Bill Hader joins Steven Spielberg's "Big Friendly Giant"March 28, 2015 - 10:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Bill Hader is added to the cast of Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's book "The BFG" which stands for "The Big Friendly Giant". The "Saturday Night Live" alum is expected to play one of the giants in the film, AceShowbiz reports citing Deadline. The movie centers on a young girl named Sophie who discovers that giants do exist and there are a great many of them who like to guzzle and swallomp nice little chiddlers. But not the Big Friendly Giant. He and Sophie cook up an ingenious plot to free the world of troggle-humping forever. Tony winner Mark Rylance is cast as the benevolent giant a.k.a. the titular character, while newcomer Ruby Barnhill is tapped for Sophie. The script is penned by "E.T." co-writer Melissa Mathison. The film is due July 1, 2016 to celebrate Dahl's 100th birthday. Spielberg is expected to begin production soon after wrapping up his Cold War movie "Bridge of Spies" with Tom Hanks. 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 | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. 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. |