Chicks of Marrakesh, a film that is being developed by Wayfarer Studios and Ethos Entertainment.

Christopher Vourlias Polish director Paweł Maślona (“Panic Attack”) is prepping a lavish period drama about the American Revolutionary War hero Tadeusz Kościuszko.Produced by Leszek Bodzak and Aneta Hickinbotham for Aurum Film, the production house behind Jan Komasa’s Oscar-nominated “Corpus Christi,” the historical epic — with the working title “Scarborn,” from a script by Michał A. Zielinski — received development funding from the Polish Film Institute.

Linda Cardellini and Kelly Hutchinson — who met on the Netflix hit Dead to Me — are partnering on a feature film project that has just been acquired as a pitch by Amazon Studios in a competitive situation that drew multiple offers from four studios and streamers. Titled Murder Party, the project is described as a comedic murder mystery in the vein of Clue and Knives Out and will be led by an all-female ensemble cast with Cardellini in one of the roles.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentA portrait of a well-meaning man caught in events he cannot control and understands all too late, Hungarian Denes Nagy’s Berlin Competition entry “Natural Light” has a first trailer, shared exclusively with Variety by sales company Luxbox.Set in icy marshland in Russia during WWII, “Natural Light” accompanies corporal István Semetka, drafted into a Hungarian unit whose mission is to locate and kill Russian partisans hiding in the woodlands.Lodging

dominating performances on , LeAnn Rimes and Aloe Blacc are teaming up yet again for some new music.The pair recently collaborated on a duet of «I Do,» off Blacc's latest album,, and they recently opened up to ET's Rachel Smith about how they connected and began working on the stunning project.«The beautiful thing is we both performed on. She won, she was the very best of all of the contestants, and I got a chance to reunite with her backstage,» Blacc recalled.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian director Paolo Virzì (“Human Capital,” “Like Crazy”) has begun shooting in Rome on apocalyptic drama “Siccità,” set amid a protracted drought in the Italian capital and featuring an A-list local cast comprising Monica Bellucci, Sara Serraiocco (“Counterpart”) and Silvio Orlando (“The Young Pope”).Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Gangarossa are producing for Wildside, the Fremantle-owned company behind “The Young Pope,” “My Brilliant Friend” and “We Are

Jason Mraz continues to look for the good and give back.The 43-year-old singer has announced that through his Jason Mraz Foundation, he will awarding 25 grants in the amount of $2,000 each to various non-profits across the U.S.

Bullet Train.As reported by Deadline, the Oscar-winning actor has joined Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Andrew Koji, Masi Oka and Michael Shannon for the film.The script, written by Zak Olkewicz, is based on Japanese author Kotaro Isaka’s novel Maria Beetle.

The Lost City of D, starring Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock, is set for 2022 release.