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Exclusive: Frank Grillo action film Mr-9: Do or Die has struck a North American distribution deal with Canadian outfit Swapna Scarecrow.

Swapna is due to release the film in 150 screens in U.S. and Canada on August 25, the same day it will be released in Bangladesh by Jaaz Multimedia. Above and below are first look images from the film.

The project was shot in Bangladesh and the U.S. and co-stars Bangladeshi actor Abm Sumon. Also starring are Michael Jai White, Sakshi Pradhan, Matt Passmore and Niko Foster.

LA-based sales company Premiere Entertainment world sales. Producers are Chasing Butterflies Pictures, Jaaz Multimedia, The Film Post, Al Bravo Films and Mr-9 Films.

Based on the popular Bangladeshi spy novel series Masud Rana, the film charts the story of spy Mr-9, a skilled and veteran spy with a muddled past. He is chosen to join forces with an elite group of international agents.

Exclusive: Premiere Entertainment has snapped up world rights to the action-thriller Mr-9: Do Or Die, starring Frank Grillo, Michael Jai White, and Abm Sumon.

Filmmaker Asif Akbar directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Nazim Ud Daula and Abdul Aziz. The film is based on the popular spy thriller novels by the late Bangladeshi writer Qazi Anwar Hussain. Hussain published 550 novels in the series, which was modeled after the James Bond series. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but we understand Sumon plays the lead character Masud Rana, a secret agent under the codename Mr-9 for the Bangladesh Counter Intelligence Agency.

Bangladesh-based Jaaz Multimedia, Al Bravo Films, and Chasing Butterflies Pictures have teamed up for the production in association with The Film Post. Executive producers are Niko Foster, Peter Nguyen and Phillip B. Goldfine. The pic is currently in post-production and was shot last summer across Las Vegas,...

Exclusive: Cara Santana (Vida) has signed on to star alongside Marcia Gay Harden, Halston Sage, Andrew Richardson and Aidan Quinn in Annette Haywood-Carter’s indie comedy Daughter of the Bride (w/t) for MarVista Entertainment and Particular Crowd.

The film currently in production centers on Diane (Harden) and Kate (Sage) — mother and daughter and inseparable friends, whose lives are turned upside down when mom announces her engagement to a mystery man (Quinn) that she’s been dating for only a few weeks. In a series of comical events, Kate must come to terms with letting her mother be happy with someone else while she navigates her own love life and career aspirations. Kate subconsciously tries to sabotage the wedding plans, despite officiating the ceremony, and unexpectedly meets a mystery man (Richardson) of her own that seems too good to be true.

Karen Bloch Morse wrote the script. The film is...

Exclusive: Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight), Abm Sumon (Dhoka) and Matt Passmore (Jigsaw) are among cast joining Frank Grillo (Captain America) in Asif Akbar’s spy thriller Mr-9, which is now underway.

Grillo’s son Remy Grillo will make his acting feature debut on the project which is shooting in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Also starring will be Sakshi Pradhan (Poison), Niko Foster (Army Of One), Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots), Oleg Prudius (Wolf Warrior 2), Jackie Siegel (The Queen of Versailles), Anisur Rahman Milon (The Last Thakur) and Shahidul Alam Sachchu.

Writer-director Asif Akbar’s spy action-thriller is based on the popular Masud Rana novels written by late novelist Qazi Anwar Hussain. Plot details are being kept under wraps but we understand Grillo will play the nemesis of secret agent Rana — code name Mr-9 — of the Bangladesh Counter Intelligence Agency.

Bangladeshi actor Abm Sumon will be the...

ALTBalaji?s, multi-starrer, horror comedy Booo? Sabki Phategi is all set to spook you and tickle your funny bones at the same time. Launching today, the 8-episode web series, the first of its kind from India, is already making headlines for its stellar ensemble cast and the rib-tickling yet eerie trailer. Making digital debuts with it, Tusshar Kapoor and Mallika Sherawat will be seen sharing screen space after 17 years. Directed by Farhad Samji, who is best known as the co-writer of the Golmaal and Housefull franchises, the web series also features celebrated actors like Sanjay Mishra, Shefali Jariwala, Krushna Abhishek, Ashwini Kalsekar, Kiku Sharda, Mukesh Tiwari, Vipul Roy, Anil Charanjeet, Shweta Gulati, Saba Saudagar and Sakshi Pradhan. Making a grand entry into a completely new genre, ALTBalaji?s horror comedy Booo? Sabki Phategi is now streaming on ALTBalaji.

Known for his impeccable comic timing, Tusshar Kapoor quipped, ?This is my digital debut,...

Bhopal, April 6: After creating and refuting many controversies on popular shows like MTV’s ‘Splitsvilla’ and Colors’ ‘Bigg Boss’, Sakshi Pradhan is back in the news again.

Sakshi has been reportedly signed in to do a Hindi film by director Hemant Dasgupta. So far so good, but Sakshi claims that the movie is apparently going to be shot in one day only. This is an experimental film and Sakshi is positively sure that it is going to create waves in the Bollywood industry as nothing of this sort has ever been attempted before. The shooting will begin and wrap up on the same day as per Sakshi’s claims. She goes on to add.