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I don’t watch action movies on Netflix if I don’t have to write about them. I know that sounds snobbish, but can you really blame my stance? Every year, the streaming platform unleashes a barrage of projects, most of which look like they’ve been shot in a parking lot covered with green screens, and it’s really tough to sift through them to find a gem. So, unless I’m getting paid for it, I don’t make the effort. In 2022, though, I made an exception when I saw the poster for Lost Bullet 2. I don’t know why, but the title, the actors, and the promise of some vehicular mayhem piqued my interest. Of course, I had to watch Lost Bullet before that. Hence, I reluctantly pressed play, fully expecting to be disappointed. However, by the time my viewing session ended, I realized that I...

French director Jérôme Salle, known for films including Zulustarring Orlando Bloom,Largo Winch,andAnthony Zimmerstarring Sophie Marceau and Yvan Attal,has launched film and TV production company Syzygy, backed by Paris-based production and distribution powerhouse Federation Studios.

Syzgy’s first project is the English-language thriller seriesOkavango,based on the novel of the same name by Caryl Ferey about wild animal trafficking in South Africa.Ferey also wrote the novel ‘Zulu’ on which Salle’s 2013 film was based.

Salle will produce each project as well as taking on a showrunner or director role where appropriate.

Federation Studios, which has a 51% stake in Syzgy,...

Years after the word “kompromat” had its moment in the popular imagination during a certain Special Counsel investigation, Jérôme Salle’s thriller of the same name arrives as a nerve-racking reminder of just how life-ruining being targeted by the Russian government might actually be. Salle, who co-wrote the film with Caryl Férey, opens the proceedings with a helpful definition for the uninitiated — “documents used to destroy someone’s reputation” — as well as important context: “Kompromat” is based on a true story, though the principals are unnamed. The result is cold but competent, which, whether intentional or not, is ultimately apropos of the subject matter.

Mathieu (Gilles Lellouche), a French arts ambassador working in Siberia, inadvertently runs afoul of his host country’s government and is raided by the Fsb (the modern-day Kgb) as a result. His actual “crime” would appear to be dancing with the wrong woman (Joanna Kulig of...

Kompromat Trailer — Jerome Salle‘s Kompromat (2022) US movie trailer has been released by Magnolia Pictures and Magnet Releasing. The Kompromat trailer stars Gilles Lellouche, Joanna Kulig, Mikhail Gorevoy, Aleksey Gorbunov, Elisa Lasowski, and Danila Vorobyev. Crew Caryl Ferey and Jérôme Salle wrote the screenplay for Kompromat. Plot Synopsis Kompromat‘s plot synopsis: “Based on incredible true events, Jérome [...]

Continue reading: Kompromat (2022) US Movie Trailer: A Framed Diplomat Tries to Escape from Siberia & Russia’s Fsb in Jerome Salle’s Thriller...

London, April 19: Orlando Bloom has revealed that he will be playing "grittier roles" now on.

The former husband of Miranda Kerr said that his role as Legolas in the final part of the Hobbit trilogy will be his last family film for a while as he plans on taking up grittier roles, the Independent reported.

Bloom will be seen playing the role of an alcoholic pill-popping detective in Zulu, which is French director Jerome Salle's adaptation of a novel by Caryl Ferey. (Ani)...

Orlando Bloom has spoken about his role in forthcoming drama Zulu.

The actor, 36, explained that he bares all for the movie and that fans will "get to see the full Orlando Bloom".

Speaking on Watch What Happens Live, Bloom said: "Earlier this year I spent about seven days on set wearing just a c**k sock because I'm nude.

"It's a film called Zulu and it stars myself and Forest Whitaker. It's directed by this fantastic French director called Jerome Salle. We premiered it at Cannes."

Set in apartheid-era Cape Town, Bloom and Whitaker are cops investigating the murder of an 18-year-old girl. Whitaker's character Ali Sokhela narrowly escaped being murdered as a child by a militant political group, and has since become chief of Cape Town's homicide division.

He joins forces with Bloom's "free-wheeling white officer" to investigate the murder of the young woman, who is the daughter of a feted rugby player.

Forest Whitaker may still be riding high from the success of his performance in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, but it looks like he’s getting the chance to add another film to the gruffer side of his resume with Jérôme Salle‘s Zulu. In the French-subtitled (and Nsfw) trailer, Whitaker and Orlando Bloom play homicide detectives in Cape Town, South Africa, where the duo deals with combating crime in a city still reeling from the after effects of apartheid. But they quickly discover the worst criminals of all are the government itself, which is working on building a chemical “race bomb,” designed to detonate and prevent an increase in the black population. The trailer contains a whole lot of gun slinging and swearing, set to a powerful Alexandre Desplat (Zero Dark Thirty) score. Check out the trailer for yourself: It’s a compelling concept, for sure (based on the novel by Caryl Férey of the same name...

