Jackie Chan to star in Joe Carnahan’s action “Five Against A Bullet”December 6, 2016 - 11:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Jackie Chan has signed on to star in Joe Carnahan’s action movie “Five Against A Bullet” as one of the bodyguards, Variety said. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the project though this Di Bonventura Pictures for Sony along with Suretone Pictures and Jordan Schur through Mimran Schur Pictures. Carnahan came on to the project in 2014 to direct and re-write Alex Litvak’s script, set in a small Mexican town under attack by the drug cartel. The story centers on five the world-weary bodyguards who are signed on to protect a Mexican politician after his father is murdered by a cartel, ahead of an election. Bruce Willis was attached several years ago to star in “Five Against A Bullet” but is no longer on the project. Carnahan is currently attached only as the writer. Hong Kong-based Chan has been acting since the late 1960s and has credits on more than 150 films. Chan’s upcoming movies include “Railroad Tigers,” “Bleeding Steel” and “The Foreigner.” In September, Well Go USA Entertainment acquired his martial-arts comedy “Railroad Tigers” for distribution in English-language territories including North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The film is tentatively scheduled to open later this month in China. Carnahan’s credits include “Narc,” “Smokin’ Aces,” “The Grey” and “Stretch.” Di Bonaventura is best known for the Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises. He was also a producer on “Deepwater Horizon” and New Line’s upcoming shark tentpole “Meg.” 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |