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Oscar Isaac to Star in the High-Concept Thriller “London”

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Oscar Isaac is heading to Londontown…

The 41-year-old Guatemalan & Cuban actor will star in and produce London, a Lionsgate feature film based on a new short story/high-concept thriller by bestselling crime writer Jo Nesbo.

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Ben Stiller will direct the film, which will be adapted for the screen by Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth.

Isaac obtained the rights to the story as a producer under his Mad Gene Media banner in competition, and then got the dream team of Stiller and Roth. 

Isaac and Red Hour Productions’ Stiller will produce with Nicky Weinstock and Jason Spire.

Isaac will next star in the Denis Villenueve-directed Dune, as well as Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter. 

Izzo to Star Opposite John Stamos in NBC’s “I Am Victor” Drama Pilot

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Lorenza Izzo lands her first network television pilot project…

The Chilean actress and model has been cast as the female lead opposite John Stamos in NBC‘s legal drama pilot I Am Victor.

Lorenza Izzo

Written by Mark Goffman and based on Jo Nesbo’s book of the same name, centers on Victor Port (portrayed by Stamos), a high-powered divorce attorney with a unique view of relationships.

Izzo will portray Assistant District Attorney Lena Engles, a Harvard Law graduate with experience clerking for the Supreme Court.

Izzo, an up-and-coming actress in Hollywood, has worked on three English-language credits, including Aftershock, directed by Nicolas Lopez. She’ll next appear The Green Inferno, as well as appear in a story arc on the Netflix series Hemlock Grove.

Prior to her recent relocation to Los Angeles from her native Chile, Izzo starred in the Chilean comedy Que pena tu boda, directed by Lopez.