Amazon boards Charlize Theron’s “American Express”December 14, 2015 - 12:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Amazon Studios has come on to finance, produce and distribute Nash Edgerton‘s “American Express”, an indie movie starring Charlize Theron that currently has David Oyelowo, Amanda Seyfried and Joel Edgerton circling the ensemble, TheWrap reports citing multiple individuals familiar with the project. Theron will produce through her Denver & Delilah banner along with Rebecca Yeldham, who recently produced Joel Edgerton‘s directorial debut “The Gift.” Nash Edgerton will also produce under his Blue-Tongue Films banner. Matthew Stone and Anthony Tambakis (“Warrior”) wrote the script. While Seyfried is firmly attached and Joel Edgerton has also committed to the project, given that his brother is directing, Oyelowo is merely expecting an offer for the lead at this point, so his participation is still pending. Annapurna International announced it would be selling foreign rights at Cannes earlier this year, but Megan Ellison‘s Annapurna Pictures banner is no longer running point on the project. “American Express” is now awaiting a greenlight from Amazon Studios, which hopes to start production in the first quarter of 2016. Representatives for Amazon and Theron did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Nash Edgerton made his directorial debut with the acclaimed Aussie thriller “The Square,” and also directed the memorable short films “Spider” and “Bear,” both of which screened at Sundance. Oyelowo recently wrapped Mira Nair‘s “Queen of Katwe” with Lupita Nyong’o and Amma Asante‘s “A United Kingdom” with Rosamund Pike. He also played Martin Luther King Jr. in Ava DuVernay‘s “Selma” and will soon be seen as Nina Simone’s manager in Cynthia Mort‘s “Nina,” which stars Zoe Saldana as the famed singer. Oyelowo is also the frontrunner to play Joe Frazier in Ang Lee‘s untitled 3D boxing movie about the Thrilla in Manila. Seyfried is coming off a busy year in which she starred in Noah Baumbach‘s “While We’re Young” and Seth MacFarlane‘s “Ted 2,” as well as “Pan” and “Love the Coopers.” She’ll soon be seen alongside Russell Crowe and Aaron Paul in Gabriele Muccino‘s drama “Fathers and Daughters.” Joel Edgerton can currently be seen opposite Johnny Depp in “Black Mass” and alongside Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson in Anton Corbijn’s “Life.” He’ll soon be seen opposite Natalie Portman in “Jane Got a Gun” and in a pair of Jeff Nichols movies — “Midnight Special” and “Loving.” He also co-wrote, executive produced and starred in Nash Edgerton‘s “The Square,” and the siblings have a long history working together under their Blue-Tongue Films banner. Amazon has been busy of late, releasing Spike Lee‘s provocative drama “Chi-Raq” and acquiring Nicolas Winding Refn‘s thriller “The Neon Demon” starring Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves and Christina Hendricks. The company is also nearing a deal for Todd Haynes‘ “Wonderstruck” starring Julianne Moore, as first reported by TheWrap earlier this week. 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”. |