Vin Diesel joins Oscar winner Ang Lee's "Long Halftime Walk"April 9, 2015 - 10:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Furious 7’s” Vin Diesel and “Rush Hour’s” Chris Tucker are nearing deals to co-star in Ang Lee‘s next movie “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” TheWrap has learned. Newcomer Joe Alwyn stars as the title character alongside Garrett Hedlund, Steve Martin and Kristen Stewart, who will play Billy Lynn’s older sister, as TheWrap first reported. Based on the bestselling novel by Ben Fountain, the story follows 19-year-old Texas-born infantryman Billy Lynn and his fellow U.S. servicemen who survive a firefight in Iraq in 2005. The Bush administration brings the veterans home for a victory lap that leads them to the Dallas Cowboys’ football stadium where they’re honored during the team’s Thanksgiving halftime show before they return to war in Iraq. Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8 and Chinese distribution company Bona Film Group are onboard alongside TriStar and Film4. The film will feature state-of-the-art high frame rate technology, and production is slated to start this month. Simon Beaufoy, who won an Oscar for writing “Slumdog Millionaire,” adapted the book for Film4 and The Ink Factory. The film will be produced by Marc Platt and Ink Factory’s Stephen Cornwell, Rhodri Thomas and Simon Cornwell, as well as Lee. Diesel is no stranger to movies about soldiers, having co-starred in Steven Spielberg’s epic “Saving Private Ryan.” He currently stars in “Furious 7,” which has been breaking box office records since it opened last week. Tucker was last seen starring opposite Bradley Cooper in David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook.” 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 | 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. |