Emma Thompson joins “Long Midnight of Barney Thomson” humorous thrillerFebruary 1, 2014 - 11:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Emma Thompson is set to star in Robert Carlyle’s directorial debut “The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson” alongside Ray Winstone, Carlyle and his “Trainspotting” co-star Ewan Bremner,” it was announced Friday, Jan 31 by Myriad Pictures, TheWrap said. Myriad is handling worldwide sales, excluding Canada and the UK, for the darkly humorous thriller. Myriad will introduce the film to international buyers at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. Richard Cowan and Colin McLearen wrote the script, which is based on a widely popular series of novels by Douglas Lindsay. Carlyle stars as the title character, a downtrodden Scottish barber who inadvertently stumbles into serial murder. Complicating matters, Barney’s formidable mother (Thompson) emasculates him at every turn. While Barney covers his tracks, a detective (Winstone) fights his own battles within his inept homicide department. “The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson” is being produced by Vancouve- based John G. Lenic and Kaleena Kiff through their Trinity Works Entertainment banner. The film, which is a Canada and UK co-production, is scheduled to go into production in the first half of 2014. “I can’t wait to see this delightful cast bring peals of laughter to audiences around the world. We are so pleased to be working with this extremely versatile and talented actor — now turned director — Robert Carlyle, and his top notch producing team,” said Myriad president/CEO Kirk D’Amico, who will executive produce. Related links: 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |