“Star Trek” star Karl Urban to headline “The Wonder” adventure film November 1, 2012 - 18:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Karl Urban (Star Trek) and Willow Shields (The Hunger Games) have signed up to headline The Wonder, a family-oriented 3D action adventure film which Mighty Joe Young director Ron Underwood will helm. Chinese actor Leehom Wang (Lust, Caution) will also star, with another major Chinese actor to be added to the cast soon, The Hollywood Reporter said. The film's plot focuses on 14-year-old Rachel (Shields) who, together with two of her classmates, find the end of a rainbow which, magically, transports them to China. There, they find themselves pursued by local authorities and a mysterious organisation. With unexpected help from Consul William Stanley (Urban), the kids are able to elude their chasers but soon discover that their journey has triggered a major natural disaster. Together with their new friend Cheng (Wang), they find their way back home but still need to race against time to stop the global catastrophe. Hyde Park International is pitching the 3D feature to buyers at AFM. Robert Sidaway, Iain Brown, Steve Sachs and Chun-Yi Yueh are producing. James M. Vernon of Media Funds Management and Hyde Park's Ashok Amitraj will executive produce. Pixomondo, VFX Oscar winner for Hugo, will handle special effects for The Wonder. Partner news  Top stories The museum artifacts were moved to a place of safety after the fire was put out; reconstruction works are currently in progress. Oldman made his directorial debut in 1997 with the critically-acclaimed family drama "Nil by Mouth." Yuri Shevchukexpressed a wish to meet representatives of the Armenian rock, noting it as one of the key goals of his visit. The Hunger Games star joins a cast featuring John Malkovich, Ben Kingsley, Michael Sheen and Teresa Palmer.   Partner news |  Latest news Venezuelan leading university attacked, buses torches  The fire from the second vehicle burned for more than a half-hour and damaged the building, plus important works of art.LinkedIn suffers outage due to ‘DNS issue’ "We determined it was a DNS issue, we're continuing to work on it. Thanks for your patience,” the network tweeted.UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff. |
