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‘Balestra’: Fencing Thriller Film/Alternate Series Adds Manny Jacinto, Cush Jumbo, and James Badge!!

Cush Jumbo, Manny Jacinto, and James Badge Dale are about to join the world of fencing. According to an exclusive from Deadline, the three have been cast in the upcoming thriller Balestra. Balestra is being created as both a film and a limited series. The project will tell the story of Joanna (played by Jumbo), who is a competitive fencer. As the Paris Olympics gets … Continue reading ‘Balestra’: Fencing Thriller Film/Alternate Series Adds Manny Jacinto, Cush Jumbo, and James Badge!!

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‘Balestra’: Tessa Thompson to Lead Wild Concept Fencing Movie!!

Continue to give Tessa Thompson a sword, Hollywood. It’s the only way. Deadline reports that Thompson has boarded Nicole Dorsey’s upcoming sci-fi tinged psychological thriller alongside Hot Jafar himself, Aladdin’s Marwan Kenzari. She will also executive produce the movie. Deadline notes, “Screenplay was written by Imran Zaidi based on an original story by Aron Eli Coleite.” Balestra will follow Thompson’s disgraced fencer Joanna Bathory as her … Continue reading ‘Balestra’: Tessa Thompson to Lead Wild Concept Fencing Movie!!

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