Robert Downey Jr. to star in "El Presidente" political comedy May 15, 2012 - 20:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After starring in mega-blockbuster film "The Avengers", Robert Downey Jr. might jump into a political comedy film called "El Presidente". Vulture broke the news that the "Iron Man" actor is expected to reunite with Tom Cruise in the movie to be directed by Jay Roach, AceShowbiz reported. The presidential movie revolves around an overly-committed secret agent who is tasked to guard America's worst former president, who is a bumbling sleaze. It's a mundane and boring job - until there's a threat made on the ex-president's life, forcing the unlikely duo to go on the run together. Downey Jr. is expected to star as the inglorious former president, while Cruise is eyed to tackle the part of the overzealous agent. The script, meanwhile, will be written by Dan Goor. Warner Bros. Pictures still hasn't set a start date for the project. Should the "Sherlock Holmes" actor and the "Misssion: Impossible" thesp sign on to "El Presidente", the two will reunite after they last worked together in action comedy "Tropic Thunder". Through his role as Kirk Lazarus in the Ben Stiller-directed film, Downey Jr. got nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2008 Academy Awards.   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 The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.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. |
