“Mr. Selfridge” actress Jessica Madsen joins “Leatherface” horrorApril 28, 2015 - 11:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Mr. Selfridge” actress Jessica Madsen will join Sam Strike and James Bloor in “Leatherface”, the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” prequel gearing up for production at Millennium Films, TheWrap has learned. Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, the French filmmakers behind cult hit “Inside,” are directing the horror movie, which was written by Seth M. Sherwood. The film, which explores Leatherface’s early years in the 1970s, will be presented as a mystery of sorts about three teenage psychopaths, one of whom grows up to be the chainsaw-wielding maniac. Strike and Bloor will play budding young psychopaths, while Madsen will play an escaped mental patient. Carl Mazzocone is producing “Leatherface” with Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman after they successfully resurrected the “Texas Chainsaw” franchise in 2013. Les Weldon is also a producer on the project, which is being executive produced by Millennium’s Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Mark Gill and Beth Bruckner O’Brien. A recent graduate of The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Madsen’s credits include “Breathless” for ITV, “Babylon” for Channel 4 and the Sky Arts Playhouse film “Timeless.” Most recently, she appeared in the three-hander “Swimming,” which was performed at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |