White Devil
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE
John Willis was the most notorious gangster in Asian organized crime – and, even more remarkably, the first white man to rise so high in this insular underworld. He was once just another hockey-playing Catholic kid in a working-class Boston neighborhood. But now they knew him here as Bac Guai John. White Devil.
Starting in his teens, he muscled his way up through the ranks to become what U.S. Attorney Timothy E. Moran later called “the kingpin, organizer and leader of a vast conspiracy.” His business was oxycodone, the opioid known as pharmaceutical heroin. In less than two years, he trafficked over 260,000 pills up from Florida to the Northeast for profits of more than $4 million – though Willis puts the numbers at “10 times that.”
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Aleppo
DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD
Olivia Munn (X-Men Apocalypse) is attached to play the lead in feature drama Aleppo, the story of a Syrian refugee and a UN journalist (Munn), brought together by tragedy and their escape from Syria.
Currently in pre-production, the film from LA-based producer MiLu Entertainment will be directed by Brazilian filmmaker David Schurmann from an original script by Beto Dantas.
Attached crew include Oscar-wining art director/set decorator Brigitte Broch (Moulin Rouge) and Golden Globe-nominated composer Antonio Pinto (Despedida), with Juan Bergaz of Bergaz Productions serving as executive producer. Schurmann previously directed Brazilian Foreign Language Oscar entry Little Secret(Pequeno Segredo).
“Olivia is a strong, dynamic leading actress, whose passion for the project under David’s direction will bring this powerful and important story to life,” said producer Andre L III, CEO of MiLu Entertainment.
The announcement follows Munn’s recent casting as the lead in action movie Replayand social drama The Gateway, which is currently in post-production. MiLu Entertainment’s development slate also includes thriller The Thicket which has Peter Dinklage, Noomi Rapace, Sophia Lillis and Charlie Plummer attached.
Aleppo
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Olivia Munn to Star in ‘Aleppo’ Syrian Refugee Drama. The ‘Newsroom’ star will play a U.N. journalist in David Schurmann’s indie for MiLu Entertainment.
Olivia Munn is attached to play the lead in Aleppo, a Syrian refugee drama from MiLu Entertainment. Director David Schurmann’s drama tells the story of a Syrian boy refugee and a U.N. journalist, played by Munn, brought together by tragedy as they escape Syria to survive.
Munn is also set to star in the action title Replay, and the social drama The Gateway, currently in post-production. Beto Dantas penned the script for Aleppo for Brazliian director Schurmann.
Oscar-winning art director Brigitte Broch and composer Antonio Pinto are also attached to the project, with Juan Bergaz of Bergaz Productions serving as executive producer.
Schurmann directed the Brazilian indie Little Secret. MiLu Entertainment is also producing The Thicket, which stars Peter Dinklage, Noomi Rapace, Sophia Lillis, Charlie Plummer.
MiLu is currently handling sales rights for Aleppo. Munn is represented by Atlas Artists and CAA.