Tag: Tsotsi

  • Moonyeenn Lee, Legendary South African Agent and Casting Director, Dies at 76

    Moonyeenn Lee, Legendary South African Agent and Casting Director, Dies at 76

    Moonyeenn Lee, the acclaimed South African agent and casting director who cast films such as the foreign-language Oscar winner “Tsotsi” and Oscar-nominated “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom,” died in Johannesburg on Saturday due to coronavirus-related complications. She was 76.Lee’s company, Moonyeenn Lee & Associates, announced the news in a statement on its Facebook page on…

  • Movie Sales & Production Vet Robbie Little Dies Unexpectedly En Route To Cannes

    Industry veteran Robbie Little, co-president of The Little Film Company, has died unexpectedly en route to the Cannes Film Festival. Little passed away in London of a suspected heart attack, his colleagues and friends have confirmed to Deadline. Little launched his well-known sales and marketing outfit with his wife Ellen, and executive produced the company’s…

  • Keira Knightley to star in ‘forgotten’ story of Iraq war whistleblower

    Keira Knightley to star in ‘forgotten’ story of Iraq war whistleblower

    Actress will take role of Katharine Gun, who leaked an email to the Observer about Us spying plans, in new filmHer story has been all but forgotten in the years since the 2003 Iraq war ended, overshadowed by more recent, flashier tales. Now a new film, starring Keira Knightley and Matt Smith, will put Gchq…