Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen to star in "Trash" novel adaptation July 9, 2013 - 14:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Director Stephen Daldry has secured two Hollywood stars to be featured in his next project. As AceShowbiz revealed citing Deadline, the "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" helmer has got Oscar nominee Rooney Mara and Golden Globe winner Martin Sheen attached to "Trash", from Working Title Films, PeaPie Films and 02 Filmes. "The Social Network" actress Mara is on board the production to play Olivia, an NGO worker. As for Sheen, the President depicter on "The West Wing" is tapped to take on the role of Father Juilliard in the movie about three poverty-stricken boys "who discover something unusual, mysterious and dangerous in a city dump in the Third World-set story." Newcomers Rickson Tevez, Eduardo Luis and Gabriel Weinstein are signed on to play the three boys. Wagner Moura of "Elysium" and Selton Mello of "The Clown" are also included in the cast for supporting roles. Kris Thykier, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will serve as producers for the big-screen version of Andy Mulligan's 2010 novel. "Notting Hill" scribe Richard Curtis will provide the screenplay. The film is expected to start shooting in Rio de Janeiro early next month and scheduled to open in May 2014. Mara will next be seen in "Her", while Sheen will reprise his role as Uncle Ben in "The Amazing Spider-Man 2".   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 The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
