Film News Roundup: ‘Girl Meets World’ Actor August Maturo to Star in ‘Shepherd: Story of a Jewish Dog’ (Exclusive)

In today’s film news roundup, August Maturo stars in a World War II dog story, Fox is developing fantasy thriller “Epoch Index,” and MoviePass hires a customer relations specialist.Casting Unveiled“Girl Meets World” star August Maturo has been cast as the lead character in the upcoming indie feature “Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog,” Variety has learned exclusively.The movie is based on the bestselling Israeli novel “The Jewish Dog” by Asher Kravitz.

The film is set to be directed by Lynn Roth and produced by Howard Rosenman, a producer on the Academy Award-nominated “Call Me By Your Name.”The story follows Kaleb, a beloved German Shepherd, who is separated from his original master, a young boy played by Maturo, and his Jewish family when the Nuremberg Laws are enacted in World War II Berlin.

Kaleb is then adopted by an SS Officer, who trains him to

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