Sony snags Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds space thriller “Life” March 16, 2016 - 13:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Having had success with original sci-fi in the past thanks to “District 9”, Sony has come on to co-finance and distribute Daniel Espinosa‘s “Life”, which will star Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds, TheWrap said, citing an individual familiar with the Skydance project. Reynolds was originally slated to star in “Life,” but his commitment to “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” is forcing him to take a smaller supporting role. His “Deadpool” scribes Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese wrote the script. The space thriller follows a group of astronauts who discover signs of intelligent life in a sample retrieved from Mars. Skydance’s David Ellison and Dana Goldberg are producing with Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn. The company has a deal at Paramount, though the studio is already backing a similarly-themed sci-fi movie titled “God Particle” produced by J.J. Abrams‘ company Bad Robot. Since that film already has a Feb. 24, 2017 release date, Paramount passed on “Life,” allowing Sony to swoop in and partner with Skydance. “Life” does not have a release date yet but the cast of Gyllenhaal, Reynolds and rising star Ferguson suggests a plum date awaits. Sony is releasing the Chris Pratt-Jennifer Lawrence sci-fi movie “Passengers” this Christmas.   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 |  Latest 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 skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: 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”. |
