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The Asian film concepts keep coming out. This time, it’s an author named Don Winslow, who writes thrillers and is now the place to get your blockbuster thriller movie ideas. Satori is a story about an American who’s raised in post World War 2 Japan and taught by a martial arts master to kill. Leo’s character also becomes a master of Go – a strategy board game, much like chess. In a Bourne Identity type story line, he’s trained to kill someone, then things go wrong, he gets crossed and then travels and sneaks through everywhere and we’re sure he’s going to end up killing his double crosser. But who knows, it could end up being different and it could become a series. (deadline – Satori)
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Frieda Pinto, the starlet from Slumdog Millionaire who’s also in Rise of the Apes and more looks great, is working, and getting known in the US and everywhere, but why not India? Slumdog Millionaire wasn’t loved in India, home to nearly a billion and perhaps it’s the typical situation of being loved in other places first doesn’t translate to anything in the home court. Ask the same question to the unknown Americans who are big stars in Japanese baseball, Kent Gilbert (an American early TV star in Japan), and so on. It’s happens everywhere, especially to an up and comer. Savor the moment and don’t worry. (CNNGO – Frieda Pinto)
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This article name drops what has to be every South Asian actor in Hollywood. How many can you recognize? The best thing is, it’s probably every South Asian working actor. There’s a lot including the voice of Apu - Hank Azaria. For such a short article, they hammered in one fact, yes there are many but, “brown is the new black”? We’re not sure of that one. (Tribune – South Asians in Hollywood)
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