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INDIE period hit “Lady Mac-beth” leads the nominations for this year’s British Indepen-dent Film Awards, which were unveiled Wednesday.

Debut features dominated the list, with the fi rst-time writers, producers and direc-tors of “Lady Macbeth,” “I Am Not a Witch” and “God’s Own Country” all recognized in the three newcomer categories — debut screenwriter, break-through producer and The Douglas Hickox Award for best debut director — as well as best screenplay, best director and best British independent fi lm.

Among the 15 nominations were mentions for Florence Pugh, Naomi Ackie and Cosmo Jarvis for their performances, with Ackie nominated twice, for best supporting actress and

most promising newcomer. The fi lm has also been nominated in fi ve technical categories, newly introduced this year.

Margaret Mulubwa (“I Am Not a Witch”) was nominated for best actress, with the fi lm also picking up six technical category mentions. “God’s Own Country” leads Josh O’Connor and Alec Secareanu are both nominated for best actor, and the fi lm also got a nomination for Ian Hart

for best supporting actor.“Journeyman” received three

nominations, including best actor for Paddy Considine, which is the sixth BIFA nomi-nation of his career. He won best debut director honors in 2011 for “Tyrannosaur.”

“This year’s nominations showcase the range and qual-ity of British independent fi lm-making,” said the organization. “It’s a diverse and varied list, in terms of the teams making the fi lms and also the kinds of sto-ries being told. It is especially encouraging to see so much exciting works from so many new fi lmmakers; this points to a very bright future for British cinema and we’re proud to be at the heart of it, celebrating these exceptional fi lms.”

(SD-Agencies)

‘Lady Macbeth’ leads British Independent Film awards nominations

DISNEY has offi cially intro-duced the full cast for its upcom-ing “Lion King.”

Beyonce, who was previ-ously reported to be eyed for the fi lm, has been confi rmed as Nala, Simba’s (Donald Glover) childhood friend and later love interest. Jon Favreau is direct-ing the fi lm as his follow-up to his successful “Jungle Book” remake.

“It is a director’s dream to assemble a talented team like this to bring this classic story to life,” Favreau said Wednes-day in a statement.

Here’s the full list, with some new names as well as others that have been reported over the last few months. James Earl Jones reprises his role from the 1994 original as Simba’s father Mufasa, while Chiwetel Ejiofor is stepping into the villain role as Simba’s uncle Scar. Alfre Woodard is voicing Simba’s mother Sarabi, with child actor JD McCrary playing the young version of Simba (stepping into the shoes of Jonathan Taylor Thomas from the original

fi lm). Shahadi Wright Joseph is voicing the young Nala. Other actors playing the good guys include John Kani as the baboon Rafi ki and John Oliver voicing Mufasa’s confi dant, the hornbill Zazu.

Simba will along the way meet two new pals, warthog Pumbaa (Seth Rogen) and meerkat Timon (Billy Eichner). The three menacing hyenas will be voiced by “Black Panther” actress Flor-ence Kasumba, Eric Andre and Keegan-Michael Key.

Favreau showed off the jaw-dropping a sneak peek into the fi lm over the summer at D23. The footage included photo-real African landscapes and animals, ending with the iconic moment in which Rafi ki introduces an adorable young Simba on Pride Rock as “Circle of Life” plays.

The original “Lion King” grossed more than US$968 million worldwide and featured memorable songs from Elton John and Tim Rice.

The new “Lion King” is set to open July 19, 2019.

(SD-Agencies)

ERIC CLAPTON is headed to the big screen later this month.

Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck, “Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars” is described as an unfl inching and deeply personal journey into the life of the legendary musician.

“The breadth of Eric Clapton’s career is impossible to be true and yet Lili Fini Zanuck’s bril-liant fi lm makes it clear that it is,” Richard Abramowitz, president of Abramorama, said Wednesday.

“Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars” zooms in on the life and legacy of the 18-time Grammy winner and the only artist ever to be inducted three times into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It also features archival materials.

(SD-Agencies)

Eric Clapton documentary gets release

‘Lion King’ Unveils Full Cast

Miyazaki reveals next featureJAPANESE animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, 76, who has come out of retirement again, unveiled the title of his next feature at the opening of the Natsume Soseki Memo-rial Museum at Tokyo’s Waseda University.

The full-length animated feature will be called “How Do You Guys Live?” The fi lm is named for a book with the same title by Genzaburo Yoshino, published in 1937.

“The fi lm is about how this particular book featured promi-nently in the protagonist’s life.

It will take three to four years to complete the anime,” said Miyazaki at the event.

Yoshino was an editor and writer of children’s lit-erature, as well as a journalist and editor of an infl u-ential progressive monthly magazine in the post-war

period.Miyazaki acknowledged ear-

lier this year that he was work-ing on a new anime feature, after having announced his retirement in 2012 on comple-tion of “The Wind Rises.”

(SD-Agencies)

MEGAN FOX, Olivia Thirlby and Alan Ritchson are set to star in the magic realist tale “Shadow Girl.”

The news was announced Wednesday by Hipzee, Bound-ary Stone Films and Wrangle Entertainment.

“Shadow Girl” is the story of a young woman who has faded to the point of becoming invisible and must fi nd her way back into the world. After more than a decade of solitude and making a living in the shadows as a paparazzi photographer, she meets the one man who

can see her, a disgraced MMA fi ghter working as a bouncer, and discovers that it was one of her tabloid pictures that caused his downfall and that she must restore him to his former glory if she wants to regain a foothold in the world around her.

“‘Shadow Girl’ is fundamen-tally about our need for connec-tion and seeing beyond our own experience,” said writer and director Claudia Myers. “It’s easy to get lost in a world where your sense of self is dependent on others.”

(SD-Agencies)

Megan Fox boards ‘Shadow Girl’

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