A red-band French trailer has arrived for Zulu, a South Africa-set thriller based on Caryl Férey’s novel of the same name. The film, directed by Jérôme Salle, was the closing night film of this year’s Cannes Film Festival in May, and though it is currently without North American distribution, it is probably only a matter of time before it gets picked up. Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom play partners in Cape Town’s homicide branch, who uncover a conspiracy that could curb the black population. You can watch the moody trailer below.

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Though Forest Whitaker looks he’s headed back to the Kodak Theater with the sincere “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” the Oscar-winning actor looks to be getting into rough-and-tumble mode with the Jérôme Salle-helmed “Zulu.” A French (and somewhat Nsfw) trailer (via Shadow and Act) has arrived online for the South Africa-set crime thriller, and it looks like pretty compelling stuff. Watch it below. The Cannes closing night film was adapted from Caryl Férey’s novel of the same name and follows Whitaker as head of the homicide branch in Cape Town and Orlando Bloom as his partner as the two struggle to combat crime in a city still dealing with the fallout of apartheid. It looks like they uncover a "Chinatown"-ish conspiracy, too, this one involving the government's secret plans on detonating a "race bomb" that would curb the black population.It looks like Whitaker has gotten...

It closed the 66th Cannes Film Festival in May, where it made its World Premiere. Now here's the first trailer for Zulu, starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom - a crime caper set in a Cape Town, South Africa, which is based on French author Caryl Férey’s award winning novel of the same name. The film is directed by French helmer Jérôme Salle - his first film in English. Recapping... Set against the backdrop of post-apartheid South Africa, Whitaker and Bloom play two South African police officers on opposing sides of the apartheid divide, who work together to fight crime. Here's the production...

It'll close the 66th Festival Canne Film Festival this week, where it's making its World Premiere. Here's your first look at Zulu, a film that we've been tracking for about a year now, since it was first announced, starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom in a Cape Town, South Africa-set crime drama, which is based on French author Caryl Férey’s award winning novel of the same name. The film is directed by French helmer Jérôme Salle - his first film in English. Recapping... Set against the backdrop of post-apartheid South Africa, Whitaker and Bloom play two South African police officers on opposing sides of...

Directed by Jérôme Salle (The Burma Conspiracy), Zulu has been selected as the Closing Night Film for this year’s 66th Cannes Film Festival.

Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby will be bookending the festival at the opposite end when it opens in mid-May.

And with Salle’s anticipated dramatic crime/thriller on the cusp of its debut, we’ve got the first image of its leading duo, Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker, to share.

Cape Town, 2010. A mutilated corpse is discovered in the city’s botanical gardens. As chief of police, Ali Neuman investigates the mysterious circumstances surrounding the macabre murder of the daughter of former rugby champion Stewart Weitz, he makes a startling discovery. A drug whose composition is unknown appears to be the cause of the homicide…

Salle is directing from a script he co-wrote with past collaborator Julien Rappeneau (The Burma Conspiracy, 36), adapting the original novel by Caryl Férey.

The 66th Festival de Cannes will close on 26th May with a screening of the thriller Zulu, shot entirely on location in South Africa by Jérôme Salle and adapted from the novel of the same name by Caryl Férey. The action takes place in Cape Town, in a South Africa still overshadowed by apartheid, where destitute townships rubs shoulders with affluent neighbourhoods. Two cops on the beat, Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean by Gore Verbinski, Lord of the Rings by Peter Jackson) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland by Kevin McDonald, Ghost Dog, La Voie du Samouraï by Jim Jarmush) are caught up in a suspenseful search which combines elements of political film noir and social study (…). To read more go to www.festival-cannes.fr Follow Hollywood News on Twitter for up-to-date news information. Hollywood News, Hollywood Awards, Awards, Movies, News, Award News, Breaking News, Entertainment News,...

The 66th Festival de Cannes will close on 26th May, 2013, with the screening of a thriller Zulu by Jérôme Salle. The film is shot entirely on location in South Africa and has been adapted from the novel of the same name by Caryl Férey. It stars Orlando Bloom (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Lord Of The Rings) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King Of Scotland, Read More...

