(Left) Sydney Sweeney on the 77TH EMMY® AWARDS, broadcasting stay to each coasts from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, Sunday, Sept. 14, (8:00-11:00 PM, LIVE ET/5:00-8:00 PM, LIVE PT) on the CBS Tv Community, and streaming on Paramount+.Picture: Francis Specker/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Proper) Director Justin Lin on the set of ‘Quick 5.’ Picture: Common Photos.
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- Sydney Sweeney is connected to ‘That Man from Rio.’
- It’ll remake a 1964 French film.
- Justin Lin is aboard to direct.
Appears like Apple desires to remain within the Sydney Sweeney enterprise following this yr’s thriller ‘Echo Valley’.
The corporate’s Apple Authentic Movies is hammering out a deal for Sweeney to star in a brand new tackle 1964 French journey comedy ‘That Man from Rio,’ which is now in improvement.
“Look what they name a quiet week in Rio!”
And along with Sweeney, Deadline reviews that ‘Quick & Livid 6’ director Justin Lin is in talks to name the pictures on the brand new film, which has a script from Chase Palmer (‘It’).
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What was the story of ‘That Man from Rio’?
Sydney Sweeney stars in ‘Eden’. Picture: Vertical.
The unique film starred Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac, and follows a younger non-public on navy depart who involves the rescue of his girlfriend, who’s been kidnapped by thieves and delivered to Rio de Janeiro.
An extravagant journey ensues, and the film plus its major character served as inspiration to many administrators who grew up within the period together with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who would later credit score it as one of many inspirations for the Indiana Jones character.
What else is Sydney Sweeney engaged on?
Sydney Sweeney as Millie Calloway in ‘The Housemaid’. Picture: Daniel McFadden/Lionsgate.
Sweeney’s present schedule is as packed as anybody’s in Hollywood.
She has shot the Lionsgate adaptation of the novel ‘The Housemaid,’ which has Paul Feig within the director’s chair (due in December) and a biopic of real-life boxer Christy Martin, with Sweeney within the lead position (in theaters subsequent month) .
Nonetheless to return is a starring position in Colman Domingo’s movie ‘Scandalous!,’ which is able to see her enjoying Kim Novak within the story of the actor’s controversial relationship with Sammy Davis Jr. (performed by ‘Alien: Romulus’David Jonsson).
She’ll even be again on small screens when HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ lastly returns subsequent yr.
And that’s not together with all of the potential initiatives, comparable to a ‘Gundam’ film and variations of video video games comparable to ‘Break up Fiction’ and ‘OutRun.’
When will ‘That Man from Rio’ be on screens?
It’s nonetheless too early to foretell when the remake would possibly arrive, assuming it even makes it by means of the thorny wilds of improvement (and Sweeney has time for it on her busy schedule).
(L to R) Sydney Sweeney and director David Michôd in ‘Christy’. Picture: Black Bear Photos.