Bill Paxton to join Daniel Radcliffe in "Grand Theft Auto"April 16, 2015 - 11:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Bill Paxton is in negotiations to star opposite Daniel Radcliffe in upcoming movie "Grand Theft Auto". As AceShowbiz reports citing The Hollywood Reporter, the "Apollo 13" actor is in talks to star as Jack Thompson, a lawyer who wanted to ban video game violence. The news came one week after Daniel was reportedly in talks to star as Sam Houser, the co-founder and president of Rockstar Games. Sam is best known for popularizing video game GTA as one of the gaming world's biggest franchises but also amping up the violent quotient. Bill last appeared alongside Jake Gyllenhaal" in "Nightcrawler" and "Edge of Tomorrow" along with Tom Cruise. "Grand Theft Auto", which will be produced by BBC Films, portrays the true-life account of the fight between Sam and Jack. The movie was originally titled "Rockstar Games". British director Owen Harris, who directed episodes of "Misfits" and "Black Mirror", is tapped as the helmer. The script is written by James Wood based on David Kushner's book "Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto". While no release date has been announced yet, the film is scheduled to begin shooting on Monday, April 20. 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 | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |