Glenn Close, Taryn Manning join “Low Down” indie dramaMay 13, 2013 - 16:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Glenn Close, Taryn Manning and Flea have been confirmed for Low Down. The trio will join John Hawkes, Elle Fanning and Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage on the indie drama, Digital Spy reveals citing The Hollywood Reporter. The Jeff Preiss-directed film centres around a 1960s jazz pianist (Hawkes) who plays with the greats, but also struggles with heroin addiction. The action is seen through the eyes of his daughter (Fanning). Manning will play a failed actress and sometime junkie who struggles to care for her son. Close and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea's roles have not been revealed. Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger will produce the film, with Mark Ruffalo signed on as an executive producer. Manning was recently seen alongside Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci in Love Ranch. He lately completed shooting the latest season of Netflix's new series Orange is the New Black. Close, meanwhile, has been starring in the legal thriller Damages. Low Down will begin shooting in Los Angeles next month. 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 | 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. |