Noomi Rapace to join Will Smith in “Brilliance” novel adaptationMay 13, 2014 - 11:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Noomi Rapace is in negotiations to join Will Smith in Brilliance, the adaptation of the Marcus Sakey novel being made by Legendary Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter said. Julius Onah is directing the project, which has a script by David Koepp. Joe Roth, Thomas Tull, and Jon Jashni are producing. The book takes place in a world where a minority set of people are born with extraordinary abilities and are called "brilliants." A panic sets in among the human majority, bringing the world to a civil war, which is exactly what a nefarious faction wants. Smith is playing a federal agent, a brilliant with great hunting gifts who is drafted to hunt down a terrorist, another such brilliant who intends to start the civil war. Rapace will play a tattooed and pierced brilliant that is identified as a terrorist by the government. Universal will release the feature project, which is aiming for a summer start. Rapace made a name for herself as the tough and tattooed hacker Lisbeth Salander in the Scandinavian The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movies. She was last seen in Dead Man Down with Colin Farrell and has the crime thriller Child 44, with Tom Hardy and Joel Kinnaman, in the can. Photo: Anthem Magazine 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |