Reese Witherspoon, Alexander Payne reteam for “Downsizing” social satireJanuary 8, 2015 - 12:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Reese Witherspoon is reuniting with Alexander Payne, the filmmaker who directed her to acclaim in 1999's Election, for his social satire Downsizing, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Matt Damon is attached to star in the story of a man, down on his luck, who decides he can have a better life if he undergoes a process to shrink himself. The project is not financed at this stage. Payne, Taylor and Jim Burke are producing. The timing of the movie is dependent on Damon's availability. The actor plans to shoot the next Bourne movie before tackling Downsizing, according to insiders. This would be Witherspoon's second go-around at Downsizing. The actress, who is on the awards circuit with her drama Wild, was involved with it back in 2009, when she, Paul Giamatti and Sacha Baron Cohen circled it. 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 | Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei Ruling MP accuses opposition of “serving other countries' interests” Khachatur Sukiasyan has accused Armenia’s opposition of serving the interests of other countries Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. |