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“Last Man Standing” has found its replacement Boyd and Mandy.

Jet Jurgensmeyer and Molly McCook have joined the Tim Allen sitcom ahead of its move to Fox, the network announced on Monday. They step into the roles vacated by Molly Ephraim and Flynn Morrison when the show was axed at ABC.

Both actors have extensive guest starring experience, though this will mark the first series regular roles for each. McCook’s guest credits include “Modern Family,” “Murder In the First,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and “Glee.” She is also set to recur on Freeform’s “The Fosters” spinoff “Good Trouble.”

Jurgensmeyer recently appeared on NBC’s “Will & Grace” revival and has guested on shows including “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Hot in Cleveland,” “Marry Me,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Black-ish.”

Regulars returning for the Fox...

MaryAnn’s quick take… Part hamfisted critique of Big Ag, part strained romantic comedy, and part insipid musical that’s not much like the Bollywood tribute it’s meant to be. An accidental parody of itself. I’m “biast” (pro): love Brie Larson; desperate for movies about women

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film

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A couple of white American guys — first-time director Dan Baron, who cowrote the script with Jeff Dorchen — decide to make a tribute to Bollywood musicals. What could possibly go wrong? Almost everything, as it turns outs. Basmati Blues has been sitting on a shelf for years, and it probably would have stayed there permanently if its star, Brie Larson, hadn’t skyrocketed to fame since. (She was cast here before she was cast in Room, never...

"I know enough about biology, to know that love is not some mystery..." Shout! has released the Us trailer for Dan Baron's Basmati Blues, an indie drama starring Oscar winner Brie Larson as a brilliant young scientist who is sent on a work trip to India. There she falls for a young Indian man, and when discovers that her company's plans actually involve destroying local farms, she and her new love interest set out to make things right. For those who think this looks like another one of these white savior in a foreign land films, the producers previously addressed this by saying the film itself isn't actually that way, and you should see the full film before judging. Aside from Larson, the cast includes Utkarsh Ambudkar, Scott Bakula, Saahil Sehgal, Tyne Daly, and Donald Sutherland. This looks rather charming and like a good anti-corporate greed film, which I fully support,...

When the first international trailer for “Basmati Blues” dropped last fall, it was so bad and borderline offensive, producer Monique Caulfield and filmmaker Dan Baron had to issue an apology. Well, a much more smoothed out domestic trailer has landed, but one thing it can’t solve is how utterly bonkers this movie looks.

Brie Larson is unfortunately roped into the lead role of this movie — which co-stars Donald Sutherland, Scott Bakula and Tyne Daly — which follows a young woman who is sent to India to peddle some kind of new way to grow rice.

Continue reading ‘Basmati Blues’ Trailer: Brie Larson’s Weird Romantic Musical Comedy Agribusiness Drama at The Playlist.

The trailer for Brie Larson’s upcoming film Basmati Blues has sparked a controversy in India and beyond, getting criticized for its stereotypical depiction of the country.

The film was made in 2013 before Larson’s career took off when she won an Oscar in 2016 for Room, which was followed by an appearance in Kong: Skull Island. Her upcoming releases include Captain Marvel and an untitled Avengers film.

Musical comedy Basmati Blues was directed by Dan Baron, with its producers including Jeffrey Soros (Rules Don’t Apply) who is the nephew of billionaire George Soros. The film only secured distribution this...

Exclusive: Shout! Factory has announced the creation of a filmed entertainment, production and distribution arm that will specialize in content development. And the company just pegged three films for a 2018 release: Sam Hoffman’s Humor Me, which will be released January 12; The House of Tomorrow for April; and Izzy Gets the F Across Town for March. Danny Baron's Basmati Blues, starring Brie Larson and Donald Sutherland, also will bow from the label. Sam Hoffman's Humor Me…...

We seem to be hitting a moment of seeing great actors doing projects that are a bit below their pay scale. First there was Michael Shannon and the Bigfoot comedy “Pottersville,” and now there’s Brie Larson with the wacky comedy of cultural misunderstandings in “Basmati Blues.”

The directorial debut of someone named Dan Baron, the film also stars Donald Sutherland (!), Scott Bakula (!!) and Tyne Daly (!!!) and tells the story of a scientist who goes to India to promote genetically modified rice to farmers, and learns the negative impacts it will have on their land and way of life.

Continue reading ‘Basmati Blues’ Trailer: Brie Larson Has Wacky Misunderstandings In India at The Playlist.

Ambi Distribution has come on to represent international rights in Cannes to the musical starring Oscar-winner Brie Larson.

Basmati Blues will gets its market debut screening on the Croisette and also stars Cannes competition juror Donald Sutherland, Scott Bakula and Utkarsh Ambudkar. Paradigm handles Us rights.

The film centres on a starry-eyed scientist who teams up with a local farmer and uncovers corporate wrongdoing when she is sent to India to sell genetically modified rice.

Tyne Daly, Saahil Segal, Dalip Tahil, Bugs Bhargava and Lakshmi Manchu round out the cast.

Dan Baron directed Basmati Blues from a screenplay he wrote with Jeff Dorchen.

Monique Caulfield and Jeffrey Soros produce and Ruedi Gerber, Jeff Kleeman, Elliott Lester and Randy Paul serve as executive producers.