Viola Davis to lead all-female heist movie from “12 Years a Slave” helmerSeptember 28, 2016 - 10:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Steve McQueen's upcoming female-centric movie has found its lead star. "Suicide Squad" actress Viola Davis is set to headline the new feature film based on the 1980s British TV series "Widows" which was later revamped for U.S. audience in 2002, AceShowbiz said. The story begins when three armed robbers are killed during a robbery. Their surviving widows then come together and enlist the help of a fourth woman to finish their late husbands' failed job. At the same time, they discover there was a "fourth man" in the raid that killed their husbands. The upcoming big screen adaptation will be scripted by "Gone Girl" author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn. It will be McQueen's first movie since his 2013 critically-acclaimed drama "12 Years a Slave". It won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, making him the first black director to have helmed an Oscar top winner. 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. |