MM Blind: 12/06/2017

A NEW film's announcement has the entertainment press and the online world rather excited. But that is mostly the result of publicity machinery and an industry that slaps everyone's back in sycophancy. We hear that this just-announced film, with a senior actor in the lead, is having trouble casting a female lead. None of the young girls want to work in a film top-lining a former star. Now it seems the filmmaker-once known for his mega-budget entertainers--is trimming his budget down. But still, no mainstream heroine is coming on board for love or money. A pity really, as we think the real hero of a film is its story.