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EXCLUSIVE: David M. Rosenthal (A Single Shot, Janie Jones) is directing an untitled thriller about freediving, which has been boarded by Netflix France.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Netflix was sued on Wednesday over “No Limit,” a fictionalized film that suggests a free diver deliberately killed his wife in a diving incident. The French-language film is based on the true story of Francisco “Pipin” Ferreras and his wife, Audrey Mestre. They were a celebrity couple within the world of free diving, an extreme sport in which divers descend hundreds of feet without oxygen. Mestre drowned while attempting a dive in the Dominican Republic in 2002, after the device that was supposed to carry her to the surface malfunctioned. The film tells the story of “Pascal Gautier” and “Roxane Aubrey,” a fictionalized version of the couple. Gautier is depicted as abusive and jealous of Aubrey’s success. In the climactic scene, the film strongly implies that Gautier sabotaged her compressed air tank, leaving it without enough air to bring her to the surface.

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has acquired the action-comedy Regulators, starring Nicky Jam, who is also producing via music label La Industria, Inc.

The cast of the new indie thriller The Smack has gotten even bigger, with Oscar winners Alan Arkin and Kathy Bates signing on with Teyana Taylor.They will join a cast that already includes Casey Affleck, Marisa Tomei, Isabel May and Yul Vasquez, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Production is slated to being this fall in Los Angeles, though no release date has been planned at this time.  Alan: The cast of the new indie thriller The Smack has gotten even bigger, with Oscar winners Alan Arkin and Kathy Bates signing on with Teyana Taylor Kathy: They will join a cast that already includes Casey Affleck, Marisa Tomei, Isabel May and Yul Vasquez, according to The Hollywood Reporter  Teyana: Production is slated to being this fall in Los Angeles, though no release date has been planned at this time The film is an adaptation of the 2017 novel of the same name by Richard Lange, which follows a con man character played by Affleck.He meets an up and coming grifter played by Taylor, who ultimately team up and head to L.A. to pull off the biggest con of their lives.  They soon realize that they aren't the only ones after the big payday, with a hoard of other swindlers in the mix including Marisa Tomei's character, the ex of Affleck's character.