Forest Whitaker joins Johnny Depp in Tupac murder movie “Labyrinth” November 17, 2016 - 10:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Forest Whitaker is eyed for "LAbyrinth", which will chronicle the unsolved murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.. As AceShowbiz reports citing Deadline, the Oscar-winning actor is currently in negotiations to co-star in the upcoming crime thriller adapted from Randall Sullivan's 2002 non-fiction novel. Whitaker is expected to share screen with Johnny Depp, who is set to portray Russel Poole, a disgraced L.A.P.D. detective unable to solve his biggest case. The 55-year-old actor will take the role of a journalist who teams up with the cop to hunt for the truth, before the pair threaten to crack the foundation of the L.A.P.D. while fighting for their own redemption. "LAbyrinth" will be directed by Brad Furman from a screenplay that's currently written by Christian Contreras. The movie will be produced by Miriam Segal through her Good Films, with Miramax partnering and co-financing for the U.S. distribution with Open Road Films. The international sales will be handled by Good Universe. Whitaker stars alongside Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in the recently-released "Arrival". He can next be seen in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" which opens in U.S. theaters on December 17. Whitaker has also been added to the cast of Marvel's "Black Panther" to be released on February 16, 2018.   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. |
