Mark Wahlberg to star in “The Partner” legal thriller April 11, 2012 - 17:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Mark Wahlberg is in early talks to produce and star in legal thriller The Partner. The Contraband star is said to be interested in New Regency's big-screen adaptation of the John Grisham novel, Belfast Telegraph reported citing Variety. He is tipped to portray a young partner in a prominent law firm, who fakes his own death to steal a fortune from the company before starting a new life in Brazil. Mark is expected to produce with partner Stephen Levinson, who he previously collaborated with on Contraband. The search for a director has begun, following John Lee Hancock's departure from the new adaptation. Mark - who starred alongside Kate Beckinsale in thriller Contraband - will next be seen with Mila Kunis in Seth MacFarlane's comedy Ted, and crime drama Broken City opposite Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta Jones. He is also set to start filming Michael Bay's black comedy Pain And Gain with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
