Celebs & Events

Priyanka Chopra to Star and Produce Film on Religious Guru

etonline.com: Priyanka Chopra is developing a film based on the Netflix documentary series Wild Wild Country.

The 36-year-old actress shared the news during her Wednesday appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, revealing that she has partnered with director Barry Levinson on the project. Chopra will star as the Indian religious guru Bhagwan Rajneesh’s (also known as Osho) polarizing assistant, Ma Anand Sheela.

"We’re developing it as the character of Sheela, who was this guru who originated from India, [Osho’s] right-hand woman. And she was just devious and created a whole cult in America, brought people here," Chopra explained to DeGeneres. "[The documentary] was amazing, and I’m developing that next for me to star in and produce, which I think would be really cool."

Wild Wild Country -- directed by brother filmmaking duo Maclain and Chapman Way and executive produced by Mark and Jay Duplass, among others -- followed the Rajneeshpuram community in Wasco County, Oregon in the '80s. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year, debuting on Netflix in March 2018. The six-part series won widespread critical acclaim and took home a Creative Arts Emmy for outstanding documentary or nonfiction series.


CELEBS & EVENTS

Demi Moore Wins First Acting Award
Lady Gaga To Release New Album - Harlequin
Taylor Swift Wins 7 Awards at the 2024 MTV VMAs
Jimmy Kimmel Declines Offer to Host the 2025 Oscars!
Robert Downey Jr Returns to Marvel Cinematic Universe as 'Doctor Doom'

FEATURED SHOWS

Hotel Costiera
Where the crimes are as stunning as the views.
Love Rat
Fake
2 Good 2 Be True
Car mechanic Eloy makes a terrible first impression on Ali, who works for a real estate magnate.
Las hijas de la Señora García
Mrs. Garcia strives to achieve her dream at cost of her daughters' happiness.

MOVIES THIS WEEK

American Animals
Nobody wants to be ordinary
Cold Brook
211
Devotion
In America's Forgotten War, They Made History
Breach
Deep in space they are not alone.

HOLLYWOOD ONE ON ONE

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Feature film based on the children's book about a crocodile that lives in New York City.
Black Adam
The world needed a hero. It got Black Adam.
Amsterdam
In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Ticket to Paradise
A divorced couple teams up and travels to Bali to stop their daughter from making the same mistake they think they made 25 years ago.
The Woman King
A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey.

Twitter