Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey to star in “Free State of Jones”November 6, 2014 - 17:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Matthew McConaughey is in line to star in Free State of Jones. The True Detective actor has teamed up with writer-director Gary Ross (The Hunger Games) for the American Civil War drama, Digital Spy reports citing Deadline. The movie will tell the little-known tale of military leader Newton Knight. McConaughey is in line to play the Confederate solider, who defected and attempted to found his own state in Mississippi at the height of the conflict. The actor will next be seen in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. He recently threatened a return to romantic comedies. STX Entertainment is reportedly considering acquiring Free State of Jones, which could begin shooting in early 2015. 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |