“Inherent Vice” star nabs female lead in Steve Jobs biopic December 24, 2014 - 11:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On the heels of her breakout performance in Inherent Vice opposite Joaquin Phoenix,Katherine Waterston has nabbed the female lead in Universal's Steve Jobs biopic, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Michael Fassbender is playing Apple founder and innovator Steve Jobs while Seth Rogen is attached to the role of co-founder Steve Wozniak. Waterston will play Chrisann Brennan, Jobs' high school girlfriend, longtime partner and the mother of his first child. Danny Boyle is directing the untitled film based on Walter Isaacson's book and adapted by Aaron Sorkin. Scott Rudin, Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady and Christian Colson are producing the project, which was first at Sony before Universal signed on to distribute. Waterston plays the ex-wife of Phoenix's character in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, now in theaters. She also has indies Queen of Earth and Manhattan Romance in the can. Her previous films include The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her and Night Moves starring Jesse Eisenberg. She's repped by UTA, Silver Lining Entertainment and Jackoway Tyerman.  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 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 skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
