New Delhi, Jul 31 (IANS): Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone has already expressed confidence that Tiger Shroff will put his heart and soul into the Indian "Rambo" remake. The Bollywood star says it will be a "dream come true" moment if he gets to meet his idol during the process of making the 'desi' version of the film.
Asked if he will be meeting Stallone while prepping up for the movie, Tiger told IANS over phone from Mumbai: "That will be a dream come true if I get to meet him sometime during the process of 'Rambo'."
Stallone starred in the actioner. The remake will be directed by Siddharth Anand and co-produced by M! Capital Ventures, Original Entertainment, Impact Films and Siddharth Anand Pictures.
The "Rambo" franchise first came to life in 1982 with "First Blood", which minted over $125 million worldwide. It was followed by a number of successful remakes, including the most recent "Rambo" in 2008, which earned $113 million globally.
The Indian remake will be given a 'desi' twist.
It will follow the life of the last surviving member of an elite covert unit of the Indian armed forces who returns home to discover a war waging in his own land -- and how he unleashes mayhem by becoming an unstoppable machine after tough training.
Talking about when will he start with the remake, Tiger, who joined hands with a flagship corporate social responsibility programme P&G Shiksha for a "Shiksha Superheroes" campaign earlier this month, said: "First, I have 'Baaghi 2' and 'Student of the Year 2' to finish and then will go into 'Rambo'."
Principal photography for the film is slated to start in February next year, with a release targeted for late 2018.
Jolie denies controversial casting for 'First They Killed My Father'Los Angeles, Jul 31 (IANS): Actress Angelina Jolie has refuted a magazines cover story that described a controversial casting process for her movie "First They Killed My Father". She says she is "upset" by the misconstrued report.
According to the cover story by Vanity Fair magazine, Jolie and her casting associates placed money on a table and allowed the children auditioning for the Cambodian film to take it. It claims that after taking the money, the director then "caught" the children, and forced them to explain why they needed the cash.
Srey Moch was ultimately chosen for the part.
Jolie now says that the process described in the profile was misconstrued, reports variety.com.
She says it was "a pretend exercise in an improvisation, from an actual scene in the film".
Jolie noted that she was "upset" by the allegations.
"The suggestion that real money was taken from a child during an audition is false and upsetting. I would be outraged myself if this had happened," she said.
"First They Killed My Father" is based on the 2000 book by Loung Ung. The story is a personal retelling of Ung's survival of the Pol Pot regime. The film will be released on Netflix in September.
