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Exclusive: Christopher Plummer features in the story of a Un interpreter caught between the FBI and a criminal dynasty.

Toronto and La-based Goldove Entertainment has brought on Jeremiah Chechik to direct its thriller Little Mizz Innocent.

Goldove and Chechik are finalising a cast list ahead of an anticipated 2017 shoot; Christopher Plummer is already signed to play the antagonist.

The story centres on a seemingly innocent Un interpreter caught up in a war between the FBI and a criminal dynasty.

Chechik directed 2013 rom-com The Right Kind Of Wrong with Ryan Kwanten and has worked extensively in TV in recent years on the likes of Criminal Minds, Gossip Girl and Helix.

Goldove president and CEO Lynda McKoy is also lining up Area 51 sci-fi horror Lumina, described as being in the vein of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Chronicle.

The producers behind the upcoming $45-55m action thriller to star Olga Kurylenko are in discussions with sales agents and North American distributors.

The film currently does not have a sales agent. Last month Screendaily reported Hong Kong-based All Rights Entertainment was on board, however producer Lynda McKoy said that was not the case and no agreement had been signed. Screendaily is happy to set the record straight.

Little Mizz Innocent is set to begin pre-production in early 2016 in Canada, Austria, South Africa and China in time for a 2017 release.

Co-producers are Chris Roland of South Africa-based Zen-hq and European partner Raphael Benoliel of France’s First Step.

Christopher Plummer, Carrie Anne Moss and Tyrese Gibson will also star and Xavier Gens is attached to direct from a screenplay by Gino McKoy about a seemingly innocent Un interpreter caught in a war between the FBI and a criminal dynasty.

Lynda McKoy of Toronto and Los Angeles-based Goldove...

Films include Maniac Cop, produced by Nicolas Winding Refn, and The Discovery, starring Nicholas Hoult and Rooney Mara.

Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has secured 20 titles out of the American Film Market (Afm), which ended Wednesday.

The deals are led by the Nicolas Winding Refn-produced remake Maniac Cop directed by John Hyams and the Antonio Banderas lead thriller Faith from Wild Bunch. Both will be co-distributed with long-time associate Teleview International across the Middle East.

The Dubai-based firm, which acquires distribution rights for the Middle East and North Africa, has also closed a deal with Protagonist Pictures for The Discovery starring Nicholas Hoult and Rooney Mara; while from Hanway Films the titles include horror feature The Devil’s Candy, which debuted at Toronto, and Lone Sherfig comedy drama Their Finest Hour And A Half starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy.

From Embankment Films, Front Row has acquired the English-language remake of French...

Little Mizz Innocent

Olga Kurylenko ("Quantum of Solace," "To the Wonder") has signed on to star in Marc Forby's upcoming action-thriller "Little Mizz Innocent".

Gino McKoy penned the script in which Kurylenko plays a U.N. interpreter who gets caught in a power struggle between the FBI and a ruthless criminal dynasty. [Source: Deadline]

Miles Ahead

Keith Stanfield ("Short Term 12") will join Don Cheadle and Ewan McGregor in the Miles Davis movie "Miles Ahead" which will be Cheadle's feature directorial debut. Shooting begins next month in Cincinnati.

The story chronicles a few dangerous days in Davis’ life as the jazz icon (Cheadle) teams with a Rolling Stone journalist (McGregor) to hunt down a stolen recording intended to reignite his career. Stanfield will play Junior, an edgy but impressionable trumpet player involved in the theft. [Source: The Wrap]

Spectral

Bruce Greenwood ("Star Trek," "Thirteen Days") and Clayne Crawford ("24," "Justified") have locked in roles in...

Olga Kurylenko has signed on to star in the upcoming indie thriller Little Mizz Innocent.

The former Bond girl will play a Un interpreter who gets involved with the FBI's investigation of a crime family, according to Deadline.

Princess Kaiulani director Marc Forby is set to helm the movie, based on a script by Gino McKoy.

The film begins shooting this summer in the UK, Toronto, and China.

Kurylenko is best known for her roles in To the Wonder, Oblivion, and Vampire Academy.

She will soon be seen opposite Pierce Brosnan in November Man.

Watch a teaser for The November Man below:...

Exclusive: Quantum of Solace Bond girl Olga Kurylenko is set to star in her own action pic for director Marc Forby (Princess Kaiulani). She’ll lead the cast of indie thriller Little Mizz Innocent, about a seemingly innocent Un interpreter caught in a power struggle between the FBI and a criminal dynasty. Filming is set for this summer in Toronto, the U.K., and China. It’s the first major feature for Goldove Entertainment, a film and music shingle founded by former banking pros Hudson and Lynda McKoy, who will produce the film alongside son Gino, who wrote the script. Kurylenko’s recent credits […]...