Rebecca Ferguson "to join Michael Fassbender in "The Snowman""October 15, 2015 - 17:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Following his impressive performance in this summer's "Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation", Rebecca Ferguson (II)" has become one of the most sought-after actresses. As AceShowbiz reports citing Deadline, the Swedish actress is in talks to join Michael Fassbender in "The Snowman". At the same time, she is also in contention to take a major role in Ridley Scott's "Alien: Paradise Lost". Tomas Alfredson ("Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") will direct the crime thriller which is based on Jo Nesbo's detective novel of the same name. Martin Scorsese, who was eyed to direct, is tapped as executive producer. Meanwhile, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce along with Robyn Slovo and Piodor Gustafsson. "The Snowman" centers on a detective investigating the mysterious disappearance of a woman, leading him to eventually believe he may be hunting a serial killer. Fassbender is on board to portray Harry Hole, an Oslo detective described as a brilliant loose cannon. Official U.S. release date has yet to be announced, but the movie is expected to arrive in 2017. Ferguson is also eyed for "Prometheus" sequel, which was recently confirmed to be called "Alien: Paradise Lost", but hasn't entered talks yet. Fassbender and Noomi Rapace will be back as the humanoid robot David and Dr. Elizabeth Shaw respectively. In the upcoming alien film, Fassbender and Rapace's characters will be joined by "a group of travelers." With the script penned by Michael Green, "Alien: Paradise Lost" is eying a 2017 release date. Photo: Getty Images Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. 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”. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |