Indian-American director to helm film about ‘gun crises throughout the United States’

By IANS

LOS ANGELES: Poppy Delevingne will star in ‘The Gun on Second Street’, a model new drama from the Emmy-nominated Indian-American writer, producer and director Rohit Karn Batra, research ‘Variety’.

The film is described as “an allegory of the gun crisis in the United States”. Its plot follows two Pittsburgh police companions and best buddies who’re often called to an uneventful dwelling violence dispute on Second Street.

This, in response to ‘Variety’, shortly escalates to a violent confrontation as Officer TJ Meadows III shoots and kills his companion, Officer Kevin Cooper, collectively together with his backup gun.

Years later, not a cop and nonetheless traumatised, Meadows strikes once more to Pittsburgh and finds his choice to his companion’s widow, Kacie (Delevingne). They slowly fall in love as Kacie confronts the historic previous she’s been avoiding, along with telling her 15-year-old son, Ralph, TJ’s once more story.

The film, offers ‘Variety’, is produced by Guy J. Louthan of Ransom Films with Rikin Shah serving as considered one of many authorities producers. It could be launched to shoppers on the Cannes Film Festival this month. Casting is now underway.

Delevingne most simply currently starred in Sky TV’s ‘Riviera’. Prior to that, she starred reverse Antonio Banderas in NatGeo’s ‘Genius: Picasso’. She may additionally be seen on the massive show display in Fox’s ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ directed by Matthew Vaughan and Guy Ritchie’s ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ starring Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law and Eric Bana for Warner Brothers, notes ‘Variety’.

Batra directed (his first film), wrote, and — together with Louthan — produced the 2019 worldwide crime drama ‘Line of Descent’ starring Brendan Fraser, Abhay Deol, Neeraj Kabi, Bollywood veteran Prem Chopra and Gopal Datt. Previously, his ‘Roundabout’ acquired the Jury Prize on the Palm Beach International Film Festival for Best Short Film.

Louthan is president of Ransom Films and the producer behind ‘The Call’ and ‘The Road Within’. His streaming television credit score embody Netflix’s ‘From Scratch’ starring Zoe Saldana and Danielle Deadwyler; Amazon Prime Video’s ‘The Wilds’; and ‘Tut’ starring Ben Kingsley, offers ‘Variety’.

Louthan, by the way in which, had produced Roland Joffe’s ‘The Lovers’, which was filmed in India in 2013. The romance drama starred Josh Hartnett and Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu.

LOS ANGELES: Poppy Delevingne will star in ‘The Gun on Second Street’, a model new drama from the Emmy-nominated Indian-American writer, producer and director Rohit Karn Batra, research ‘Variety’.

The film is described as “an allegory of the gun crisis in the United States”. Its plot follows two Pittsburgh police companions and best buddies who’re often called to an uneventful dwelling violence dispute on Second Street.

This, in response to ‘Variety’, shortly escalates to a violent confrontation as Officer TJ Meadows III shoots and kills his companion, Officer Kevin Cooper, collectively together with his backup gun.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Years later, not a cop and nonetheless traumatised, Meadows strikes once more to Pittsburgh and finds his choice to his companion’s widow, Kacie (Delevingne). They slowly fall in love as Kacie confronts the historic previous she’s been avoiding, along with telling her 15-year-old son, Ralph, TJ’s once more story.

The film, offers ‘Variety’, is produced by Guy J. Louthan of Ransom Films with Rikin Shah serving as considered one of many authorities producers. It could be launched to shoppers on the Cannes Film Festival this month. Casting is now underway.

Delevingne most simply currently starred in Sky TV’s ‘Riviera’. Prior to that, she starred reverse Antonio Banderas in NatGeo’s ‘Genius: Picasso’. She may additionally be seen on the massive show display in Fox’s ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ directed by Matthew Vaughan and Guy Ritchie’s ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ starring Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law and Eric Bana for Warner Brothers, notes ‘Variety’.

Batra directed (his first film), wrote, and — together with Louthan — produced the 2019 worldwide crime drama ‘Line of Descent’ starring Brendan Fraser, Abhay Deol, Neeraj Kabi, Bollywood veteran Prem Chopra and Gopal Datt. Previously, his ‘Roundabout’ acquired the Jury Prize on the Palm Beach International Film Festival for Best Short Film.

Louthan is president of Ransom Films and the producer behind ‘The Call’ and ‘The Road Within’. His streaming television credit score embody Netflix’s ‘From Scratch’ starring Zoe Saldana and Danielle Deadwyler; Amazon Prime Video’s ‘The Wilds’; and ‘Tut’ starring Ben Kingsley, offers ‘Variety’.

Louthan, by the way in which, had produced Roland Joffe’s ‘The Lovers’, which was filmed in India in 2013. The romance drama starred Josh Hartnett and Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu.