Oscar winner Colin Firth to play amateur sailor in upcoming bio January 29, 2015 - 13:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Colin Firth is to play amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst in an upcoming biopic. Blueprint Pictures and BBC Films will produce the true story of Crowhurst's attempt to win the first World Yacht Race in 1968, Dighital Spy reports citing Deadline. The Theory of Everything director James Marsh will helm the project, which will begin shooting in the spring. The film will be produced by Pete Czernin, Graham Broadbent and Scott Z Burns, with Burns writing the script. Crowhurst died while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, after entering in hopes of winning a cash prize to fund his failing business. He secretly abandoned the race while reporting false positions, in order to complete a circumnavigation without circling the world. His logs made during his voyage indicated that he suffered a mental breakdown and eventually jumped overboard. His story has been the subject of many documentaries, films, songs and stage plays, including Daniel Bryan's 2004 play Almost A Hero.  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 Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
