Tom Hiddleston eyeing adaptation of Frank Miller's “Hard Boiled”November 23, 2016 - 03:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Warner Brothers has reportedly acquired rights to "Hard Boiled", the Eisner Award-winning graphic novel by Frank Miller and Geof Darrow. Tom Hiddleston is rumored to play the lead role and reunite with "High-Rise" director Ben Wheatley, AceShowbiz said. "Hard Boiled" was first published in 1990. It follows insurance investigator Carl Seltz, who learns that he's actually a homicidal cyborg tax collector codenamed Nixon. He is informed by a fellow robot that he's the last hope for their race to escape their programmed slavery. Tom Hiddleston will next be seen on the big screen in "Kong: Skull Island". The British actor will also reprise his role in Marvel Cinematic Universe as God of Mischief Loki. He will return at least for two more movies, "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Avengers: Infinity War". 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |