Film News Roundup: Bella Thorne’s Crime Drama ‘Southland’ Starts Shooting

In today’s film news roundup, a Bella Thorne crime drama is shooting, Cinepolis is expanding in the Us and Bill Duke’s “The Killing Floor” is acquired.Production StartBella Thorne’s crime drama “Southland” has begun production in Oklahoma with Joshua Caldwell directing from his own script.The story follows two young lovers who rob their way across the southland, posting their exploits to social media and gaining fame and followers along the way.

The film also stars Jake Manley (“The Order”), Amber Riley (“Glee”) and Michael Sirow.“I could not have shot ‘Southland’ anywhere but in Oklahoma,” said Caldwell.

“Its geographical diversity allows it to stand in for a multitude of other locations, including Florida and Texas, and the land on which this state rests is both haunting and beautiful.”“Southland” began principal photography in Guthrie and will continue throughout the month filming in multiple communities in the central Oklahoma region.

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