Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz to star in “Escobar” May 14, 2015 - 13:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz will star in EuropaCorp’s “Escobar,” the studio announced Wednesday, May 13 from the Cannes Film Festival,TheWrap reports. EuropaCorp will finance, distribute and produce the drama based on Virginia Vallejo’s 2008 best-selling Spanish language memoir “Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar” with Pinguin Films and Dean Nichols Productions. Written and directed by Fernando León de Aranoa (“A Perfect Day”), the film will follow the rise of Pablo Escobar — one of the most powerful drug lords of all time. Bardem is producing with Dean Nichols and EuropaCorp CEO Christophe Lambert, while Jere Hausfater, Dany Boon and Todd Nichols are executive producing. International sales for the film will be launching in Cannes with an anticipated start of principal photography in 2015. The announcement comes ahead of the premiere of Aranoa’s first English-language film, “A Perfect Day,” during the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors Fortnight program. “Escobar” reunites Bardem with Aranoa, who directed the Oscar-winning actor in “Mondays in the Sun.” The project is also an on-screen reunion for Bardem and Cruz, who starred together in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” for which Cruz won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.  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 |  Latest news Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush provinceNarek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28.Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia.Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |
