Lionsgate snaps up Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro’s “Sicario”May 7, 2014 - 09:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lionsgate has preemptively snapped up Denis Villeneuve's next film, Sicario, for the U.S. The studio will also represent foreign rights, The Hollywood Reporter said. The movie, starring Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro, revolves around a law enforcement agent (Blunt) who works with a mysterious government operative (del Toro) and an elite group of fellow agents to track down a drug kingpin. Villeneuve, who impressed Hollywood with his last film, Prisoners, is set to start shooting early next month from a script by Taylor Sheridan. Lionsgate International will launch the project to foreign buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. Basil Iwanyk's Thunder Road Pictures is producing Sicario alongside Black Label Media and Edward McDonnell. Black Label, run by Molly Smith and Thad and Trent Luckinbill, financed the film. Photo: Cinemania 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |