Parvinder Shergill to lead “The Winters Lion,” an indie film about PC Karpal Kaur Sandhu. Meanwhile, BBC iPlayer secures over 1,000 episodes of the anime series “One Piece,” launching in September.
Bollywood Fever: Parvinder Shergill has been cast to lead an indie film about the pioneering Asian-British female police officer, PC Karpal Kaur Sandhu, titled The Winters Lion.
The film, which begins shooting in the UK in spring 2025, will see Shergill take on the role of Sandhu, with further casting currently underway.
The film marks the directorial debut of Dhruv Bhatnagar, who has previously worked on Dune: Part Two, with first-time screenwriter Tharen Sawan penning the script. Shergill’s production company, Pinder Productions, known for its focus on female-centric and South Asian-led British narratives, is producing the film.
This announcement follows closely on the heels of Shergill unveiling Break a Leg, a mockumentary set in a British drama school. Earlier this year, her short film Kaur, initially created for ITVX, was sold to Netflix.
In other entertainment news, the BBC has acquired over 1,000 episodes of the popular Japanese anime series One Piece for the BBC iPlayer.
The show, dubbed in English, comes from Toei Animation and is based on Eiichido Oda’s manga series of the same name.
Since its debut in 1999, One Piece has followed the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Crew as they search for a mythical treasure that could crown Luffy as the next King of the Pirates.
The BBC, in partnership with BBC Three, will release all 10 One Piece sagas between September and December, starting with the first three sagas on Sunday, September 1. This acquisition is separate from Netflix’s live-action adaptation of One Piece, which stars Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Jacob Romero Gibson, and Taz Skyla.
Additionally, the company behind the proposed Hollywood-backed overhaul of the UK’s Marlow Film Studios is set to appeal against the recent rejection of its plans.
The project aimed to develop a major film and TV production campus on a quarry in Buckinghamshire, a move Marlow Film Studios (MFS) claimed would bring £750 million in capital investment and an additional £3.5 billion in economic investment per decade through production spending.
Despite endorsements from notable figures like Sam Mendes and James Cameron, the Buckinghamshire planning committee rejected the plans, citing the site’s designation as greenbelt land, which is protected from development under British law.
MFS plans to appeal the decision and has reiterated its call for a public inquiry, arguing that the UK faces a shortage of studio space and that the land in question is “presently unusable for domestic buildings or agriculture.”
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