Russell Crowe to star in James Franco-helmed “Blood Meridian”May 6, 2016 - 17:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russell Crowe is in talks to star in an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” with James Franco writing and directing, Variety reports. Franco will also act in the film with Tye Sheridan and Vincent D’Onofrio also coming on board. Scott Rudin, Cassian Elwes and Franco’s producing partner Vince Jolivette is producing. The film will be brought to Cannes with IM Global handling international rights and CAA handling domestic. In McCarthy’s book, the story is based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s and traces the journey of the Kid, a 14-year-old Tennessean who stumbles into a nightmarish world when he joins a ruthless gang of scalphunters that includes the mysterious and menacing Judge Holden. The news comes only a day after it was announced that Crowe was in early talks to play a Dr. Jekyll-type role in Universal’s “The Mummy” reboot starring Tom Cruise. Though the role in “The Mummy” is expected to be small, the idea is for the film to launch a possible standalone franchise for Crowe if a deal closes. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |