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1. From Deadline: Paramount Pictures has won an auction for an epic that will have Gal Gadot wearing the crown of a real wonder woman of history. Wonder Woman helmer Patty Jenkins will direct Gadot in Cleopatra, a period biographical drama scripted by Laeta Kalogridis. This is the first major project package won by Paramount Motion Picture Group President Emma Watts in an auction that came down to Universal, Warner Bros, Netflix, and Apple. Why Is This Trending? People are online attacking the casting using the hashtag WHITEWASHING. While others are posting that Cleopatra was actually of Greek and Persian descent. So should it matter that Gedot, a woman of Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish-Jewish, Austrian-Jewish, German-Jewish, and Czech-Jewish) descent, play the role? Does it matter? In the Guardian, it was stated “Casting misses a chance to give North African actors a higher profile” 2. From Variety: European cinema operators have said they’re devastated by Disney’s decision to release Pixar’s “Soul” directly on