BAFTA-winning Simon Pummell to helm "Brand New-U" thriller April 5, 2013 - 14:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lachlan Nieboer (Downton Abbey) and Nora-Jane Noone (The Descent) have signed to star in Simon Pummell’s psychological thriller Brand New-U, The Hollywood Reporter said. A U.K.-Irish–Netherlands co-production written and directed by Pummell (Shock Head Soul), Brand New-U is produced by Janine Marmot (No Greater Love). Brand New-U is about a man who discovers he's not unique and other versions of himself are hunting him down. He must kill his other selves to create himself anew and search for the woman he loves. The project began shooting this week for four weeks in London and Dublin. Pummell's resume boasts work with moving images across multiple platforms and is best known for the feature documentary Bodysong that won a BAFTA and a BIFA among other awards. His most recent film Shock Head Soul debuted at the 68th Venice Film Festival 2011, while the associated gallery installation ‘The Sputnik Effect’ was shown at TENT Gallery Rotterdam during the IFFR 2012.   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 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back  A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed.Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills |
