Renowned German director Wolfgang Petersen (pictured), creator of films such as The Boot and Air Force One, has died at the age of 81. The former is a claustrophobic masterpiece set inside a German submarine during World War II, while the latter made Harrison Ford President of the United States in a whirlwind adventure. Other notable Petersen films include Line of Fire, Troy, and The Tempest.

(…) In order to land the lead role in the historical drama The Woman King, actress Viola Davis underwent a DNA test, which showed that she was completely suitable. For the film, based on the real-life female warriors who defended the West African kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Benin) in the 18th and 19th centuries, Davis and her co-stars went through intense training, weightlifting, sprinting and gun wielding. training with stunt coordinators to transform into muscular fighters.

(…) Actress, singer and model Zoë Kravitz, daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz, is pushing for the provocative title “Pussy Island” for the film, which will be her directorial debut. Kravitz completed the script before the #MeToo movement broke out and has revised it several times since, but claims the title is the seed of her story and she has no reason to change it.