Octavia Spencer to topline Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Cold War movie March 18, 2016 - 00:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Octavia Spencer is in negotiations to star in Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Cold War movie for Fox Searchlight, Variey reports. Del Toro is writing, producing and directing the currently untitled film. The otherworldly love story is set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1963. Del Toro had been weighing several films, but this mystery project was always a top priority, according to sources close to the pic. Shooting will start sometime this summer. Spencer is on board to reprise her role in “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” and is also set to play God in “The Shack,” which bows later this year. She recently filmed Marc Webb’s “Gifted” opposite Chris Evans. She also just landed a lead role as a mathematician in Fox 2000’s “Hidden Figures,” co-starring Taraji P. Henson. Del Toro most recently directed the gothic thriller “Crimson Peak,” toplined by Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain. He’s been developing a stop-motion animated “Pinocchio” project since 2008. He’s also currently writing the screenplay for “Pacific Rim: Maelstrom” and working on FX vampire horror-drama “The Strain,” which he created with Chuck Hogan, based on their novel trilogy of the same name. Photo: Total Film   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 Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
