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Amazon Studios has released the trailer for the upcoming drama Sound of Metal. The film stars Riz Ahmed as a rock drummer who is rapidly losing his hearing. Looking to maintain his relationship with his girlfriend (Olivia Cooke), he agrees to live with a deaf community to better understand and grapple with his hearing loss, but he struggles to accept how his world has changed. If you’re watching this trailer, do not attempt to adjust your YouTube settings. The closed captions are purposeful and the film itself takes great care to put you in the mind of the deaf …
Emmy winner Riz Ahmed and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer have signed on to star in the sci-fi thriller Invasion from Michael Pearce, the writer-director of 2017's Beast. Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to the project and will produce alongside RAW and Film 4, which financed development. Pearce co-wrote the script with Joe Barton (The Ritual). Deadline broke the news, reporting that production is expected to start later this year. Ahmed will play a decorated Marine who goes on the run with his two sons as he tries to protect them from a non-human threat. …
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