Oscar-nommed Jacki Weaver joins Jack Black bio “The Polka King” June 25, 2016 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Jacki Weaver is getting on her dancing shoes for The Polka King, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The Oscar-nominated actress will join Jack Black in the true-life story of Grammy-nominated Polka sensation Jan Lewan, who ended up running a Soviet souvenir-based Ponzi scheme that landed him in jail. The story is based on the documentary The Man Who Would Be Polka King from directors Joshua Brown and John Mikulak. Black will star as Lewan and will also act as a producer under his Electric Dynamite banner. Ben Stiller’s Red Hour and Shivani Rawat’s ShivHans Pictures will also produce, along with Priyanka Mattoo. Infinitely Polar Bear director Maya Forbes and former Simpsons writer Wally Wolodarsky will write and direct the movie, which is repped by ICM Partners and WME Global. Weaver was recently in Woody Allen's Magic in the Moonlight and David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook. She will next be seen in Drake Doremus' dystopian love story Equals and James Franco's The Masterpiece.  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 U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border  The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |
