Daniel Bruhl, Jessica Chastain to star in “The Zookeeper’s Wife”August 25, 2015 - 10:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Focus Features has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” which will star Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl and Johan Heldenbergh (“The Broken Circle Breakdown”), TheWrap has exclusively learned. Additionally, Universal Pictures has acquired international distribution rights to the film in the UK, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Niki Caro (“McFarland, USA”) will direct from a script by Angela Workman, who adapted Diane Ackerman’s novel of the same name. Published in 2007 by W.W. Norton & Company, the book is based on the unpublished diary of Antonina Żabińska. The film depicts the true story of Antonina Żabińska and her husband Dr. Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, who together courageously and creatively used the zoo to help approximately 300 Jewish people escape from the Warsaw Ghetto after the Germans invaded Poland in September of 1939. Liddell Entertainment is co-financing “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” which is being produced by Jeff Abberley, Jamie Patricof, and Kim Zubick. Production starts next month in Europe, and Sierra/Affinity will handle international sales. Brühl recently starred in “Woman in Gold,” Ron Howard’s “Rush” and Bill Condon’s Julian Assange movie “The Fifth Estate,” and he previously co-starred in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds.” He’ll soon be seen alongside Bradley Cooper in “Burnt,” opposite Emma Watson in “Colonia” and as Baron Zemo in Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War.” Heldenbergh’s credits include the foreign-language hit “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” as well as “The Misfortunates” and “Ben X.” Chastain is a two-time Oscar nominee who next stars in Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Crimson Peak,” while Caro previously directed “Whale Rider” and “North Country.” 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 | 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 skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: 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”. |