Newcomer Cailee Spaeny tapped to portray female lead in “Pacific Rim 2”September 16, 2016 - 18:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Universal Pictures and Legendary's "Pacific Rim 2" is moving forward as it is expected to begin production soon. As AceShowbiz reports citing Variety, newcomer Cailee Spaeny has been tapped to portray the female lead in the sequel to "Pacific Rim". The actress/pop singer will star alongside "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" actor John Boyega and "Suicide Squad" star Scott Eastwood. Details about Spaeny's as well as Eastwood's character are still kept under wraps, but it's been confirmed that the lead actor, Boyega, will portray the son of Stacker Pentecost, a character played by Idris Elba in the first movie. The film will be directed by Steven S. DeKnight from a script co-written by Guillermo del Toro, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder and Travis Beacham. This will be the first Blockbuster movie that DeKnight's directing, after he wrote for and directed TV shows which included "Daredevil" and "Smallville". Thomas Tull, Mary Parent, Jon Jashni and del Toro will produce the film along with Boyega and Femi Oguns through their production company, Upper Room Entertainment. Cale Boyter exec-produces the project that will begin this November in Australia for a February 23, 2018 release in U.S. theaters. Spaeny previously showed up in indie film "Counting to 1.000" and has a single called "Fallin" on iTunes. She recently wrapped up filming on "The Shoes" in which she stars alongside Erika Bierman ("The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1") and Christina Lambert ("Goat"). 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 | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |