America Ferrera, Vera Farmiga join Eric Bana in “Special Correspondents”June 8, 2015 - 12:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) and Bates Motel actress Vera Farmiga have joined the cast of Ricky Gervais' Netflix film Special Correspondents, RadioTimes reports. The pair have signed up to star alongside The Office actor and comedian (who writes and directs the new movie) and Eric Bana. Special Correspondents follows struggling New York radio journalist Frank (Bana) who fakes frontline war reports from the comfort of his office above a Spanish restaurant in Manhattan. Gervais will appear as his radio technician sidekick Finch. It's not yet clear what part Ferrera and Farmiga will play in the film. The full cast photo also features Bill Lake, Meghan Heffern, Kelly Macdonald, Ari Cohen, Mimi Kuzyk, Kevin Pollak and Raúl Castillo who will all star. Special Correspondents began filming in mid-May in Toronto and will wrap in New York at the start of next month. The release date is set for 2016. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |