Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer join “Elsa & Fred” comedy November 1, 2012 - 18:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Oscar winners Christopher Plummer and Shirley MacLaine will star in the English-language remake of Elsa & Fred, Deadline said. Based on the 2005 Spanish-Argentine romantic comedy of the same name, the film will be directed by Michael Radford. The Il Postino director and Anna Pavignano have written the script from Marcos Carnevale’s original film. The movie details the outgoing Elsa’s attempt to engage the uptight Fred after the widower moves into her building. Filming is due to start on December 3, with shooting in New Orleans and Rome. Plummer is also set to appear in Stephen Frears’ Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight on HBO. MacLaine has joined Downton Abbey for the period soap’s latest season. Partner news  Top stories Dorians came 18th at 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, with their song Lonely Planet written by Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi. World famous chansonnier Charles Aznavour will attend the unveiling of his star in Yerevan’s Aznavour Square. The film stars Avedikian as a brilliant director Sergey Paradjanov, whose nonconformist behavior conflicts with Soviet System. The scientists conducted a survey of ancient rock art, with a database of Armenian petroglyphs to be later developed.   Partner news |  Latest news Israeli security expert says Syrian hacker attack foiled  Israel refuses to comment on the strike but officials at the time said Iranian missiles set for Hezbollah were hit.Gyumri to host Europe Day celebrations The celebrations will feature a small information fair, with EU project representatives to brief the visitors on the initiatives launched.Expert says Russian FM’s remarks in context of Madrid Principles No decisive developments will follow the meeting between Russian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, David Jamalyan said.Artsakh defense army conducts command staff drills Four-stage command-staff exercises were conducted in Artsakh, led by defense army commander Movses Hakobyan. |
