Category: News
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Sid Narrates Documentary Film About King Faisal
Last year Sid served as the narrator for a documentary film about King Faisal, the real-life man he portrayed in the 1992 telefilm A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia. The documentary, Faisal: Legacy of a King, doesn’t have a distribution deal yet, but they do have a trailer that includes some of Sid’s narration. Take a…
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INESCAPABLE to Seek Foreign Distributors at Cannes
Inescapable will seek out potential foreign distributors at the annual Cannes film festival next month, according to Deadline. However, my sources tell me that the film isn’t finished yet, so there won’t be a red carpet event or even a full screening and none of the cast or filmmakers are expected to attend. Keep your…
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INESCAPABLE: Sid and Director Ruba Nadda Talk About the Movie, Plus New Photos
Inescapable has wrapped production and is now in editing, reports Indiewire. The industry news outlet caught up with Alexander Siddig and director Ruba Nadda to get some scoop on the process of getting the movie funded, filming in South Africa, and more. Here’s an excerpt: “Inescapable,” which is Siddig’s first starring role, nearly happened in…
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INESCAPABLE: Joshua Jackson Talks About Filming
Fringe star Joshua Jackson appeared at WonderCon last weekend to promote his FOX genre series. In an exclusive interview with ComingSoon.net, he also talked about his experience working on Inescapable. CS: There aren’t very many details about “Inescapable” out there. What’s the premise of the movie and where does your character fit in? Jackson: The overall…
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INESCAPABLE Set Report: “All Is Calm”
The National Post has a report from the set of Sid’s new movie, Inescapable, where things are going so well, director Ruba Nadda sounds shocked: “It’s just been one of the smoothest film shoots I’ve ever been on. I’m going to be honest, I didn’t expect it but its just been really unbelievable.” Ruba also…
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Oded Fehr & Saad Siddiqui Join INESCAPABLE
Sid’s latest collaboration with Cairo Time writer/director Ruba Nadda, Inescapable, added two more actors, per The Hollywood Reporter. Oded Fehr and Saad Siddiqui will co-star in the movie, currently in production. No word on which roles they’re playing in the thriller, but Alexander Siddig and Oded Fehr in the same project? Yes please! Inescapable will…
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Marisa Tomei & Joshua Jackson Join Siddig in INESCAPABLE
Per Variety, Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei and Fringe‘s Joshua Jackson have signed on to play leads opposite Alexander Siddig in Inescapable. The film, written and directed by Ruba Nadda, is the story of a Syrian expatriate (Siddig) whose journalist daughter goes missing in Damascus. He must return to his homeland to find her despite the risks,…
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Now Available on Netflix Streaming
Netflix added almost all of the Star Trek series to their streaming media service over the summer, with the notable exception of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. We aren’t sure why DS9 was left out of the initial rollout, but thanks to a tip from Sheri, we can report that all seven seasons are now…
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Alexander Siddig Quoted in EW Article About Arabs in Film
In the October 14/21 issue of Entertainment Weekly, the special “reunion” issue, there is a special report on Middle Eastern actors in film. Sid is quoted, along with many others, about being an actor of Arab descent in Hollywood. The implicit onscreen hostility to Arabs post-9/11 shocked Alexander Siddig, a Sudanese-born British actor whose charismatic…
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Vera Farmiga to Co-Star in INESCAPABLE?
Rumor has it that Oscar-nominated actress Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) has signed on to co-star opposite Alexander Siddig in Inescapable. The film is the second time Sid has teamed up with writer/director Ruba Nadda; 2010’s Cairo Time was their first movie together. Plot details are scarce but we do know that Inescapable a thriller…