{
  "id": 2190127,
  "title": "Lukas Gage And Alex Akpobome Join Thriller ‘Pumping Black’ Starring Jonathan Bailey And Natalie Portman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/lukas-gage-and-alex-akpobome-join-thriller-pumping-black-starring",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T17:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/lukas-gage-alex-akpobome-natalie-portman-pumping-black-1237046266/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Lukas Gage and Alex Akpobome have joined the cast of the psychological thriller Pumping Black starring Jonathan Bailey and Natalie Portman. Set in the cutthroat world of professional cycling and described as being in the vein of Whiplash and Black Swan, Pumping Black follows cyclist Taylor Mace, who at 35 is finding himself ageing out of the sport. He […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}