Peter Sarsgaard to co-star with Javier Bardem in “Escobar”October 19, 2016 - 18:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Following roles in “The Magnificent Seven” and “Jackie,” Peter Sarsgaard is looking to add to his already busy 2016 by starring opposite Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz in the Pablo Escobar pic “Escobar”, Variety reports. Fernando Leon De Aranoa is writing and directing the movie with Dean Nichols, Christa Campbell, Ed Cathell, and Lati Grobman producing. The film is based on the true story of the notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who killed thousands, made billions, and struck up an unlikely love affair with his polar opposite, a glamorous television host named Virginia Vallejo. Sarsgaard will play Neymar, a DEA agent on the hunt to bring down Escobar. Production begins next month. Sarsgaard had two films — “The Magnificent Seven” and “Jackie” — premiere at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year. “The Magnificent Seven” has already grossed $148 million worldwide including $85 million domestically. “Jackie” bows on Dec. 2. Sarsgaard has garnered critical praise for his portrayal of Robert Kennedy in the film, which is being positioned for an awards push. 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. |