Oscar winner Mel Gibson to topline “Blood Father” action-thrillerMarch 31, 2014 - 14:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In his first leading role since “Get the Gringo,” Mel Gibson is in talks to star in “Blood Father,” an action-thriller in the vein of “Taken,” TheWrap reported. Peter Craig wrote the script, which is based on his first novel. Craig is best known for writing Ben Affleck's crime movie “The Town.” He has also worked on the screenplays for “Top Gun 2” and “Bad Boys 3.” Story follows a strung-out teen named Lydia who witnesses her boyfriend commit a brutal murder. Gibson is being sought to play her estranged father, a former Hells Angel and ex-con who's trying to stay sober while running a tattoo parlor from his trailer home. When the police and her boyfriend's thugs come after Lydia, her father is forced to come to her rescue. Gibson nearly played a tattooist in “The Hangover Part 2,” though he was ultimately replaced by Nick Cassavetes. Why Not Productions and Chris Briggs are producing “Blood Father,” which is scheduled to start production in May in New Mexico. Related links: 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 | 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. |