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In today’s film news roundup, Gael García Bernal, Nazanin Boniadi and Jason Isaacs are starring in “People of the Book”; “Easy Does It” and “1 Interrogation” find distribution; NewFilmmakers Los Angeles goes virtual.

Castings

“Mozart in the Jungle” star Gael García Bernal, Nazanin Boniadi (“Homeland”) and Jason Isaacs are attached to the historical drama “People of the Book” for Good Films Collective.

The film is based on the 2008 novel and New York Times bestseller from Geraldine Brooks about a book conservator who comes to Sarajevo to restore the Haggadah manuscript. The film will be helmed by Academy Award winner Danis Tanovic (“No Man’s Land”) from a script by Petter Skavlan (Kon Tiki).

Good Films Collective has made a deal with upcoming “Morbius” director Daniel Espinosa to develop “The Execution” about the background to the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, how it happened, why it happened and what happened in the aftermath.

Adam Hicks remains behind bars and has yet to enter a plea in his armed robbery case, three weeks after his arrest. The 25-year-old actor, known for roles in Zeke and Luther and the 2011 Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth, was charged with felony second-degree robbery and attempted second-degree robbery after allegedly carrying out several armed robberies in Los Angeles with a woman believed to be his girlfriend, Danni Tamburro. If convicted as charged, he faces a possible maximum sentence of more than 60 years in state prison. Bail was set at $550,000. He has not posted the bond. Wearing an L.A. County jail orange jumpsuit and sporting disheveled hair, a chain around...

Burbank police arrested former Disney star Adam Hicks, 25, and his girlfriend, 23-year-old actress Danni Tamburro, for several armed street robberies on Jan. 24, according to a press release from the Burbank Police Department. The police department said that early Wednesday morning, a man armed with a shotgun walked up to a 52-year-old man and […]

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Update: E! News can confirm Adam Hicks has been charged and now faces three felony counts of attempted second-degree robbery and two felony counts of second-degree robbery. If convicted as charged, the former Disney star faces a possible maximum sentence of more than 60 years in state prison. Bail was set at $550,000. ———— Disney star Adam Hicks was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of armed robbery. The 25-year-old actor, who starred on the Disney Xd shows Zeke and Luther and Pair of Kings as well as in the 2011 Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth, and Danni Tamburro, a 23-year-old actress were detained at 2 p.m. in...