Gael Garcia Bernal-starrer “Evita” pushes for January shootNovember 25, 2014 - 13:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Evita”, Pablo Aguero’s long-gestating pic about the strange but true 25-year odyssey of the corpse of former Argentine First Lady Evita Peron, is set to start principal photography in January, Variety said. Shoot was originally scheduled for early 2014. Mexico’s Gael Garcia Bernal, Denis Lavant, Daniel Fanego, and Nahuel P. Biscayart comprise the cast, as well as Spain’s Imanol Arias who recently boarded to play the doctor who embalms Peron’s body. Mia Maestro, who was tipped to play Evita, has dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Maestro is in Toronto, Canada until May for the production of season two of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s vampire TV series “The Strain.” She recently released her debut album, “Si Agua” (If Water) in October. Aguero has not found a replacement yet for Maestro. Co-producers include Paris-based JBA, Argentina’s Haddock, Belgium’s Wrong Man and Spain’s Tornasol. Aguero’s docudrama “Madres de los Dioses,” starring Geraldine Chaplin, will be presented at Mar del Plata’s Work in Progress (WIP) by one its producers Matias Tamborenea. Docudrama centers on four single mothers who raise their children in the wilderness of Patagonia. Each of them convert to a different religion and build temples with their own hands. “It deals with themes of femininity, mysticism and nature,“ says Aguero, who says that Chaplin will play a female version of God. 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 | Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. Armenia says ready to extend nuclear plant’s lifetime by 10 years Armenia has taken necessary measures to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power plant until 2036. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. |