Sean Penn
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- Sep 3
Elegance Bratton pairs Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg in civil rights thriller By Any Means
Elegance Bratton's crime thriller explores the 1966 Ku Klux Klan firebombing of NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer by teaming a fictional Black FBI agent with a real Brooklyn mafia hitman.
- Aug 19
Croatian court remands Ukrainian diver Volodymyr Zhuravlev over Nord Stream sabotage
A court in Pula ordered Ukrainian scuba diver Volodymyr Zhuravlev held in pre-trial detention pending extradition to Germany, following his arrest at a resort where he served as a consultant on a film about the 2022 pipeline blasts.
- Jul 4
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner urge compromise in Kyiv after Moscow talks with Putin
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday following a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, urging both sides to compromise as the war threatens to continue into winter.
- Jun 16
Sean Penn to direct January 6 Capitol assault film, Bradley Cooper in talks to star
Sean Penn will write and direct a Warner Bros. film about a police officer caught in the January 6, 2021 Capitol assault, with Bradley Cooper in talks to star. Production is slated to begin in mid-2027.
