“Mummy” reboot delayed, Tom Cruise confirmed as new male lead January 22, 2016 - 11:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Mummy" remake has got a new release date from Universal. The movie is moved back several months from the original March 24, 2017 release to June 9 the same year. It's pitted against "World War Z 2" and "The Divergent Series: Ascendant", AceShowbiz reports. Tom Cruise is officially announced to play the main hero. He is confirmed to star opposite Sofia Boutella ("Kingsman: The Secret Service"). Their roles are still unclear but the film is rumored to have a female mummy as a villain and center on an ex-Navy Seal who stumbles into an old tomb. "The Mummy" is one of the many remakes planned by Universal as an effort to create an interconnected universe for their classic monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, the Bride of Frankenstein, and vampire hunter Van Helsing. Alex Kurtzman is set to direct the "Mummy" reboot from a screenplay by Jon Spaights ("Prometheus"). Alex is also attached to oversee the creative team creating the new Monster franchise.   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 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. |
