Overview
- Al Pacino became the first film star officially received by Pope Leo XIV, framing the Vatican visit as a key kickoff for the project.
- Producer Manasvi Mamgai is among the few Indian-origin Hollywood executives to secure a papal audience.
- Directed by Dito Montiel, Captivated dramatizes the 1973 kidnapping of billionaire Jean Paul Getty’s grandson by mafia boss Saro.
- Katie Holmes joins the cast as Abigail Harris, the mother of the kidnapped boy.
- Production is set to start in Rome immediately after the Vatican meeting with 32RED Entertainment, Cinelaunch and Sugar Rush Pictures leading the collaboration.