Film News Roundup: Kazakhstan Warrior Queen Movie ‘Tomiris’ Acquired for U.S.

In today’s film news roundup, Kazakh action-adventure movie “Tomiris” and Scottish music film “Beats” find U.S.

homes and the Lulu Wilson thriller “Becky” opens at more than 40 drive-ins.AcquisitionArclight Films has sold Well Go USA the U.S.

distribution rights to the historical action-adventure “Tomiris,” centered on Queen Tomiris during the 6th Century B.C.The film, a co-production between Kazakhfilm Studios and Sataifilm, centers on Tomaris uniting divided nomadic tribes to create a powerful nation capable of repelling Persia.

According to historical accounts, Tomiris and her army defeated Cyrus the Great in 530 B.C.Almira Tursyn stars as Tomiris along with Adil Akhmetov and Aizhan Lighg, and they all perform their own stunts.

Akan Sataytev directed the film, which was theatrically released in Kazakhstan in October and became one of the highest-grossing films in the country’s history.“We are grateful to live in a world

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