Martin Scorsese's "The Audition" yanked off Venice Film FestAugust 31, 2015 - 15:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Martin Scorsese's "The Audition" will not be screened at the upcoming Venice Film Festival after all. The short movie was supposed to premiere at the annual event scheduled for September 2-12, but it has now been yanked off schedule, AceShowbiz reports. "The Biennale of Venice regrets to announce that the short film 'The Audition' by Martin Scorsese will not be presented at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival," the organizers say. "We have just been informed by the production that due to unexpected technical problems the film could not be here in time." "The Audition" will star such A-listers as Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Robert De Niro. It's scripted by Oscar nominee Terence Winter ("The Wolf of Wall Street"). The film's addition to the Venice Film Festival sparked controversy since the film was reportedly financed by casinos in Macau and Manila. However, Venice director Alberto Barbera told The Hollywood Reporter, "It's a Scorsese film, not a commercial. The casino paid for the film, but it's not in the film at all." 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |