Actor Dwayne Johnson is set to star in and produce the action drama Free Byrd, the latest feature from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s production banner Artists Equity. Greg Kwedar, whose films Sing Sing and Train Dreams earned back-to-back Academy Award nominations, will direct the movie and rewrite the screenplay, according to Variety. Free Byrd will see Johnson as a Las Vegas motorcycle stuntman, who conceals his dementia diagnosis from those around him, including his mechanic brother, as he prepares for one final high-risk jump. The screenplay was originally written by Jon Boyer and featured on the Black List, an annual survey of Hollywood’s most-liked unproduced screenplays. (PTI)
Emmy Awards: The Pitt, Pluribus poised to compete for top honours
Pluribus could be a record-setting freshman, The Pitt could have a dominant sophomore season and Hacks is set for a graduation celebration as Emmy nominations are announced Wednesday morning. Recent winners Liza Colon-Zayas and Jeff Hiller are set to name the nominees at the Television Academy in Los Angeles. The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing on NBC, will be held September 14 at the Peacock Theater, the longtime Emmys home that will soon also be home to the Oscars. Mariska Hargitay, who for decades has been one of NBC’s standard bearers as the star of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, will host. (AP)
Madhavan-starrer GDN’s first single The Rise of GDN released!
The makers of director Krishnakumar Ramakumar’s eagerly awaited period film, GDN, featuring actor Madhavan in the lead, on Wednesday released the first single from the film — a pulsating track called The Rise of GDN, much to the delight of fans and film buffs. Taking to its social media timelines to share the first single, production house Dharma Productions wrote, ‘Turn up the volume. The rise begins now! #TheRiseOfGDN is out now!’ (IANS)