As we coast into the start of the summer blockbuster season and start to see the release of huge films like Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, Fast & Furious 6 and The Hangover Part III hit theaters, we must also remember that the season will also open with one of the biggest, most prestigious independent film events in the world. The Cannes Film Festival, held annually since 1946, is getting ready to start up on May 15th and will run until May 26 with Steven Spielberg serving as President of the Jury. It was previously revealed that Baz Luhrmann's anticipated adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby will be opening this year's events, but today we've learned which film will be closing them. The Los Angeles Times reports that Zulu, the South African movie based on the novel by Caryl Ferey and directed and co-adapted by Jerome Salle, will...

The 66th Festival de Cannes will close on 26th May with a screening of the thriller Zulu, shot entirely on location in South Africa by Jérôme Salle and adapted from...

Zulu will close this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Set in apartheid-era Cape Town, Jérôme Salle's drama stars Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker as cops investigating the murder of an 18-year-old girl.

Whitaker's character Ali Sokhela narrowly escaped being murdered as a child by a militant political group, and has since become chief of Cape Town's homicide division.

He joins forces with Bloom's "free-wheeling white officer" to investigate the murder of the young woman, who is the daughter of a feted rugby player.

Salle and Julien Rappeneau adapted the script from Caryl Ferey's novel of the same name.

Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby will open this year's festival, while Steven Spielberg will lead the jury.

The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 15-26.

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Still from “Zulu”

The 66th Festival de Cannes will close on 26th May with a screening of the thriller Zulu, directed by French filmmaker Jérôme Salle and adapted from the novel of the same name by Caryl Férey.

The film is shot entirely on location in South Africa. The action takes place in Cape Town, in a South Africa still overshadowed by apartheid, where destitute townships rubs shoulders with affluent neighbourhoods. Two cops on the beat, Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean by Gore Verbinski, Lord of the Rings by Peter Jackson) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland by Kevin McDonald, Ghost Dog, La Voie du Samouraï by Jim Jarmush) are caught up in a suspenseful search which combines elements of political film noir and social study.

The 66th Festival de Cannes opens on 15th May with Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby and with Steven Spielberg as President of the Competition Jury.

Zulu, a suspenseful political thriller that stars Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker as South African police officers, will close the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 26. Based on the award-winning novel by Caryl Férey and directed by Jérome Salle, the movie digs deep into the urban underbelly of post-apartheid South Africa when a girl is brutally mutilated.

Cannes begins on May 15, with Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby scheduled to open the festival. Steven Spielberg will preside over this year’s jury.

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It was announced this morning that Zulu would be the closing night film at this year's Cannes Film Festival next month. With that in mind, here's a look at the book the film is based on, and how it might translate to the screen. It was posted a year ago, when the project was first announced. Note: Forest Whitaker replaced Djimon Hounsou in the film. After reading Tambay’s post announcing the casting of Djimon Hounsou in an adaptation of Caryl Férey’s critically acclaimed novel, Zulu (found Here), coupled with a comment that referred to the partnering of Hounsou and Orlando Bloom as “Lethal Weapon IX” (it’s not…really, it isn’t), I decided to read the novel. As per the synopsis...

We're almost a month away from the start of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, meaning the official selection is going to be announced soon. In advance of that announcement, they've revealed the film chosen to close the festival on May 26th - Zulu, starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom, directed by Jérôme Salle (seen above). It's well known that closing night films are usually the more weaker fare, but this sounds interesting nonetheless. Cannes also released a first look photo (seen below) of Bloom and Whitaker along with details on the film playing at the festival this May. Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby will kick things off May 15th. Zulu, co-written and directed by Jérôme Salle (of Anthony Zimmer, The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch, The Burma Conspiracy) adapted from the novel of the same name by Caryl Férey, is a thriller shot entirely on location in South Africa. The...

This is interesting, unless my memory is faulty, I don't remember the closing night film for the Cannes Film Festival ever being announced prior to the line-up being announced. This year the 2013 Cannes Film Festival line-up will be announced on Thursday, April 18 and we already know Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby will open the fest, but now Deadline is reporting Jerome Salle's Zulu starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom will serve as the closing night feature. Zulu is based on the novel by Caryl Ferey and was shot in South Africa. Taking place in Cape Town, Whitaker and Bloom play cops investigating the murder of two women. Here's a lengthier synopsis: As a child, Ali Neuman (Whitaker) narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors,...

A week ahead of the announcement of its official competition, the Cannes Film Festival has announced the closing night film of its 66th edition. Jérôme Salle’s "Zulu," which stars Forest Whitaker, Orlando Bloom and Tanya van Graan, has been set to finish off the festival on May 26th. Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" had already been announced as the opening night selection. "Zulu" is a South Africa set crime drama based on French author Caryl Férey’s novel. Whitaker and Bloom play two South African police officers on opposite sides of the apartheid divide who end up working together. It marks Salle's first film in English. The film is a co-production between the UK, France and South Africa by Pathé, M6 Films, and Lobster Film. The 66th Cannes Film Festival runs May 15-26. Its full lineup will be announced next Thursday.

