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Ewan McGregor, Val Kilmer, Shiloh Fernandez and more set for mob drama The Birthday Cake

August 27, 2019 by Gary Collinson

THR is reporting that Ewan McGregor (Christopher Robin), Val Kilmer (Top Gun), Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead), Lorraine Bracco (Goodfellas), Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars) and David Mazouz (Gotham) have been cast in the mob drama The Birthday Cake.

The feature directorial debut of Jim Giannopoulos, who has written the script with Fernandez and Diomedes Raul Bermudez, the film revolves around Giovanni (Fernandez), “who reluctantly continues the family tradition of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle Angelo (Kilmer) on the 10th anniversary of his father’s death. But Giovanni’s life changes that night after witnessing a murder and learning the truth about what happened to his father.”

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Filming on The Birthday Cake is set to get underway in New York City in the fall.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Ashley Benson, David Mazouz, Ewan McGregor, Lorraine Bracco, Shiloh Fernandez, The Birthday Cake, Val Kilmer

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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