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  • Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix show ‘The Get Down’ gets its leading lady

    Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix show ‘The Get Down’ gets its leading lady

    MUMBAI: Following on the heels of Claire Danes, Nicole Kidman and Carey Mulligan, Baz Luhrmann has discovered his new leading lady, who will make her acting debut in The Get Down, Luhrmann’s new Netflix Original Series set to debut in 2016. 

     

    Herizen Guardiola will star as Mylene Cruz, a shining, tenacious girl with a voice from God who dreams of disco stardom from the confines of her family’s fiercely religious church walls. An 18-year-old singer/songwriter, Herizen will make her acting debut in The Get Down. 

     

    Says Luhrmann, “So many really talented actors were seen to play the lead female role of Mylene Cruz, daughter of Reverend Ramon Cruz and niece of Papa Filipe Fuerte Cruz in The Get Down. It’s always thrilling to find a fresh unknown talent, particularly one who is not only a terrific actor but a magnificent vocalist. The entire The Get Down team welcome Herizen Guardiola into our story.” 

     

    Previously announced cast members include Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Skylan Brooks and Tremaine Brown, Jr. 

     

    The Get Down will focus on 1970s New York City – broken down and beaten up, violent, cash strapped – dying. Consigned to rubble, a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers are nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them – except each other, armed only with verbal games, improvised dance steps, some magic markers and spray cans. From Bronx tenements, to the SoHo art scene; from CBGBs to Studio 54 and even the glass towers of the just-built World Trade Center, The Get Down is a mythic saga of how New York at the brink of bankruptcy gave birth to hip-hop, punk and disco – told through the lives and music of the South Bronx kids who changed the city, and the world…forever. 

     

    Luhrmann, will direct the first two episodes and the season finale and serve as executive producer. The series is also executive produced by Catherine Martin, Paul Watters, Thomas Kelly, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Shawn Ryan and Marney Hochman. 

     

    The 13-episode music-driven drama from Sony Pictures Television will debut in all Netflix territories in 2016.

  • ‘The Great Gatsby’ leads Australian Academy nominations

    ‘The Great Gatsby’ leads Australian Academy nominations

    Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, based on F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic, leads the nominees for the third annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) honors, scoring a total of 14 nominations in almost all categories, including best film and best director.

     

    The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan who have both picked up best acting nominations, while Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki and Isla Fisher are nominated in the supporting actor and actress categories.

     

    Other best film nominees include Satellite Boy from Catriona McKenzie, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this year; Ivan Sen’s Outback crime drama Mystery Road, and Tony Krawitz’ Greece-set drama Dead Europe.

     

    The 3rd AACTA Awards will be held on 20 January in Sydney.

  • Amitabh Bachchan wins over Hollywood critics in ‘The Great Gatsby’

    Amitabh Bachchan wins over Hollywood critics in ‘The Great Gatsby’

    MUMBAI: Bollywood‘s icon Amitabh Bachchan recently won over Hollywood‘s most renowned critics, with his special appearance in the film ‘The Great Gatsby‘ directed by Auteur Baz Luhrmann.

    According to the sources the liveliest work in the film by far comes from two actors with only a few minutes of screen time between them: the agile, long-limbed newcomer Elizabeth Debicki as gabby golf pro Jordan Baker, and, in a single scene that marks his belated Hollywood debut, the living legend Bachchan as the flamboyant Jewish gambler.

    As per the media reports Big B himself was ever his modest self when he didn‘t charge anything for the film.A source close to Bachchan says, "He‘s extremely delighted with the way the film has shaped up. And even though his role may not be as big, he has left a mark and in his own style has made an impact."

    The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan as main leads.

  • The Great Gatsby set to release by May

    The Great Gatsby set to release by May

    MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan‘s debut international project The Great Gatsby that is in its post-production stage is scheduled to release by May this year.

    “Baz Luhrmann calls to update on ‘Great Gatsby‘… Final settings being done… Should be out May … Hope to see a print in April!” Bachchan posted on Twitter.

    The film has Bachchan playing Meyer Wolfsheim, a man with a dark past who helps the film‘s lead Leonardo DiCaprio‘s character make money when he first comes to New York after the First World War.

    The much anticipated film is an adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald‘s classic of the same name and also stars Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire and Joel Edgerton in important roles.