Ewan McGregor joins Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”September 13, 2012 - 15:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ewan McGregor has joined the cast of “August: Osage County,” John Wells’ upcoming film adaptation of the Pulitzer-Prize winning play, The Weinstein Company announced, according to TheWrap. Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts have already signed on to star in the film, in which McGregor will play Bill Fordham. Fordham is the estranged husband of Barbara (Roberts) and son-in-law of Violet Weston (Streep). The play, written by Tracy Letts, chronicles the women of the Weston family, who, after years apart, come together for a family crisis. George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Jean Doumanian and Steve Taxler are producing Letts’ adaptation, which will begin principal photography Sept. 24. McGregor was last seen in “Salmon Fishing in The Yemen” and “Beginners,” and will next appear in Juan Antonio Bayona’s “The Impossible.” He’s also set to star in “Jack the Giant Killer,” Bryan Singer’s revisionist take on “Jack and the Beanstalk.” 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 | Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. Pashinyan travels to Iran to pay tribute to Raisi, others Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for the Islamic Republic of Iran on a working visit. Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. |