Robert Redford to headline “Pete's Dragon” Disney classic remakeOctober 17, 2014 - 18:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Robert Redford is in negotiations to headline Disney's “Pete's Dragon” remake, TheWrap said citing an individual with knowledge of the project. As TheWrap was the first to report, “Ain't Them Bodies Saints” director David Lowery is directing the film he was first hired to co-write. The original 1977 film featured an animated dragon interacting with a live-action cast including Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons and Sean Marshall, who played an orphan fleeing his abusive adoptive parents. Lowery and Toby Halbrooks wrote the script, which reinvents the core of the original family film, which is not expected to be a musical this time around. The story follows a young boy, Pete (Oakes Fegley), whose parents are dead. He is subsequently raised by the titular dragon in a forest that's being threatened by loggers. Redford is eyeing the role of a local man in the logging community who tells tales of dragons. The actor is currently playing Dan Rather in “Truth,” about the CBS News anchor's downfall, and was last seen in Marvel's “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” Photo: Claudio Onorati/Ansa/Corbis 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. |