I certainly didn't see this one coming! It didn't make my Cannes 2013 predictions list, so it's a surprise. And the fact that it's also going to be the closing night film is kind of a big deal. The 66th Festival de Cannes just announced that it will close on May 26 with a screening of the thriller Zulu. A film that we've been tracking for about a year now, since it was first announced, stars Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom in a Cape Town, South Africa-set crime drama, which is based on French author Caryl Férey’s award winning crime novel of the same name. The film is directed by French helmer Jérôme...

Currently in post-production, here's your first official look at Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom (photo above and photo below) in the Cape Town, South Africa-set crime drama Zulu, which is based on French author Caryl Férey’s award winning crime novel of the same name. The film is being directed by French helmer Jérôme Salle - his first film in English. Also worth noting is that the film will be 1 of 5 films that Pathé International will screen previews of for distributors at the European Film Market at the 63rd Berlinale early next month. Recapping... Set...

We've been seeing Africa in quite a few films lately, from the sci-fi extravaganza that was District 9 to the gritty social commentary of Blood Diamond, to the recently released (and reviewed) Safe House.  It doesn't seem like a trend about to break, as it's been reported by Movie Hole that actors Djimon Hounsou and Orlando Bloom have signed on to star in the South African mystery thriller Zulu, based on the novel by Caryl Ferey.

Orlando Bloom and Djimon Hounsou are teaming for an adaptation of Caryl Ferey's novel "Zulu" reports Screen Daily.

Not to be confused with the famous 1964 war film of the same name with Michael Caine, the story has the duo playing Cape Town police officers who investigate the murder of a 18 year-old girl.

Said girl is the daughter of a player on the country's championship-winning Springboks rugby team, and the killing reveals ties to the country’s apartheid past.

Jérôme Salle directs the project which begins shooting in July.

Orlando Bloom is more than just a pretty face. Though yes, he's definitely that too. But this dark and dreamy thesp has just signed on for a meaty role alongside Djimon Hounsou in the crime drama "Zulu."

Helmed by Jerome Salle (the force behind "The Tourist"), the flick will be adapted from the novel by Caryl Ferey.

The story follows two Cape Town police officers (Bloom and Hounsou, of course) tasked with investigating the murder of an 18-year-old girl who happens to be the daughter of a member of the championship-winning Springboks rugby team. Soon, however, the investigation goes far beyond this single murder to reveal ties to the country's apartheid past.

Sounds like these two may have bitten off more than they could chew.

Word on the street is that Salle has enlisted his regular writing partner Julien Rappeneau to help adapt the story, which means it's more likely...

Orlando Bloom hasn't exactly had the best time of it at the multiplex in recent years. After his successful run in the Lotr and Pirates franchises ended, he's had a few decent films, but nothing that stood out. So he'll likely be hoping for better things with Jerome Salle's Zulu, which finds him teaming up with Djimon Hounsou.

Salle, who directed Anthony Zimmer (which was badly remade as The Tourist) and The Burma Conspiracy, has worked with regular co-writer Julien Rappeneau to adapt Caryl Ferey's novel, set in post-Apartheid South Africa.

Bloom and Hounsou will play a pair of South African coppers who investigate crimes including the murder of 18-year-old Nicole Wiese, the daughter of a championship Springbok rugby team player. Suffice to say, things just get darker from there.

Zulu is set to start filming in Cape Town this July. Bloom, who was last seen in The Three Musketeers,...

Orlando Bloom hasn’t exactly had the best time of it at the multiplex in recent years. After his successful run in the Lotr and Pirates franchises ended, he’s had a few decent films, but nothing that stood out. So he’ll likely be hoping for better things with Jerome Salle’s Zulu, which finds him teaming up with Djimon Hounsou.Salle, who directed Anthony Zimmer (which was badly remade as The Tourist) and The Burma Conspiracy, has worked with regular co-writer Julien Rappeneau to adapt Caryl Ferey’s novel, set in post-Apartheid South Africa.Bloom and Hounsou will play a pair of South African coppers who investigate crimes including the murder of 18-year-old Nicole Wiese, the daughter of a championship Springbok rugby team player. Suffice to say, things just get darker from there.Zulu is set to start filming in Cape Town this July. Bloom, who was last seen in The Three Musketeers,...