ReviewWith his lithe body, Dhanush is every bit convincing as a martial arts practitioner, while Sneha gets a substantial role in which she excels.Sowmya RajendranRS Durai Senthilkumar’s Pattas makes no pretence about what it wants to be – a “mass” entertainer for the festival season. And not just that, it talks about the revival of an ancient martial art form which originated in Tamil Nadu, fanning some Tamil pride in the process. It’s the perfect formula for a Pongal release. But, this isn’t a lazy director. He doesn’t simply proceed to tick the boxes, but gives the audience enough fresh material to keep us engaged. The film begins with two thieves, Pattas (Dhanush) and Puncture (Kpy Sathish), breaking into a famous martial arts academy and stealing the trophies that the owner’s son has won over the years. It isn’t a promising opening, with the...
- 1/15/2020
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
Fox has put in development Adapted, a real-life-inspired multi-cultural single-camera comedy, from The Last O.G. co-executive producers Mary Fitzgerald, Arthur Harris and Angela Nissel, Jeff Gaspin and his Gaspin Media, Mark Kassen’s Like Minded Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV.
Written by Fitzgerald, Harris and Nissel, who also will showrun, and based on a real-life story, Adapted follows 14-year-old Alex, who, after refusing to move from Las Vegas to Philadelphia so that his neglectful mother can re-marry yet again, convinces his African American neighbors to adopt him.
Fitzgerald, Harris and Nissel executive produce with Gaspin and Tony Sabistina for Gaspin Media, along with Kassen. Sarah Adina is co-executive producer, and Omar Dzlieri, who inspired the project, serves as a consultant. 20th Century Fox TV co-produces with Gaspin Media and Like Minded Entertainment.
Dzlieri is a 27-year old writer/director from Philadelphia, who was born to a Russian-Jewish immigrant single mother.
Written by Fitzgerald, Harris and Nissel, who also will showrun, and based on a real-life story, Adapted follows 14-year-old Alex, who, after refusing to move from Las Vegas to Philadelphia so that his neglectful mother can re-marry yet again, convinces his African American neighbors to adopt him.
Fitzgerald, Harris and Nissel executive produce with Gaspin and Tony Sabistina for Gaspin Media, along with Kassen. Sarah Adina is co-executive producer, and Omar Dzlieri, who inspired the project, serves as a consultant. 20th Century Fox TV co-produces with Gaspin Media and Like Minded Entertainment.
Dzlieri is a 27-year old writer/director from Philadelphia, who was born to a Russian-Jewish immigrant single mother.
- 12/19/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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