Quick News: Life, NSYNC, Devils, Matrix

By
Garth Franklin
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The Life Ahead
Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to Edoardo Ponti’s “The Life Ahead,” a drama that marks Sophia Loren’s first feature in over a decade following her last appearance in Rob Marshall’s “Nine”. Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri and Massimiliano Rossi co-star in the film which will debut later this year.

Loren plays a Holocaust survivor named Madame Rosa who runs a daycare business living in seaside Italy and takes in a 12-year-old street kid named Momo after he robs her. The two loners become each other’s protectors, anchoring an unconventional family. Ponti and Ugo Chiti adapted the screenplay from Romain Gary’s book. [Source: The Wrap]

Untitled NSYNC Film
Former NSYNC singer Lance Bass will produce a currently untitled feature film about two best friends and NSYNC superfans who followed the boy band on their fourth and final national tour in 2001. Said fans did so packed in a Winnebago bought with prize money from “The Price is Right”. TriStar Pictures has acquired the project. [Source: Variety]

Devils
Sky Italia has premiered the first trailer for the thriller series “Devils” which premieres in April. NBCUniversal will distribute internationally. Based on the best-selling novel by Italian trader Guido Maria Brera, the series is set in the London-based offices of a major U.S. bank, around the time of the 2008 financial crisis.

Alessandro Borghi plays a young banker from Italy and the company’s fastest rising star. A scandal involving his drug-addicted wife threatens to ruin everything, forcing the company’s U.S.-based CEO Dominic Morgan (Patrick Dempsey) to withdraw his support. When Morgan suddenly dies, Borghi’s character is the prime suspect.

The Matrix 4
Another video from the San Francisco set of “The Matrix 4” has gone online, this one showing stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss filming a scene on a motorbike with Reeves’ long hair still present. Lana Wachowski is helming the film which will be shooting for several months to come.