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Sunny Leone's 'Leela' a family drama!
Filmmaker Bobby Khan has roped in Sunny Leone for his "Leela" and says his directorial debut is a clean family drama, but adds that the actress' glamour quotient will be high and he would try for an U/A certificate for the movie. "The script of the film is very strong and it's a clean family drama, but we do understand that since Sunny is part of the project, there is a lot of expectation from the audience, so I can't cheat my audience," Bobby told reporters. The film has been widely shot in Rajasthan. Talking about Sunny's look in the film, Bobby said: "Sunny plays three characters in the film, so she has three different looks. I can assure you that Sunny will be seen in a never-seen-before avatar on the celluloid. I have tried to make her look like a Bollywood heroine and I hope the audience accepts it."
NEHA DHUPIA turns anchor, mentor for 'Kingfisher Supermodels 2'
Actress and former beauty queen Neha Dhupia has turned anchor for 'Kingfisher Supermodels 2', where she will also mentor 10 supermodels who will battle it out through various challenges. The show, scheduled to air from Nov 8, will feature a series of 13 episodes. Viewers will get to witness unconventional photoshoots with intense competition as the beauties will fight their way to win the most coveted title. The last season was hosted by model-actress Lisa Haydon. Earlier, the show was called "Hunt for Kingfisher Calender Girl", and it gave a jump start to many popular faces like Angela Johnson, Himarsha Venkatswamy, Ketholeno Kense and Nathalia Kaur in the Indian fashion world.
DWAYNE JOHNSON SET TO HEADLINE 'BAYWATCH' MOVIE
There's been talk about making a Baywatch movie for many years now. Jay Sherick and David Ronn (The Smurfs) first took a crack at the idea back in 2005 with an action-focused script. Jeremy Garelick (The Break-Up) was then hired to rewrite that script into a comedy four years later. A year after that, the rights moved to Paramount, where Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka (The Sitter) worked on a script supposedly in the style of Charlie's Angels, and the most recent screenwriters to talk about the project were Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant (Reno 911!) about a year ago. For some reason, no one seems to be able to nail down a Baywatch movie, which makes today's news all the more surprising. THR reports the project is again back on at Paramount, and now Dwayne Johnson is loosely attached to star. Justin Malen (Bad Teacher 2) will rewrite the script, and popular comedy writers Sean Anders and John Morris (We're the Millers) are set to direct. A date for release has not been announced.
TOM HIDDLESTON TO STAR IN KING KONG ORIGIN PIC 'SKULL ISLAND'
Legendary Entertainment's “Skull Island” is getting ready to roar, as it has tapped Tom Hiddleston to star in and Jordan Vogt-Roberts to direct the feature film based on the origins of King Kong. The film will focus on the giant gorilla's mysterious and dangerous world — something previous films in the genre have only touched on. Max Borenstein, who also wrote the screenplay for Legendary's “Godzilla” reboot, penned the first draft. Hiddleston, who is best known for his role in the Thor movies and in the Avengers, will also star in Legendary's upcoming “Crimson Peak” horror film from director Guillermo del Toro. Universal Pictures will distribute the film on November 4, 2016.The horror-romance also stars Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam and Mia Wasikowska.
KATRINA KAIF to enter Madame Tussauds?
After a host of Bollywood beauties such as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Madhuri Dixit Nene, it's now Katrina Kaif's turn to enter the famous Madame Tussauds wax museum in London. According to reports, Bollywood's Barbie Doll has been invited by the museum authorities to install a wax statue of her at their London centre. However, as of now there is no official confirmation either from the actress or from the museum authorities. The reports suggest that talks between the two are underway, and a decision will reportedly be taken next week. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was the first Bollywood star to make his presence felt at the house of wax in 2000 and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the first female Bollywood actor to make it to the museum.
ALI ZAFAR BEEFS UP FOR 'KILL DIL'
After losing weight for 'Chashme Baddoor', Pakistani actor Ali Zafar had to work out hard to get a beefed-up frame for 'Kill Dil'. Normally, there are actors who lose weight for parts. But Ali went into reverse gear as he had to put on seven to eight kg for the Shaad Ali-directorial. Explaining his decision to bulk up, Ali said: “I had actually lost a lot of weight for 'Chashme Baddoor' to look like a college student. For 'Kill Dil', I needed a more mature and more beefy look.” Ali constantly pumped iron in the gym. The 34-year-old, who was last seen in the failed comedy "Total Siyappa", says he thoroughly enjoyed working with Shaad Ali on 'Kill Dil' and doing the buddy-buddy thing with Ranveer Singh in the film.
COULD LUKE BRACEY BE THE NEW CYCLOPS?
With Singer back in the director's chair and the cataclysmic conclusion to the First Class trilogy in play, X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) faces the unenviable task of bringing the current storyline centered on the younger versions of Professor X, Magneto and Mystique to a close and introducing new mutants into the franchise to carry it forward. First though, the film has to recast some of its returning characters. Original Cyclops actor James Marsden told Yahoo! Movies that Luke Bracey, who plays a younger version of Marsden's character in upcoming romantic drama The Best of Me, would be a good choice to pick up his rose-colored visor. Or did he? Here's what he had to say: “Yeah, that'd be great if Luke Bracey took over as Cyclops! Then he could just eventually take over being me. Then I would never get another role as long as I live!”
SHERLOCK HOLMES 3 film in the works
Robert Downey Jr. has confirmed that third film of 'Sherlock' series is under development. The 'Iron Man' star, who participated in the famous Reddit AMA to promote his upcoming film 'The Judge', said that they want it to be the best of the series, so that's a pretty tall order and that Perry Mason is a property he's looking forward to developing further, going back to the 1931 book series, reportedly. He said that the new film will mine the original material for things that are 'new', in the same way that they did with the first two films. Downey's co-star Jude Law had hinted last year that they had a meeting, the three of them, and he thinks it's being written now.
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