Eli Roth to helm Bruce Willis in "Death Wish" remakeJune 21, 2016 - 13:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Eli Roth has signed on to direct "Death Wish" remake. Bruce Willis is attached to star as Paul Kersey, the reluctant vigilante made famous by Charles Bronson, in MGM/Paramount's long-in-the-works remake of the 1974 hit, AceShowbiz reports. Eli will helm the reboot from a script by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski. Joe Carnahan penned the original script. Roger Birnbaum will serve as producer. The original film was an adaptation of a 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. The story centered on Paul Kersey who goes on a revenge spree after his wife is killed and his daughter is sexually assaulted during a home invasion. Eli is coming on board the "Death Wish" remake following the departure of "Big Bad Wolves" helmers Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado. It's his latest effort to move from his bloody genre-film origins to studio fare. Eli last directed Keanu Reeves in sexual thriller "Knock Knock". He was attached to helm monster movie "Meg" for Warner Bros., but eventually left the project due to creative differences. He is also returning to host "Shark After Dark", Discovery's Shark Week late-night talk show starting on Sunday, June 26. 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. |