Entertainment
Entertainment Industry Sees New Projects and Stories
Alex Roe, Jack Topalian, and Shakira Barrera star in the upcoming feature film 'The Ride,' based on a short story. Another project, 'Wicker,' is adapting an unpublished short story into a feminist romantasy.
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When Justin Lothrop first came across Ursula Wills’ short story “The Wicker Husband” online in 2021, the Votiv Films producer immediately knew that it was material worth championing. The offbeat fantasy fable, which at its core explores themes of jealousy and the transformative power of love, was ju
2026-10-22 15:40 UTC
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EXCLUSIVE: Slava Denisov’s short film The Ride is getting the feature treatment with Alex Roe (The 5th Wave), Jack Topalian (Euphoria), and Shakira Barrera (GLOW) on board to star. Told entirely from the perspective of a single automobile and due to begin production in LA this fall, The Ride “
2026-10-22 15:45 UTC