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Stephen Fry has lined up his next feature, landing a role in the upcoming British indie film “Touche.”

From Parvinder Shergill (“Kaur”), the film — described as a “family feel good sports comedy drama” —revolves around a young British South Asian Sikh woman who decides to turn her life around by entering the world of fencing.

Shergill, who co-wrote, co-directed and co-produced “Touche,” also stars in the film, leading a cast that, alongside Fry, also includes Nina Wadia, Shazia Mirza, Paul Chowdhry, Matthew Lewis, Kayleigh-Paige Rees and Steven Pinder.

Created by Shergill, the film was co-directed with Leif Johnson and co-written with Juggy Sohal. Shergill produces for Pinder Productioins alongside co-producer Kayleigh-Paige Rees for Raspberry Films. Executive producers includes Shams A Akhtar, Gina Bariah and Jeevan Singh. The film’s music was produced by Rowan Bradley, while the feature was made in association with the Knightsbridge Fencing Club in London.

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Danny Sutcliffe, Clint Boon and Smug Roberts star in Leif Johnson’s screwball comedy, out in March. Here’s the trailer and more details on Mr Doom – Behind The 8 Ball.

Leif Johnson’s feature debut, Mr Doom – Behind The 8 Ball, has a hell of a premise. The film sets out to reimagine “The Color of Money in a small-town setting, with a modern-day spaghetti western twist, where pistols are swapped for pool cues.”

The comedy stars Danny Sutcliffe, Danny Parsons, Clint Boon and Smug Roberts and the film has been on Johnson’s mind for a long time.

“I feel like I’ve been preparing for this film my entire life. I came up with the concept for Mr Doom – Behind the 8 Ball in lockdown, when I was looking to devise something with minimal locations to ensure we could move ahead with production, but, once I had the idea, it...