Hugh Jackman to join Taron Egerton in Olympic skier filmJanuary 19, 2015 - 10:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hugh Jackman is set to mentor Taron Egerton in an upcoming movie about Olympic skier Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards that will be produced by Egerton’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” director Matthew Vaughn, TheWrap has learned. Dexter Fletcher is directing the untitled movie, in which Jackman will co-star as Chuck Berghorn, a ski expert who helped a down-on-his-luck Edwards train for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. While Edwards placed last in the 70m and 90m ski-jumping events, he was hailed as a heroic failure, as he was the first person to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. Egerton beat out several hot up-and-coming actors for the role following a strong screen-test with Jackman. Production could begin as soon as this spring, and the filmmakers are courting Timothy Spall to play Egerton’s father according to the Daily Mail, which first reported the casting news. Jackman is gearing up to shoot “X-Men: Apocalypse” before he segues to Fox’s P.T. Barnum movie “The Greatest Showman on Earth.” He next stars in Neill Blomkamp’s “Chappie” and Joe Wright’s “Pan.” Egerton will soon be seen as a young spy alongside Colin Firth in “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” which Fox will release on Feb. 13 opposite “Fifty Shades of Grey.” He also co-stars in the Tom Hardy movie “Legend.” Fletcher appeared in Vaughn’s “Layer Cake,” “Stardust” and “Kick-Ass” before moving behind the camera for “Wild Bill” and “Sunshine on Leith.” In addition to “Kingsman,” Vaughn is a producer on Fox’s upcoming “Fantastic Four” reboot. 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. |